A seminar to examine the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair: ‘From the horse’s mouth? Critiquing and countering the dominant discourse and narratives. Thursday 23 October 2014, 10.30-4.30pm School of Education, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Related links See event details here Book online here
Theme: Violence and harassment
Building effective campaigns for refugees
A community action workshop and talks. Sunday 5 October 2014, 11.30-4pm Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2NP Speakers: Frances Webber – retired immigration, asylum and human rights barrister/author of Borderline Justice: the fight for refugee and migrant rights Unity Centre – Glasgow Related links Facebook event listing Beyond Borders Tyneside
The rehabilitation of a ‘race martyr’
A resurgent media fixation with the 1980s Bradford headmaster Ray Honeyford has created a space for New Right ideas about cultural deficit within BME communities to resurface. ‘Whatever you thought of him, he was certainly ahead of his time.’ That, in sum, is what it took Aasmah Mir twenty-eight minutes to say in her recent
Charities criticise Daily Express hostility toward asylum seekers
We reproduce here a response that the Daily Express refused to publish after it had carried a series of articles attacking asylum seekers in Britain. Dear Sir, The stream of aggressive stories about asylum seekers appearing in this paper in recent days is of serious concern to all of us who work with and support people fleeing persecution. Your
Protecting European democracy or reviving the Cold War?
A new report by Human Rights First on fascism in Hungary and Greece raises important questions. But its orientation towards US national interests smacks of Cold War thinking. When we think of the leaders of Europe’s far- and extreme-Right parties today, it is easy to ridicule them as fossils, nostalgic for days of Empire and
13th public meeting with United Against Injustice
A public event, including workshops to mark the thirteenth National Miscarriage of Justice Day. Saturday 11 October 2014, 10-5pm John Foster Building, 80-98 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5UZ Speakers include: Ross Patel – Afentis Forensics CCRC representative Professor Joe Sim – Liverpool John Moores University INQUEST representative RELATED LINKS United Against Injustice
Inquiry into immigration detention
A meeting to collect evidence from people who have been detained and from organisations that support people in detention for the parliamentary inquiry into immigration detention. Tuesday 23 September 2014 at 6.30-8pm Northern Refugee Centre, Exchange Brewery, 2 Bridge Street, Sheffield S3 8NS Related links South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group
A revelation that must be heard
A public meeting to explore the role of art in challenging structural violence and changing public perceptions. Sunday 21 September 2014, 3-6pm Moderna Museet Malmö, Ola Billgrens plats, 21129 Malmö, Sweden Speakers include: Liz Fekete – Director, Institute of Race Relations Related links See more details about the meeting here Watch a trailer for the meeting
Valerie Allport 1945-2014
A tribute to an IRR supporter. The Institute of Race Relations has lost one of its best friends. Val Allport was not just a supporter, she was a friend – there at every turn. Funnily enough I don’t know that much about her, just that she was there – for some forty-five years. Her first
When class becomes a commodity
A new Open Society Foundations research project on Europe’s white working class provides a welcome corrective to those who champion the class as a victim of immigration while colluding in the abandonment of working-class areas. In his classic text examining production processes Labor and Monopoly Capital, published in 1974, Harry Braverman showed how ‘poverty and