The latest issue of Race & Class examines the consequences of the co-option of charities and voluntary organisations within the immigration detention market. In 2010 the British government announced that the outrage of child detention for immigration purposes was to end. Simultaneously, however, it commissioned the opening of a new family detention centre, CEDARS, which
RAPAR’s Annual general meeting. Friday 18 July 2014, 6pm Friend’s Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS RELATED LINKS Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Research (RAPAR)
A powerful drama to be aired on Sunday lays bare the injustice of joint enterprise. Common, by Jimmy McGovern, tells the story of a senseless murder in the north-west and the chain of events which follows, leading to the imprisonment of the innocent. While the drama focuses on how the doctrine of joint enterprise in
The latest broadcast of Race & Class Radio is now available to download. In the current broadcast of Race & Class Radio, Avery Gordon and Elizabeth Robinson are joined by guests Bill Rolston, discussing the mural paintings of Gaza, and Sabrina Alimahomed on the revolving door between public order and private profit in the US. Bill
‘Liberating Media’, an event, on Saturday 12 July at the British Film Institute (BFI) will highlight the work of Migrant Media. The day of film and discussion showcases the films of Migrant Media’s director-in-chief, Ken Fero – starting with an informal morning session, led by Fero, considering the work of Migrant Media and its youth
An incisive new campaigning video attacks the equation of anti-racism with extremism. Human rights defenders connected to Swedish anti-racist group Linje 17 mot rasism (Line 17 Against Racism) have found a novel way of lobbying for change. In a terse film, entitled #viärsverige 2014 – sluta normalisera rasismen! (#WeAreSweden 2014 – Stop Normalising Racism!), of just
The ability to secure justice has been irrevocably damaged by the combination of secret trials, trials involving secret evidence, and the continuing legal aid cuts – affecting the rule of law itself. The ‘Trojan Horse’ affair has given us a definition of ‘British values’ – in a document for school governors issued by the Department
A seminar exploring the themes of covert policing, particularly the running of agents/informants and use of intelligence. Tuesday 1 July 2014, 9.30am-3pm Rooms 82A01 and 82A02, University of Ulster Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast BT15 1ED Subjects include: Collusion and Covert Policing in NI, where now? Covert policing and accountability, where now? Oversight mechanisms Speakers
A Freedom Without Fear meeting to bring together people engaged in state-critical activities and campaigns. Thursday 3 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Room 417, Birkbeck (Main building), University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Kamila Sheikh Lesbian Immigration Support Group Sarah Lamble Related links Facebook event listing Download a flyer here (pdf file, 100kb)
A protest at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres called by Movement for Justice. Saturday 5 July 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth IRC, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Speakers include: John Mc Donnell MP Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice on Facebook View a flyer here
