A rally to celebrate the homecoming of Talha Ahsan and the resilience of his family-led campaign. Sunday 17 August 2014, 5pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Speakers include: Bruce Kent Mark McGowan – Artist Taxi driver Marium Begg – daughter of Moazzam Begg Sheila Coleman – Hillsborough Justice Campaign AL Kennedy Father
Theme: Housing
Brent Anti Racism Campaign meeting
A meeting on a new Home Office immigration operation, called Operation Skybreaker, which will be targeting Brent (and four other London boroughs). Wednesday 13 August 2014, 7pm Brent Trades Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Road, London NW10 2JR (next to Willesden bus garage, 5 mins from Dollis Hill tube). Speakers include: RAMFEL (Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex
Call for apology and inquiry into police spying
This week the mother of Ricky Reel launched a petition following revelations that her family was spied upon, along with a number of others, as they campaigned for justice in the ‘90s. Mrs Reel is the mother of Ricky who was 20-years-old when he was found dead in the River Thames after being racially abused
Dangerous surveillance
A public meeting on Dangerous Surveillance: Drones, Data and Deprivation of Citizenship, including a screening of Dirty Wars and a discussion. Tuesday 5 August 2014, 7-9.30pm Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE Speakers include: Kat Craig – Reprieve and Vice-Chair of Haldane Society Alastair Lyon – Birnberg Peirce & Partners Mohamed
Mark Duggan vigil
A vigil for Mark Duggan on the third anniversary of his death. Monday 4 August 2014 Assemble at Broadwater Farm at 5pm to march to Ferry Lane, Tottenham Hale, London N17 for a vigil at 6pm Related links See Facebook event listing Justice For Mark Duggan
March and rally for the abolition of joint enterprise
A march and rally organised by the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA). Saturday 26 July 2014, assemble at 12pm at Holles Street, next to BHS in Oxford Street, London WC1C 1DL To march to Hyde Park for a picnic Related links Facebook event listing JENGbA website JENGbA blog JENGbA on Twitter
Surround Harmondsworth #3
A demonstration outside Harmondsworth detention centre. Saturday 9 August 2014, at 1pm Harmondsworth detention centre, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Speakers include: John McDonnell MP Current & ex-detainee’s Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice
Black Cultural Archives opens
An evening of cultural performances to celebrate the official opening of the Brixton-based Black Cultural Archives. Thursday 24 July 2014, 6-9pm Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1EF Artists include: Akala Floetic Lara El Crisis Linton Kwesi-Johnson Alexander D Great to harmonic jazz saxophonist Lascelles James. Jonzi D and street dancers Rowdy Mechanikool Related links View details about the
Young Rebels – The Story of Southall Youth Movement
The launch of a new film on the Southall Youth Movement. Friday 18 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Monsoon Banqueting Suites, 100 The Green, Southall UB2 4BG Young Rebels – The Story of Southall Youth Movement charts the experiences and responses of Asian young people growing up in Southall in the 1960s and 1970s and the racial
Films for justice at the BFI
‘Liberating Media’, an event, on Saturday 12 July at the British Film Institute (BFI) will highlight the work of Migrant Media. The day of film and discussion showcases the films of Migrant Media’s director-in-chief, Ken Fero – starting with an informal morning session, led by Fero, considering the work of Migrant Media and its youth