Professor Phil Scraton will draw on his experiences investigating the Hillsborough disaster and the politics of incarceration. Tuesday 23 May 2017, 6-8pm St Martin’s Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ Related links View further details here
Theme: Managed migration
DIY Cultures 2017
The annual DIY Cultures festival including exhibitions, new art commissions, workshops, contemporary craft, panel discussions, comics, illustration, video art, digital animation, poetry and music exploring DIY practice. Sunday 14 May 2017, 12-7pm Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Themes include: Radical mental health Introvert resistance Shy radicals Resisting crap jobs Four day
Good Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies
The London book launch of ‘Good Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies’. Monday 15 May 2017, 6.30pm-8.30pm The Word Bookshop, 314 New Cross Road, London SE14 6AF Speakers include: Dr Suzanne Hall (LSE) Rita Chadha Hannah Jones Yasmin Gunaratnam Gargi Bhattacharyya Sukhwant Dhaliwal WIlliam Davies Kirsten Forkert Emma Jackson Roiyah Saltus Related links Book here
The Politics of Racism: A Symposium for John Solomos
A symposium to honour the work and friendship of John Solomos and the Ethnic and Racial Studies Collective. Saturday 6 May 2017, 10-6.30pm Room B01, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College, 2 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Claire Alexander Les Back Alice Bloch Parminder Bhachu Chetan Bhatt Gargi Bhattacharyya David Theo Goldberg Clive Harris
Calendar of racism and resistance (7 – 20 April 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 6 April: A new immigration skills charge comes into force, requiring employers to pay a £1,000 annual levy for hiring certain skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area. It is feared the charge could
Switching on a generation launch
Rooted (by Switching on a Generation) is founded by five young women who’s mission is to promote a positive dialog of social identity and culture through African history lessons, arts and events. An evening celebration of fun, food and games. The evening will include a Black history quiz, spoken word, networking and an opportunity to
Race & Class author wins Civil Rights essay award
Joseph Parrott has won an award recognising ‘the best journal article or chapter in an edited book on the historical relationship between media and civil rights published during the previous two years’. A postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, Joseph Parrott has won the 2017 Farrar Award in Media & Civil Rights History for his article published in the July–September
Narratives that marginalise: from Ferguson to Palestine
The April 2017 Race & Class tackles two key current themes: the impact of Fox News in (mis)representing news and creating racist discourses, and the way in which Canadian ‘neoliberal multiculturalism’ is marginalising Arabs, Muslims and those in solidarity with Palestine. Colleen Mills, researcher into racism and hate crime at John Jay College of Criminal
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 March – 6 April 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration March: The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) publishes a factsheet on immigration detention, download it here (pdf file, 95kb). 11 March: Campaigners protest outside Morton
Stop feeding the beast! A review of ‘My Country: A work in progress’
A play built around seventy long interviews with ‘leavers’ and ‘remainers’ about their feelings after the Brexit vote, inadvertently, provides insights into the immigration debate. The liberal consensus on immigration has broken down. That’s what Brexit has taught us, or at least that’s what the establishment tells us that Brexit has taught us. The Conservative