The launch of a new report, Collective expulsion: the case against Britain’s mass deportation charter flights. Wednesday 20 November 2013, 7pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Including: Report launch Workshop with legal practitioners and campaigners RELATED LINKS Corporate Watch Stop Deportation
Theme: Violence and harassment
No going back for the Roma
A review of the Migrant Roma in the UK research report. The title, Migrant Roma in the UK: population size and experiences of local authorities and partners, may make this report by three University of Salford academics sound dry, but this is both a necessary report and a prescient political intervention. In 2011, the EU
Sheffield murder highlights risks faced by night-time economy workers
The recent stabbing of Thavisha Lakindu Peiris exposes the dangers facing BME workers in the night-time economy, and is the latest such attack to have proved fatal. Significant media attention has focused on Thavisha Lakindu Peiris’s death, in Sheffield on Sunday 27 October. As widely reported, at about 9.50pm the 25-year-old man delivered one last
Keeping watch on Robeson
A gripping book on Paul Robeson not only shows up the greatness of the man but underscores the dangers of state surveillance – a lesson to heed today. When I lived in Brixton, South London in the early 1970s, I used to drink in an Acre Lane pub named after an imperial admiral, the favourite
Fifteenth annual UFFC remembrance procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) marched on Downing Street last weekend, as it has done for the last fifteen years, to mark the deaths of loved ones in the custody of the state. The annual remembrance procession was led by the families of those including Ricky Bishop, Mark Duggan, Demetre Fraser, Joy Gardner,
Save legal aid
A public meeting to discuss opposition to planned cuts to legal aid. Saturday 9 November 2013, 12pm Friends Meeting House, 6 The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS Speaking: John Fitzpatrick – Professor of Law Sheona York – Kent Law Clinic Rhona Friedman – Bindmans Related links Download a flyer for the event here Save Legal Aid
Still no protection for asylum seekers
Last week, on 18 October, a fire erupted at Campsfield House detention centre near Oxford. The centre, which can hold up to 216 men, suffered serious damage and those held there were transferred to other removal centres and prisons across the UK. Reports have emerged from the centre that the fire was allegedly started by
Race, class and the IRR
A session at this year’s Historical Materialism conference on the work of A. Sivanandan, Race & Class and the Institute of Race Relations. Sunday 10 November 2013, 12pm SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG Panel includes: Avery Gordon – in conversation with A. Sivanandan (recorded) Jenny Bourne – on revolution and reconstruction Colin Prescod
An evening of Indian classical music
An evening of music in support of Positive Action in Housing’s Lifeline project for destitute asylum seekers. Friday 1 November 2013, 7.30pm Eastwood Park Theatre, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6UG Artists include: Ustad Shahid Parvez Pandit Rajkumar Mishra RELATED LINKS Positive Action in Housing
Propaganda! Perception! & Power!
A screening of poetry, film and music from participants who attended an event on injustice earlier this year. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 6pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA RELATED LINKS Voices that Shake!