Inspirational films by and about the people of Africa and the African diaspora, from archive classics to new releases. Tuesday 2 February – Saturday 21 May 2016 BFI Related links British Film Institute Download a flyer (pdf file, 1.9mb)
Theme: Managed migration
Lubomir Zubak, 1957 – 2015
Paul Polansky, author and Romani rights activist, remembers Lubomir Zubak who died on 23 December 2015. Lubomir Zubak, noted Romani rights activist in the Czech Republic in the 1990s, was the first to publicly call for the removal of the pig farm built over the WWII Roma concentration camp at Lety. His one-man demonstration carrying
Calendar of racism and resistance (12 – 25 February 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: Protests occur across Greece against the construction of registration and screening centres, or hotspots, for migrants. In Kos, after three days of protests, residents blockade an army camp earmarked for conversion into a migrant
UN Anti-Racism Day Demonstration
A march to mark UN Anti-Racism Day. Saturday 19 March 2016 London: assemble at Portland Place,London at 12noon. Glasgow: assemble at George Square, Glasgow at 11am. Wales: assemble at Clare Gardens, Cardiff at 11am. Related links Stand Up To Racism
Surround #YarlsWood demonstration
A demonstration at Yarl’s Wood detention centre. Saturday 12 March 2016, 1.30pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Related links Movement for Justice Facebook event listing
#UnisResistBorderControls
A day of discussions and workshops on safeguarding the rights of non-EU international students, refugees, asylum seekers and university workers. Saturday 5 March 2016, 11am-5pm SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Related links Get your tickets on Eventbrite Facebook event listing
If the government wants to tackle racism in the justice system, ditch joint enterprise
Below we reproduce an article[1] by Gloria Morrison of the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA) on joint enterprise (JE) convictions. If the government seriously wants to tackle racism in the justice system – and they are genuinely concerned about the disproportionate number of black men locked up in British prisons – then
Calendar of racism and resistance (29 January – 11 February 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 27 January: The EU issues a draft anti-smuggling law which experts say could criminalise volunteers providing help to refugees and equate rescue with smuggling. Other proposals would require volunteers to register. (Statewatch, 27 January 2016)
History, agency and the representation of ‘race’ – an introduction
Below we reproduce an excerpt from the introduction to the January issue of Race & Class, a special issue on ‘Reparative histories’. The ‘balcony scene’ during which the out-of-time drugs baron, Avon Barksdale, and his modernising partner, Stringer Bell, reminisce about their errant childhoods is often hailed as one of the most compelling dramatic moments
Organising to commemorate Grunwick’s
A meeting to plan a series of events to commemorate forty years since the Grunwick Strike, 1976-1978. Thursday 18 February 2016, 7pm Brent Trades Hall, 75 High Road, Willesden, London NW10 2JR Related links Facebook event listing Grunwick 40