Institute of Race Relations
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The Institute of Race Relations is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally.
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The January 2015 issue of Race & Class explores poverty, ‘race’ and criminal justice.
A new IRR briefing paper examines the deaths of foreign national prisoners in the UK.
Following the acquittal on 16 December of the G4S guards charged with the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga, IRR vice-chair Frances Webber focuses on the judge's decision to rule inadmissible evidence pointing to endemic racism within G4S.
The latest issue of Race & Class, ‘Memory and hope’, contains a special section on the possibilities for peace and autonomy in Kashmir.
In a timely report published today, the IRR cautions against the importation to the UK of Scandinavian-style Exit programmes for dealing with far-right extremists.
The latest issue of Race & Class examines the consequences of the co-option of charities and voluntary organisations within the immigration detention market.
The latest issue of Race & Class assesses popular debate around issues involving the far Right in Europe.
This week, IRR News teams up with the Border Crossing Observatory at Monash University, Melbourne, and with the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) at Kings College, London, to bring new insights and an international perspective to bear on the Global North's callous mistreatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
Today, the Institute of Race Relations publishes a report that shows serious deficiencies in the criminal justice system’s response to race-related killings.
The latest issue of Race & Class examines the 2013 'riots' in Stockholm in the light of other recent urban rebellions.
News Service
Sharia Watch UK and the metamorphosis of Anne Marie Waters
In the first of an occasional series from Spinwatch, Hilary Aked examines Sharia Watch and its founder Anne Marie Waters.
January 21, 2015
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 December 2014 – 15 January 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
January 16, 2015
Farewell Magna Carta: the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill
The Bill currently going through Parliament, with virtually no opposition, impinges on basic freedoms and seems calculated to entrench the treatment of British Muslims as non-citizens.
January 16, 2015
Anti-racist witchcraft
The question of loyalty to British traditions was already under attack thirty years ago in relation to the work of the Institute of Race Relations.
January 15, 2015
Mike Marqusee 1953-2015
The movement has lost a unique and inspiring campaigner for justice.
January 15, 2015
Upcoming Events
Antifa Folk Fest 2015
A London Solidarity Parties sober day gig to raise funds for London anti-fascists.
January 24, 2015
Dover anti-fascist demo
A counter-demonstration, called for by the Anti-Fascist Network, against the Extreme Right in Dover.
January 25, 2015