The annual general meeting of the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG). Thursday 12 May 2016, 7-9pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James’ Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Related links South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)
Theme: Violence and harassment
JENGbA march on Downing Street
A march on Downing Street demanding that the government deal with outstanding joint enterprise cases or launch a special inquiry. Monday 16 May 2016, 2pm Meet at London Victora Station, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1V 1JU Related links Facebook event listing Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA)
Roma Are Equal demonstration
A demonstration on Romani Resistance Day, delivering a petition to the Bulgarian embassy calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov, a Romani boy beaten by a neo-Nazi in Bulgaria. Monday 16 May 2016, 12pm Bulgarian embassy, 186-188 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5HL Related links Facebook event Sign a petition calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov here Roma
Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s
A British Academy conference on Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s: Transatlantic Conversations on History, Race and Rights. 25-26 May 2016, 9.30am – 5.00pm The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Speakers include: John Akomfrah OBE – Smoking Dogs Films, documentary filmmaker and artist Dr Reece Auguiste – University of Colorado Eduardo
National Day of Action Against Detention Centres
Actions across the UK in a national day of action against detention centres. Saturday 7 May 2016 Brook House & Tinsley House, 3pm Colnbrook & Harmondsworth, 10-6pm (Assemble at SOAS at 10am) The Verne, from 12.45-1.45pm (bring things to make noise) and from 2.15pm in the town. Yarl’s Wood, from 6pm (including film projection, lights
The fourth London Radical Bookfair 2016
The London Radical Bookfair is a gathering of progressive readers, thinkers and doers in a celebration of radical publishing and politics. Saturday 7 May 2016, 12-6pm Goldsmiths Great Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross London SE14 6NW Related links Facebook event listing London Radical Bookfair
Internationalism and black agency in the African American radical Press (1918-1924)
A talk in the ‘Marxism in Culture’ seminar series. Friday 29 April 2016, 5.30-7.30pm, Wolfson Room, NB01, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E Speaker: Cathy Bergin – University of Brighton Related links Further details here Marxism in Culture seminar series
Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 April: A 7-year-old Afghan boy is rescued from the back of a lorry on the M1 with fourteen other migrants after sending an SOS text message saying that he was having difficulty breathing. (BBC
Fruitvale Film Club: ‘Burning an Illusion’
A monthly film screening by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV) Fruitvale Film Club of Burning an Illusion (1981) by Menelik Shabazz. Sunday 24 April 2016, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence
Birmingham community launch of Joint Enterprise report
The Birmingham launch of a new report: ‘Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism’. Thursday 28 April 2016, 7pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham B6 4UU Speakers include: Patrick Williams Becky Clarke Related links Event details Centre for Crime and Justice Studies