With regeneration looming large over Tottenham, north London, IRR interviews young activist Tash Bonner who is fighting back. Tottenham in many respects has been unable to heal from both the murder of Mark Duggan and the uprisings of 2011 because rather than the state dealing with both of these matters and investing in the community,
Theme: Managed migration
Support an appeal for ‘I am Judah’
Ras Judah Adunbi, a grandfather living in Bristol, was tasered in the jaw by the police in January 2017. Support a crowdfunder to create a documentary about his story, for all other victims of these injustices. Support the crowdfunder here View a trailer here
Tamils of Lanka: a timeless heritage
An exhibition organised by The Tamil Information Centre, centred around the theme of resilience. The exhibition aims to explore the history of the Tamil-speaking people in Ilankai through art, culture, history, human rights and politics. Exhibition 11am – 6pm (Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 May) – Free for all Location: Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Surbiton, KT6
Calendar of racism and resistance (3 – 21 April 2019)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS 15 April: A BBC Newsnight investigation uncovers 90 cases in which Home Officials have been wrongly classified child asylum seekers as adults, denying them the support they are legally owed.
Fighting Sus! then and now
A new project Fighting Sus! brings the youth experience of racialised policing to the fore. In Fighting Sus! a group of young people engage with past struggles against racist state violence and, with angry intelligence and politicised creativity, range themselves against its present manifestations. Developed during 2018, this grassroots history project began with a handful
Promises, promises – justice for Grenfell?
Colin Prescod, chair of IRR, writes on the launch of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into Grenfell and the continuing wait for justice. Twenty-one months on from the disaster that was visited on their community, Grenfell people still wait for justice. On 13 March 2019 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Calendar of racism and resistance (20 March – 2 April 2019)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS 20 March: The MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, writes to immigration minister Caroline Nokes raising concerns that the Home Office may have acted illegally when it invited a Zimbabwean
Resisting the new colonialisms
The April 2019 issue of Race & Class shows how the reinvention of colonialism through the domination of digital technology and transnational flows of securitisation is being met by unique forms of resistance. ‘Today, a new form of corporate colonisation is taking place’, argues Michael Kwet, ‘Instead of the conquest of land, Big tech corporations
Who facilitated the Christchurch terrorist’s journey through hate?
The context of war and the influence of the New Right intelligentsia cannot be left out of the reckoning when it comes to understanding the making of the New Zealand terrorist. The massacre of fifty Muslim worshipers, and wounding of fifty more people, at the Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New
The Christchurch massacre – implications and developments
The terrible events in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left fifty people dead and fifty people injured, reverberated across the UK. Below we provide a round-up of the most important developments, drawing particular attention to criticism of the media, online posts in support of the perpetrator and attacks on Muslims across the UK. We also draw