Art exhibition with paintings from Asian women workers demanding justice in Birmingham to protests against rape in Delhi and protests against Britain’s immigration policies. Until Monday 30 November 2015 The Gallery Cafe, 21 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PL Related links Facebook event listing South Asia Solidarity Group
Theme: Managed migration
Fruitvale film club: ‘Pressure’
A monthly film screening by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV) Fruitvale Film Club which is showing Pressure by Horace Ove. Sunday 29 November 2015, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV)
Stop & search workshop
A workshop on stop and search run by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV). Sunday 29 November 2015, 2pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV)
‘Mutiny’ screening
A screening of ‘Mutiny’, a documentary on the British West Indies Regiment who mutinied in World War 1, followed by a Q&A session. Friday 27 November 2015, 7-9pm Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, London N15 4RX Q&A session: Andrea Levy Gary Younge Tony T RELATED LINKS Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Solidarity and the 1984-85 Miner’s Strike Exhibition
An exhibition by the TUC Library Collections and London Metropolitan University commemorating the British miner’s strike of 1984. Monday 23 November 2015, 5-7.30 pm London Metropolitan University, Goulston Street, London E1 7TP Speakers Mike Jackson – Vice Chancellor of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners Hywel Francis – Author and retired MP Related links TUC
The Immigration Bill 2015
A briefing on concerns about destitution of asylum seeker and migrant families as a result of the Immigration Bill 2015. Thursday 3 December 2015, 10-12pm John McIntyre Building, Room 208, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Speaker: Alison Harvey – Immigration Law Practitioners Association Related links Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network Book a seat here
How can migrant communities deal with the threat of the Immigration Bill?
A meeting to discuss the threat new legislation presents to communities and what can be done to defend the rights of migrants. Wednesday 25 November 2015, 5-8 pm Union House, 128 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8TN Speakers Rosa Crawford – Trades Union Congress (TUC) Rita Chadha – Refugee & Migrant Forum of Essex and London – RAMFEL
Martha Osamor: unsung hero of Britain’s black struggle
Veteran campaigner Martha Osamor talks to IRR News about her experiences in political struggles. Martha Osamor, now 75-years-old is one of the many unsung heroes of Britain’s black community, yet she has spent almost all her life fighting to better the position of people in Tottenham and beyond – in the community, through the unions, women’s
The Race Relations Act 1965 – blessing or curse?
Jenny Bourne, long time anti-racist campaigner and editor of the IRR’s journal Race & Class, writes about the 1965 Race Relations Act and assesses the fifty years since it was passed. How should we be evaluating the impact of the race relations acts, the first of which became law fifty years ago? Fifty years ago,
‘Return to Streets of Eternity’
Chris Searle introduces Return to Streets of Eternity, a book of poetry by the late Guyanese writer and activist Jan Carew. On 27 November, the life and works of Jan Carew – writer, activist and scholar – will be commemorated in London with the release of two new books. Episodes in My Life: the autobiography of Jan Carew