David Goodhart’s new book calls for an understanding of ‘majority grievances’ , which, he argues, represent ‘decent populism’ not racism. Remember the story about the blind men and the elephant? Each one feels the thing in front of him and finds something different: one man felt the ears: ‘this is a fan’; one felt the
A Birmingham resident fiercely objects, in the wake of the recent deadly terror attack at Westminster, to the depiction of her city as the hotbed of extremism. According to the Daily Mail (‘So how DID Birmingham become the jihadi capital of Britain?’, 24 March 2017), I live in the ‘jihadi capital of Britain’, Birmingham. ‘Birmingham. Birmingham.
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration March: Women for Refugee Women publish a report: The Way Ahead: An asylum system without detention, download it here (pdf file, 3mb). 2 March: The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) publish a report:
Second seminar in the Baobab Centre’s lecture series with David Kogan, Executive Director of Magnum Photos giving a personal and pictorial account on the theme of ‘From Children of Europe to Lesbos: What have we learnt in 70 years?’. Thursday 6 April 2017, 6pm Palace House, 3 Cathedral Street, London SE1 9DE (next to the Golden
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 24 February: Following a legal challenge by the Refugee Council, the High Court rules that local authorities must support age-disputed asylum seekers as children. (EIN, 27 February 2017) 26 February: Irene Clennell, 52, is deported
A JENGbA march organised in support of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign. Monday 13 March 2017, 1pm The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, Little George St, Westminster, London SW1P 3BD Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 430kb) JENGbA Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
A celebration of young people’s stories in words and images. Tuesday 21 March 2017, 5pm Mezzanine Gallery, Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Line-up Shahidul Alam Chris Searle Alan Gilbey (local historian) Students will read poems from Stepney Words III, alongside the poets Caleb Femi, Maria Ferguson, Cecilia Knapp and Talia Randall
A free one-day symposium to explore how art and music has supported and been inspired by struggles for equality – particularly around race – over the past 40 years. Saturday 25 March 2017, 9.30–5.30pm Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW We will focus specifically on two significant events – the battle
With only a few weeks left to view the exhibition on the ‘70s Grunwick strike, ‘We are the lions’ you are advised to hightail it down to the Library at Willesden Green and see it while you still can. (It closes on 26 March) I visited the exhibition one Saturday afternoon (my second visit after
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: New research by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) finds that hundreds of foreign nationals being held in prison are being denied access to immigration advice. Download the report: Mind the Gap: Immigration Advice
