An exhibition of photography and video about Calais and Lesvos, by volunteers and activists on the frontline. 18 – 23 January 2016 Coexist, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QY Related Links View the Facebook page for the exhibition here The Bristol Skipchen
Theme: Violence and harassment
Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism
Meetings in Manchester and Tottenham to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Monday 25 January 2016 8.30-10am, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS 7-8.30pm, North London Community House, Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Stafford Scott (Tottenham Rights) Related links JENGbA
Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism
A meeting to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Tuesday 26 January 2016 2-4pm, House of Commons, Committee Room 14, House of Commons Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Lord Herman Ouseley Andrew Mitchell MP Related links JENGbA Download a flyer (word doc, 77kb)
Dream Not Of Other Worlds: Racism, Extremism and the Left
Arun Kundnani is delivering the 2016 Corin Redgrave Memorial Lecture. Saturday 23 January 2016, 2.30pm Small Hall, The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1H 9AU Speaker: Arun Kundnani is the author of The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain and The Muslims Are Coming Related links Peace & Progress Download a flyer here (word doc,
Shake! Showcase: Resistance is Fertile
A showcase featuring poetic, filmic & musical responses to injustice from the participants on the 2015 Shake! courses. Tuesday 26 January 2016, 7.30pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Voices That Shake! Buy tickets from Rich Mix here Facebook event listing View a flyer here
No Nazis in Dover
A demonstration in solidarity with refugees as far-right groups plan an anti-refugee protest on the same day. Saturday 30 January 2016, 11am Dover, Kent Related links Facebook event listing View further details here
Migrants Welcome
A demonstration in Calais in support of migrants as simultaneous demonstrations take place in Greece against the construction of a wall in Evros at the Greek-Turkish border. Saturday 23 January 2016 Calais Related links Further information in French
Calendar of racism and resistance (4-17 December 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing & criminal justice 3 December: Babacar Guèye, a 27-year-old Senegalese man, dies after being shot five times by a police officer in Rennes in north-west France. Guèye attempted to self-harm with a bread knife before his friend
Calendar of racism and resistance 2015
A reference tool for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe in 2015. POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 11 January: Campaign groups Justice 4 Leon and the Faruk Ali Justice Campaign march together through Luton to show a ‘united front’, demanding justice for Leon Briggs and Faruk Ali. (Luton on Sunday, 11 January
After Paris
An overview of anti-Muslim violence and abuse in the UK since the Paris attacks. The terrorist attacks in Paris last month, killing 130 people and injuring 368 more, have been followed by anti-Muslim violence across Europe. In the UK, sixty-four religious or racially motivated hate crimes were reported to the police in Scotland in the week