A benefit gig for SOAS Detainee Support Group. Saturday 28 September 2013, 9.30pm Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH Artists include: Harare Z the People Colin Samurai RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here SOAS Detainee Support Group
Theme: Violence and harassment
Undercover police surveillance
A Haldane Society lecture on the calls for a public inquiry on undercover surveillance. Tuesday 8 October 2013, 6.30pm University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE Speakers: Imran Khan – solicitor to Doreen Lawrence Louis Austin – former Chair of Youth Against Racism in Europe RELATED LINKS Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
Operation Nexus fears not allayed
A recent meeting with Met police failed to reassure migrant rights groups and activists that Operation Nexus is not harmful. Operation Nexus, launched a year ago as a collaboration between the Metropolitan police and the UK Border Agency was designed to clear foreign criminals off the streets of London and send them home. Immigration officers
Stop sponging off migrants!
A demonstration to highlight how little tax the company that owns the ‘Daily Express’ pays in the UK and to protest against its demonisation of migrants. Monday 23 September 2013, 5.30pm 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN
Building a community-based organisation
The Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers (ACERT) AGM and a one day conference. Saturday 28 September 2013, 10am Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Agenda items include: Gypsies, Romanies and other Travellers in Higher Education Supporting parents of excluded pupils Opportunities for trained mediators Exploring culture through art
PAFRAS fundraiser
A benefit gig by Yorkshire-based band, Fusion, as part of PAFRAS’ tenth anniversary celebrations. Friday 4 October 2013, 7.30pm The New Headingly Club, 56 St Michaels Road, Leeds LS6 3BG Live performance: Fusion RELATED LINKS Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Download a flyer here.
Supporting immigrants in London
A public meeting to support refugee and migrant activists and other interested individuals following on from the government’s ‘go home’ campaign. Thursday 19 September 2013, 6-9pm Southall Day Centre, Milap Branch, Shackleton Road, (off Lady Margaret Road) Southall, Middlesex UB1 2QH The meeting includes: An update on what has happened Explanations of the rights of those
G4S occupation activists acquitted
At the end of August, at Horsham Magistrates’ court, two campaigners were acquitted of aggravated trespass – an eight-hour occupation of the roof of the G4S Surrey HQ in July 2012. Chris Osmond and Shiar Youssef, from No Borders and the Boycott Israel Network, occupied the roof of the G4S HQ in leafy Surrey to
Campaign to save the Public Sector Equality Duty
Groups have been fighting to prevent the government from watering down or dispensing altogether with the one part of the law which allows us to challenge institutional discrimination. Following the Macpherson recommendations, the 2000 Race Relations Amendment Act introduced a duty on public bodies to promote equality and the need to assess policy in terms
ESOL students and benefit cuts
An afternoon of workshops looking at the impact on ESOL students of welfare cuts, benefit sanctions and workfare. Saturday 28 September 2013, 1-5pm University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Related links Action for ESOL