The Institute of Race Relations reprises the succinct analysis of multiculturalism made by A. Sivanandan after 7/7. In his Munich speech, Cameron blamed the ‘state doctrine of multiculturalism’ for creating ‘segregated communities’. But as this Institute has pointed out time and time again, it is important to distinguish between multiculturalism as policy and multiculturalism as
Theme: Managed migration
LSE’s provocative German Symposium under attack
We reprint an open letter signed by over one hundred UK-based German students and academics critical of the format of the ‘LSE German Symposium 2011 – Integration Debate’ – in particular the invitation extended to Thilo Sarrazin and Henryk Broder. Integration instead of a Clash of Cultures? An Open Letter Regarding the ‘LSE German Symposium
Get Up! Stand Up!
Colin Prescod, the IRR’s chair, addresses the sixth Huntley Archives conference ‘Get Up! Stand Up!’ This year’s conference centres on struggles for Black community in Britain, waged over three decades, from the 1960s to the 1980s. For Caribbeans, in particular, these local UK struggles were at first part and parcel of a broader politics of
London voluntary sector funding cuts flawed
Last week the High Court ruled that London Councils had failed to meet their statutory equality duties when cutting the funding of 200 voluntary and community groups. Pierce Glynn solicitors on behalf of the Roma Support Group took the judicial review in which the judge quashed the funding decisions and the London Councils were ordered
Where now for civil liberties?
In March, the IRR will be relaunching its popular lunchtime meetings with two highly topical discussions on civil liberties in the US and the UK. The first two meetings of the series are: The Obama administration and the ‘War Against Terrorism’, (Monday 7 March 2011, 1-2pm), Nancy Murray, director of education at the American Civil
Jews against Islamophobia
An anti-racist of Jewish descent asks if the time has not come for Jews to speak out against Islamophobia. It is, I suppose, given the politics of the Middle East, inevitable though not excusable, that some Jews will be vociferous about emphasising Muslim extremist crimes here. But what is not inevitable and is certainly unforgiveable
Coalition announces cuts in ESOL funding
A lecturer in a further education (FE) college examines the impact of planned cuts to ESOL funding. The recently published coalition strategy for further education, Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth,[1] makes little reference to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), but what reference there is makes extremely worrying reading. In brief, from September
Travels with Malcolm
A book on Malcolm’s X’s visits abroad has been published. From April 1964 until his assassination in February 1965, Malcolm X travelled widely in the Middle East and across Africa and paid a number of visits to France and the UK. In a new book, drawing on data from Malcolm’s own notebooks, his autobiography, many
Too Black? the case of the Oval 4 revisited
A gripping new autobiographical book has been published on the case of the ‘Oval 4’. The book, Black for a cause … not just because … the case of the ‘Oval 4’ and the story of Black Power in 1970s Britain, written by Winston Trew makes for compelling reading especially where the author describes the
Who made black history?
A reflection on the impact personal black histories of struggle have made on the movement for racial justice in the UK. In the official account of black British history, there are a number of individuals whose lives and accomplishments have for a long time formed the backbone of black history teaching, their names now synonymous