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.
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.

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.
Throughout 2020, the IRR will be organising a series of discussions on state racism.
How can a genuinely anti-racist feminist approach tackle serious sexual violence without demonising entire communities?
To complement the re-issuing of Sivanandan’s path-breaking collection of essays, Communities of Resistance, Race & Class leads with a thought-provoking piece calling for a new politics of ‘radical kinship’ to forge the dynamic internationalist politics now needed to combat growing racism and fascism.
As the notion of a Green New Deal rapidly spreads as an answer to capitalism in US and UK media and political circles, our lead article in July 2019 asks if Green capitalism can propose a real solution to the ecological crisis and the human crises of poverty, austerity, immigration and racism.
Apr 25 2019
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) publishes today a compelling new report on ‘crimes of solidarity’, drawing attention to a dramatic increase in prosecutions, restrictions and penalties, against a variety of civil society actors.
The April 2019 issue of Race & Class shows how the reinvention of colonialism through the domination of digital technology and transnational flows of securitisation is being met by unique forms of resistance.
Today, on International Women’s Day, the IRR warns that anti-immigrant Islamophobic currents in Europe are growing on the back of the racialisation of sex crimes.
New IRR publication provides a fresh take on housing, policing and racism in London.
This week, the IRR publishes a memorial issue of Race & Class celebrating the lifework of the late Barbara Harlow, Solidarity here and everywhere.
IRR vice-chair Frances Webber comments on the stansted 15 verdict, a trial where laws designed to deal with terrorist threats at airports have been brought against human rights defenders.
When witnesses won't be silenced: citizens’ solidarity and criminalisation
Communities of Resistance: writings on black struggles for socialism
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe
February 27, 2020
How can the Mayor of London’s approach to knife crime work, when the structural causes of knife crime are not being fully addressed? A review of recent government and GLA initiatives.
February 26, 2020
An eyewitness account of the ongoing struggles of the Gilets Noirs in Paris
February 13, 2020
Across Europe, humanitarian activists and undocumented people are organising collectively and speaking up for their rights, in the face of increased state repression. In Norway we see another example of this action being prosecuted even as the Government considers a one-off residence amnesty.
February 13, 2020
‘We could take this place, which is like a prison, for three or four weeks but not for months and months’ - Barry, a businessman from the Middle East
February 13, 2020
A day of talks and workshops exploring the voilence of borders and global capitalism, following the deaths of the 39 vietnamese migratns in a lorry in essex.
February 28, 2020
Join us for an important seminar that will explore the criminalisation of identity in Prevent and anti-gangs initiatives.
March 16, 2020