The presentation of the findings of a local authority project on Roma education. Thursday 15 May 2014, 4.30-9pm Jack Carter Pavilion, Oakfield Playing Fields, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex IG6 2JL
Theme: Managed migration
Launch of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
A performance celebrating the launch of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Sunday 1 June 2014, 1-4pm Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Other performances over the month include: The Devouring, the Great Sadness – exhibition by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups Irish dance – St Josephs Catholic Primary School Poetry – by
The Muslims are Coming!
Saleh Mamon reviews The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror, by Arun Kundnani. In this remarkably ambitious work, Arun Kundnani attempts to address two key issues: why Islam is considered the root of terrorism and how Muslim citizenship is becoming conditional on abandoning belief. Kundnani’s thorough investigation leads him to
UKIP: legitimised by the media?
John Grayson examines the way UKIP’s messages have been legitimised and in some cases promoted by the media. The self-proclaimed leader of ‘the people’s army’ can relish his victory. Nigel Farage – whose party was once dismissed as a home for fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists – has established himself as a big beast in
Look how far we’ve come
A conference on getting racism back on the agenda. Thursday 8 May 2014, 6-9pm Abbey Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU
Migrant Voice’s documentary launch
The launch of The Faces of Our City: Stories of Migration Past and Present followed by a panel discussion. Thursday 24 April 2014, 6-8pm Europe House, 32 Smith Square London SW1P 3EU The documentary launch is followed by a panel discussion on the upcoming European elections: Can migrants’ engagement in the European elections shift the
Tackling racism through education
At a time when anti-racism in education is often being reduced to ‘cultural awareness’ projects, Show Racism the Red Card’s direct tackling of racism is welcome. In the early 1980s, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) produced a series of educational booklets on racism in Britain starting from the premise that, at that time, the
‘No one can be left without hope’: Breathing life into global action for asylum seekers
Australia’s inhuman anti-asylum policies may survive the many protests at Reza Berati’s offshore detention death, but change can come through global solidarity in pursuit of justice for asylum seekers, says Leanne Weber of the Border Crossing Observatory at Monash University. On 23 February Melbourne’s Federation Square filled with people who had come to commemorate the
‘We are our own educators!’: Buzz Johnson, people’s publisher
A tribute to Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), who created in the UK one of the most important and prolific black publishing houses on and for Caribbean peoples. I feel that I met Norris ‘Buzz’ Johnson nearly a decade before we actually met, human to human. In 1968, I found my first school teaching post in Scarborough,
Black history, black politics on Race & Class radio
The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, Chris Searle discusses revolutionary poet Peter Blackman, who, despite being at the vortex of Black cultural expression for much of the 20th century, never received his due. Chris Searle also reads Peter Blackman’s poetry