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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Sep 1 2016
Submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on hate crime and its violent consequences
As the police investigate the murder of a Polish factory worker in Harlow, the Institute of Race Relations publishes today its evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Hate Crime and its Violent Consequences.
The latest issue of Race & Class is devoted to black political struggle in the UK 1950s-1980s.
The IRR publishes its submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia.
The latest issue of Race & Class features articles examining the roots of paramilitary and structural violence in Jamaica and Hungary.
An IRR discussion paper on the Housing and Planning and Immigration Bills 2015-16.
A paper[1], Prevent and the Children's Rights Convention, published today by the Institute of Race Relations supports the NUT's call[2] for a more rational debate on the Prevent duty in schools.
The January 2016 issue of Race & Class is a special issue on the theme of ‘reparative histories’.
Oct 22 2015
Prevent duty ‘heavy-handed and discriminatory’
In the week that the government announced new counter-extremism measures, the IRR publishes contributions from its seminar on 'Securitisation, Schools and Preventing Extremism', held at Garden Court Chambers on 7 October, where participants considered the consequences of a new statutory duty on public bodies to prevent non-violent extremism and whether it breached the Equality Act.
The latest issue of Race & Class features Mark McGovern’s timely analysis of the colonial roots of state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland.
The July issue of Race & Class takes up three topical themes: the monetarisation of private information, the politics of film and the demonisation of ‘anti-racism’.
News Service
Calendar of racism and resistance (2 – 15 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
September 15, 2016
Cruelty and care in Chios, Greece
Below we publish an article by Malcolm James* on a visit he paid to Chios in Greece and what he witnessed while volunteering in early 2016 and the contradictions between caring for refugees and the cruelty meted out to them.
September 8, 2016
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 August – 1 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
September 1, 2016
Arkadiusz Jóźwik: murdered for being Polish?
On Saturday night, 27 August, Arkadiusz Jóźwik and two friends were attacked as they ate a pizza outside a Harlow takeaway. Arkadiusz Jóźwik was knocked out and suffered head injuries. The 40-year-old died two days later in hospital.
September 1, 2016
Calendar of racism and resistance (5 – 18 August 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
August 18, 2016
Upcoming Events
We love immigration: a comedy evening
An evening of comedy in support of the Migrants' Rights Network.
October 4, 2016