A Race & Class discussion on the co-option dilemma for charities and voluntary organisations in asylum and immigration policing. Thursday 27 November 2014, 6-8pm Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS Speakers: Imogen Tyler (Lancaster University) and author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain Frances Webber (Vice chair,
Theme: Housing
Screening of ‘Black Britannica’
A screening of David Koff’s historic Blacks Britannica (1978) hosted by South London Anti-Fascists. Thursday 30 October 2014, 7pm Cinema (Room RHB 185), Goldsmiths University, London SE14 6NW Blacks Britannica shows the realities of race and class in 1970s Britain with rare honesty and is a powerful base for thinking about racism and the state today.
Screening of ‘Burn’
Screening of a new documentary film Burn by Migrant Media plus a Q&A. Monday 20 October 2014, 6pm King’s College, Strand Campus, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS Speakers include: Stephanie Lightfoot Bennett – Sister of Leon Patterson (United Families & Friends Campaign) Ken Fero – Director of Burn Harmit Athwal – (IRR) Related links Migrant
Say no to police spying
A peaceful vigil in memory of Ricky Reel, who was killed in a racist attack in Kingston in 1997, and in protest against police spying, corruption and racism. Tuesday 21 October 2014, 5-7pm New Scotland Yard, 8-10 Broadway, London SW1H 0BG Speakers at the vigil will include: John McDonnell MP for Hayes & Harlington Sukhdev Reel
Anthony Walker memorial lecture
An event hosted in conjunction with the Walker family and the Anthony Walker Foundation. Friday 17 October 2014, 6.30pm Broadway Theatre, Barking IG11 7LS Speakers: Baroness Oona King Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Jeremy Crook Christine Blower Max Hyde
Legal Aid – a defence of the fourth pillar of the welfare state
The Haldane Society’s annual human rights lecture series begins with a defence of legal aid. Wednesday 22 October 2014, 6.30-8pm Basement Lecture Theatre (GSB01), School of Law, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP Speaker: Matt Foot – criminal defence solicitor and co-founder of the Justice Alliance Related Links Download a flyer (pdf file, 48kb)
Talha Ahsan prison poetry reading
Readings of Talha Ahsan’s prison poetry. Sunday 19 October 2014, 7.30pm Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Speakers and readers include: Hamja Ahsan – Brother of Talha Ahsan Patric Cunnane – Poet Kirsten Irving – Poet Related Links Free Talha Ahsan Hearing Eye poetry publishers
‘We revolt simply because … we can no longer breathe’
An impressive new film on the death of Mark Duggan, and the riots that followed, provides a welcome radical alternative narrative. Ken Fero’s new film, Burn, (dedicated to those who burn for justice) describes itself as a movie about memory. He asks ‘why Britain burns?’ and there are a variety of responses, but the consensus
Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
A discussion with Dr. Richard Stone based on a reading from his recently published book of Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. Tuesday 28 October 2014, 6.30-9pm Main Hall, Dominion Centre, 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4BQ Related links Hidden Stories home page Hidden Stories Twitter account Dr Richard Stone on Twitter Download
Annual UFFC remembrance procession
The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) march calling for an end to deaths in custody. Saturday 25 October 2014 Assemble at 12pm at Trafalgar Square, London for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 136kb) Facebook event listing United