A benefit gig for the Campaign to Close Campsfield. Saturday 15 October 2011, 8pm East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street, Oxford OX1 4HU Acts: Attila the Stockbroker The Knights of Mentis Related links Campaign to Close Campsfield
Theme: Violence and harassment
Anti-deportation training
A training workshop on starting an anti-deportation campaign. Monday 10 October 2011, 7pm Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Guest speaker: Michael Collins – National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns Related links Sheffield Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
2011 miscarriage of justice day
The 2011 annual miscarriage of justice day, chaired by United Against Injustice. Saturday 8 October 2011, 10am The Arches Project, Adderley Street, Birmingham B9 4EE Speakers: Kevin McMahon Michael Naughton Paddy Joe Hill Michelle Diskin Sam Raincock Janet Cunliffe Corrine Mitchell Workshops: Andrew Green – getting the best out of solicitors Ange Drozdowski – banner
Sound off for justice
A series of legal aid roadshows to help educate local communities about how they will be affected if the government’s proposed legal aid cuts become law. Visiting the following cities: 5 October – Maidstone 6 October – Southampton 11 October – Cambridge 12 October – London 19 October – Bristol 20 October – Cardiff 25
Stoking racism fears
Unpicking one tabloid story shows how the campaign against the Human Rights Act works by stoking fear, racism and jingoism. ‘Nigerian rapist can’t be deported because of EU judges’, screams the Mail headline[1], managing to resurrect a fearsome folk devil (the image of the big black sexual predator was a potent stereotype a generation ago),
Defeat of the Champion
A special preview of a documentary, followed by a panel discussion, about the anti-terrorist initiative ‘Project Champion’ and how it was successfully opposed. Wednesday 28 September 2011, 8-10pm Birmingham Library Theatre, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HQ Panel discussion: Ken Fero – co-director of Defeat of the Champion Steve Jolly – active campaigner against CCTV Related
‘Feeding the ghosts’
A seminar on George Hibbert, the West India docks and the memory of British slave ownership. Tuesday 27 September 2011, 6-7.30pm University of London Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN Speaker: Kate Donnington Related links Black and Asian Studies Association
Solidarity with the Dale Farm Travellers
A solidarity demo with the Dale Farm Travellers outside the High Court as it considers the legality of Basildon Council’s eviction notices. Friday 23 September 2011, 11.30am-2.30pm High Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Related links Save Dale Farm
Small victory for ESOL learners
A cut in ESOL funding which would have prevented the poorest from learning English has been reversed. In December 2010 we reported on drastic cuts to funding for the teaching of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), to take effect in September. The cuts would have meant vast numbers of people on income-related benefits
Berlin anti-racist coalition formed as threats increase
In the run-up to the September elections in Berlin, and against the backdrop of a rise in attacks on mosques and Muslims, anti-racists in Berlin have formed the campaign Acting Together – Against Racism and Social Exclusion. The campaign ‘Acting Together – Against Racism and Social Exclusion’ (Zusammen handeln-Gegen rassistische Hetze und soziale Ausgrenzung), which