A new oral history project documents key moments in London’s anti-racist struggle. Eastside Community Heritage, which records and preserves social history in East London, has launched a new online oral history archive. London Against Racism allows visitors to listen to stories of anti-racist activity over four decades. Local activists recount various battles against racism and
Theme: Violence and harassment
Precarious lives
Asylum seekers’ experiences of forced labour are documented in an important new report. Not much is known about those subjected to forced labour in the UK. Working in a labour market that, by design, is exploitative, abusive, secretive and violent (threatened or realised), their existence is frequently ignored. And, but for the work of investigative
Ali Aarrass – condition critical, but where is the Belgian government?
The Belgian government has set its face against saving the life of its citizen, on hunger and thirst strike in prison in Morocco, despite protests in a number of countries. As we go to press, Ali Aarrass, a dual Belgian-Moroccan national, is in a critical condition in a prison in Salé, Morocco. As of 30
One stunt too many
This week the Home Office announced a new pilot scheme, lorries with ads, to encourage people in the UK illegally to ‘go home or face arrest’. The one-week £10,000 advertising campaign will involve vans driving around six London boroughs (Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow and Redbridge) carrying ads asking ‘In the UK illegally?’,
Battling against the odds
A combination of documentary and theatre in north London looks at twenty-first century poverty from the point of view of those experiencing it. Lost Nation, by Red Room Productions, explores the human cost of the government’s politics of austerity. Beginning with a short film, local Brent residents explain in detail the realities of low wage
France: police blamed for Trappes unrest
Campaigners say police harassment sparked the ‘riots’ at Trappes. On Friday 19 July violence broke out in the Paris suburb of Trappes as young Muslims protested outside a police station at what they described as the provocative treatment of a veiled Muslim woman and her elderly mother. The violence continued on the following night, and
Rally for legal aid
A rally against the proposed cuts to legal aid. Tuesday 30 July 2013, 4.30-6.30pm Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH Related links Justice Alliance Download a flyer for the event here
Nothing about us without us
Below we reproduce a call from the Edge Fund for people to join its Advisory Group to help make it truly representative. The Edge Fund was initiated by a group of philanthropists and activists in early 2012 to explore how funds could be distributed so as to devolve the power of donors and create real
Long walk: 7 years of detention
An event marking the seventh anniversary of the detention of Talha Ahsan without trial bringing together national justice campaigns. Friday 19 July 2013, 6.30-9pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Speakers include: Janet Alder – Sister of Christopher Alder Sheila Coleman – Hillsborough Families 96 Campaign Avaes Mohammed – Poet and playwright
No Borders info night and social
No Borders host an evening of films, presentation and open discussion. Tuesday 16 July 2013, 6.30-9pm LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES Related links London NoBorders