Paul Polansky, author and Romani rights activist, remembers Lubomir Zubak who died on 23 December 2015. Lubomir Zubak, noted Romani rights activist in the Czech Republic in the 1990s, was the first to publicly call for the removal of the pig farm built over the WWII Roma concentration camp at Lety. His one-man demonstration carrying
An IRR discussion paper on the Housing and Planning and Immigration Bills 2015-16. The Housing and Planning and Immigration Bills, currently going through parliament, contain measures which are central to the Conservatives’ stated belief in cohesive ‘One Nation’ government. In a discussion paper published by the IRR today, criminologist Dr Jon Burnett argues that the
Today, on International Women’s Day, it is women like Jayaben Desai,[1] Kalben Patel and their fellow strikers that we should be remembering and honouring for their tenacity and courage. 23 August 2016 marks forty years since the start of the Grunwick strike. This dispute at the Film Processing Laboratory in Willesden, north-west London lasted for
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: Protests occur across Greece against the construction of registration and screening centres, or hotspots, for migrants. In Kos, after three days of protests, residents blockade an army camp earmarked for conversion into a migrant
John Grayson reveals the spread of corporate involvement in the provision of asylum housing in the UK and northern Europe, and how outsourcing and private companies are tarnishing Europe’s ‘welcome’ to refugees. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to two families in G4S housing[1] in Sheffield who arrived in the UK in September last
Following a Supreme Court judgment that the joint enterprise doctrine has been applied incorrectly for three decades, Patrick Williams and Becky Clarke reflect on their groundbreaking research on joint enterprise, racism and criminalisation. Dangerous Associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism highlights the complex relationships which contribute to the collective punishment of young Black, Asian and Minority
A panel co-hosted by Novara Media, Verso and Compass that focuses on living in London and some of the intersecting oppressions that increasingly define it. Wednesday 23 March 2016, 8.30pm The Auditorium at Foyles, Level 6, 107 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DT Speakers include: Aaron Bastani – Novara Media Liz Fekete – Director of
Regular monthly demonstration at Campsfield House detention entre in Oxfordshire. Saturday 27 February 2016, 12-2pm Campsfield House, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1RE Related links Campaign to Close Campsfield
A march to mark UN Anti-Racism Day. Saturday 19 March 2016 London: assemble at Portland Place,London at 12noon. Glasgow: assemble at George Square, Glasgow at 11am. Wales: assemble at Clare Gardens, Cardiff at 11am. Related links Stand Up To Racism
A demonstration at Yarl’s Wood detention centre. Saturday 12 March 2016, 1.30pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Related links Movement for Justice Facebook event listing
