A personal account of the everyday problems encountered by one eastern European attempting to make a new life in the UK. I should have realised from the start that Elena lived in a fairy land with her God. I had broken my arm in the snow and we needed help in the house. She came
Theme: Violence and harassment
Annual UFFC remembrance procession
The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) march calling for an end to deaths in custody. Saturday 25 October 2014 Assemble at 12pm at Trafalgar Square, London for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 136kb) Facebook event listing United
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two
Albion: a review
A dramatic exploration of fascism is needed in the UK, but unfortunately Albion does not provide this. How do we explain the rise of the far Right in Britain? This is the question at the heart of Albion, a play by Chris Thompson, which ends up titillating its audience but providing few answers. Set in
Investigated or ignored? on Race & Class radio
The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, focusing on the July-September 2014 issue, Harmit Athwal and Jon Burnett discuss the IRR’s recent report Investigated or ignored? on race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report. Their findings show that racial motivation is often still ignored, downplayed or not acknowledged by
Detention under parliamentary scrutiny
A meeting to launch the London community submission to the APPG on Refugees and Migration detention inquiry. Tuesday 7 October 2014, 6pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London E2 0EF Speakers: John McDonnell – MP Lisa Matthews – Right to Remain Jerome Phelps – Detention Action RELATED LINKS Detention Action Right to Remain
The right to life under threat by the state
The London Campaign Against Police and State Violence annual conference. Sunday 12 October 2014, 1pm Richard Hoggart Building Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths (University of London), Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW Programme includes: United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) Spoken word Related links Facebook event London Campaign Against Police
Unfinished journeys: a remembrance
A commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay tragedy as part of Camden Migration Festival. Saturday 4 October 2014, 1pm, talk and short film, 2pm, showing of Ghosts (Nick Broomfield) The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, London NW1 7NL Speakers include: Diana Yeh – University of Winchester Steve Lau – Chinese in Britain
Claudia Jones memorial lecture
The National Union of Journalists’ annual Claudia Jones lecture: ‘Take me to your leader: the crisis in leadership in BAME Britain’. Thursday 16 October 2014, 6.30pm Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5 Speaker: Patrick Younge – broadcaster/journalist Related links Book a ticket here NUJ
No One is Illegal gathering
Gathering of the No One is Illegal group. Sunday 19 October 2014, 1-5 pm The Common House, Unit 5E, 5 Pundersons Garden, Bethnal Green, London E2 9QG Related links No One is Illegal