This graphic account of the plight of the undocumented in Amsterdam first appeared on the web site Dreaming in Exile. Since 2012, a group of people from a number of countries have formed a group in Amsterdam called ‘We Are Here’. There are men and women, old and young. Some have been here for many years.
Theme: Managed migration
Claudia Jones memorial lecture
The National Union of Journalists’ annual Claudia Jones lecture: ‘Take me to your leader: the crisis in leadership in BAME Britain’. Thursday 16 October 2014, 6.30pm Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5 Speaker: Patrick Younge – broadcaster/journalist Related links Book a ticket here NUJ
A seminar on the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair
A seminar to examine the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair: ‘From the horse’s mouth? Critiquing and countering the dominant discourse and narratives. Thursday 23 October 2014, 10.30-4.30pm School of Education, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Related links See event details here Book online here
The rehabilitation of a ‘race martyr’
A resurgent media fixation with the 1980s Bradford headmaster Ray Honeyford has created a space for New Right ideas about cultural deficit within BME communities to resurface. ‘Whatever you thought of him, he was certainly ahead of his time.’ That, in sum, is what it took Aasmah Mir twenty-eight minutes to say in her recent
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (5 – 18 September 2014)
A resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key news stories in the UK and Europe over the past fortnight. Asylum seekers & refugees 5 September: Migrants and activists rally in Calais for human rights and an end to police violence, as Sauvons Calais announce they will rally on 7 September to ‘say no to
The Exotic Body in 19th-century British Drama
A two-day conference on the representation of the ‘exotic body’ in British drama. Thursday 25 – Friday 26 September 2014 Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, St Cross Building Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UL Keynote speakers: Ross Forman – Warwick Peter Yeandle – Manchester Hazel Waters – Institute of Race Relations Related
A revelation that must be heard
A public meeting to explore the role of art in challenging structural violence and changing public perceptions. Sunday 21 September 2014, 3-6pm Moderna Museet Malmö, Ola Billgrens plats, 21129 Malmö, Sweden Speakers include: Liz Fekete – Director, Institute of Race Relations Related links See more details about the meeting here Watch a trailer for the meeting
Valerie Allport 1945-2014
A tribute to an IRR supporter. The Institute of Race Relations has lost one of its best friends. Val Allport was not just a supporter, she was a friend – there at every turn. Funnily enough I don’t know that much about her, just that she was there – for some forty-five years. Her first
When class becomes a commodity
A new Open Society Foundations research project on Europe’s white working class provides a welcome corrective to those who champion the class as a victim of immigration while colluding in the abandonment of working-class areas. In his classic text examining production processes Labor and Monopoly Capital, published in 1974, Harry Braverman showed how ‘poverty and
The state, the market and the voluntary youth sector
A seminar to examine the ‘radical shifts’ in the voluntary youth sector’s changing relationship with the state and the increasing intrusion of private businesses into its activities. Thursday 18 September 2014, 11-4pm Brunswick Parish Church Centre, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9TQ Outline programme includes: Ian McGimpsey (University of Birmingham) – effects of neo-liberal policies on