A festival of solidarity for a family friendly day of culture, art and music. Saturday 25 July 2015, 12-6pm MERCi, Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR The event starts with a photo exhibition (there will also be an auction of the photos) interweaved with powerful short films, explosive live music and heart-moving spoken
Theme: Managed migration
Calendar of racism and resistance (3 – 16 July 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 2 July: The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) publishes a report documenting a 23.5 per cent rise in Islamophobic attacks after the killings of the Charlie Hebdo staff and hostages in a Jewish grocery
FoodFight – Resistance is Fertile
A free five-day course, organised by the Voices That Shake, on art, race, media and power to explore the idea that resistance is fertile. Monday 3 August – Friday 7 August 2015 We are Spotlight, 30 Hay Currie Street, E14 6GN London The course will include: Interactive workshops, dialogue & skill-shares to creatively campaign for
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 June – 2 July 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 19 June: The Independent Police Complaints Commission will consider whether the ethnicity or the mental health of a 33-year-old prisoner injured in a cell influenced the actions of six officers involved in his restraint, resulting in
Get Up, Stand Up! Racial equality and anti-racism
A series of debates and lectures as part of a collaborative project between New Art Exchange and NCCL exploring notions of international civil rights. Thursday 9 July 2015, 6-8pm New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE Participants include: Jagdish Patel – The Monitoring Group Janna Graham – Centre for Research in Race and Rights,
Transnational capital and the technology of domination and desire
The July issue of Race & Class takes up three topical themes: the monetarisation of private information, the politics of film and the demonisation of ‘anti-racism’. Jerry Harris, national secretary of the Global Studies Association of North America, in a provocative lead article examines transnational capital and what he terms ‘the technology of domination and
Why do we count the dead?
We reproduce here an article by Eddie-Bruce Jones, from his personal blog, reflecting on the counting of deaths. In April, the Institute of Race Relations, as part of a day-long anniversary event, held a panel discussion called ‘Why do we count deaths?’ The question was posed as a provocation to help us address the questions:
Funding appeal for Europe Roma Network
On 2 August 2015, the Europe Roma Network UK will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Roma Genocide at the Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial, to coincide with events across Europe. The Europe Roma Network is calling for donations to cover expenses for travel from Birmingham and Maidstone as well as transport within London. The grant will
Sivanandan’s April 2015 postscript
A. Sivanandan updates his thinking on globalisation, impact of the market state and the stirrings of rebellion. ‘The spaces are there for us to fight back in, and the time is here to be seized’. RELATED LINKS Read about the event here
Catching history on the wing: the future
Session three of of an event celebrating the work of the Institute of Race Relations on 18 April 2015. The future: Building on communities of dissent: premiere of film Catching History on the Wing: a conversation with A Sivanandan followed by audience/panel interaction led by Suresh Grover (The Monitoring Group) and Phil Miller (Corporate Watch), moderated