A conference on racism, borders and the security state in the context of the War on Terror. Saturday 18 November 2017, 10am-7pm P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD Speakers include: Amanda Weston Gareth Peirce Frances Webber – Institute of Race Relations Arnaud Mafille – CAGE Fizza Qureshi – Migrant Rights Network Related links Register here Download a flyer here (pdf
Theme: Media
Care and custody: a social justice agenda
The Traveller Movement’s National Annual Conference. Friday 24 November 2017, 9.30-4pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Speakers include: David Lammy MP Cathy Ashley – Family Rights Group Fr John Chadwick – Margaret Clitheroe Trust Dr Carol Homden – Corams Guy Shennan – British Social Workers Association Andrea Simon – End Violence
The Lammy Review: will it change outcomes in the criminal justice system?
Lee Bridges, Emeritus Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick, continues our examination of the Lammy Review. Having already written on an allied subject – the 2011 riots-[1] the Conservative government chose Labour MP David Lammy to head its inquiry into the treatment of black and ethnic minority (BAME) groups within the criminal justice system.
European Union, Brexit – the future of workers’ rights
A conference to discuss whether the EU can be a framework to safeguard and to improve workers’ rights or if it is an obstacle. Saturday 11 November 2017, 9.30-6pm Diskus Centre at Unite, 128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8T Subject include: The Future of Trade Union Rights, social rights How to create more security for
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 September – 5 October 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 21 September: From January, banks and building societies will be required to carry out quarterly immigration status checks on all current account holders, not just on applicants for new accounts, according to Home Office proposals
Prevent – racism, resistance, repeal
A report from Just Yorkshire exposes the dangers of the government’s Prevent agenda. ‘I have seen the positive work of Prevent, which has stopped people from being radicalised or going abroad. It’s a fantastic tool and it’s here to stay’. That was Metropolitan Police Commander Dean Haydon’s response when asked in August this year by
Calendar of racism and resistance (1 – 21 September 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 1 September: G4S suspends nine members of staff at Brook House pending an investigation into allegations of abuse and assault revealed in a BBC Panorama programme. A Home Office worker is also suspended. (Guardian, 2
Without racial justice, can there be trust?
Institutional racism is not mentioned in David Lammy’s important review of the over-representation of BAME people within the criminal justice system. The IRR tries to understand why. UK prisons are at breaking point. Since August, there have been at least four outbreaks of serious disorder, at HMP Birmingham, The Mount Prison (Hertfordshire), Erlestoke Prison (Wiltshire)
Two deaths in immigration detention centres in 12 days
On 7 September, an unnamed Polish man died in hospital after self-harming at Harmondsworth detention centre. Twelve days later a Chinese man was found dead at Dungavel in Scotland. Two deaths in twelve days making a total of four deaths already this year. The first man was found at the Mitie-run[1] centre in west London
Calendar of racism and resistance (14 July – 31 August 2017)
A resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 30 June: A report on the situation of unaccompanied refugee children in Greece and ways to improve it, by the International Rescue Committee and METAdrasi, is published. Read the report here. (Are You Syrious, 19 July 2017)