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Go Home? The politics of Immigration Controversies brings together voices against and surrounding the government’s tougher stance on immigration.
The unique contribution of teacher Chris Searle to education in London’s East End was celebrated at the launch of his autobiography, Isaac and I: a life in poetry, on 20 May.
IRR Chair, Colin Prescod, reviews a collection of poetry, Beginning With Your Last Breath, by Roy McFarlane.
An insightful TNI discussion paper is a must read for anti-racist and social justice campaigners.
A new report by HOPE not Hate, Breitbart - A rightwing plot to shape Europe’s future, explores Breitbart’s influence on global politics, the creation of fake news and its expansion into London.
A new book on Brexit and freedom of movement raises more questions than answers.
A play built around seventy long interviews with ‘leavers’ and ‘remainers’ about their feelings after the Brexit vote, inadvertently, provides insights into the immigration debate.
David Goodhart’s new book calls for an understanding of ‘majority grievances’ , which, he argues, represent ‘decent populism’ not racism.
With only a few weeks left to view the exhibition on the ‘70s Grunwick strike, ‘We are the lions’ you are advised to hightail it down to the Library at Willesden Green and see it while you still can. (It closes on 26 March)
A new radical, illustrated anthology highlights the links between music, politics and protest during the miners’ strike.
A new report by Medical Justice, ‘A Secret Punishment’, highlights the human damage caused by the use of segregation in immigration detention, as well as its political purposes.
A new report by Le Collectif Contre l'Islamophobie en France (CCIF) documents the intensification of violence against Muslims following the Paris attacks in January 2015.
Below we reproduce a review of a new exhibition, 'No Colour Bar', which was previously published in The Voice.
The central message from an important new book is that combating corruption needs to be placed at the centre of social justice campaigns.
A recent community campaigning book from France on deaths in police custody shows just how alarmingly similar the French experience is to that in Britain.
'Good times bad times' dismantles popular myths about the welfare state, and looks at the implications of them.
An account of the Danish Muhammad cartoon crisis by one of its main instigators, the cultural editor of the paper which published them, Jyllands-Posten, is unsurprisingly lacking in self-awareness or understanding of his targets, says Danish anthropologist Peter Hervik.
Everyone should read a recent report by the National Coalition of Independent Action (NCIA) on the ways in which neoliberal policies are destroying the purpose and politics of voluntary groups.
The British government is still failing to uphold UN conventions in its treatment of asylum-seeking children and child refugees, according to the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE).
Two new reports, prepared by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups (NFGLG), with the assistance of academic colleagues, ask hard questions of the coalition government.
A new book on Ottoboah Cuguano brings to life the history of eighteenth century anti-slavery agitation.
A Human Rights Watch report, criticising Israel's inhumane treatment of African asylum seekers, provides an opportunity to reflect on the extension of the Prevention of Infiltration Law, first used against Palestinians in 1954.
A compelling documentary by Standoff Films lays bare the horror of Campsfield immigration removal centre in Oxfordshire.
An impressive new film on the death of Mark Duggan, and the riots that followed, provides a welcome radical alternative narrative.
A dramatic exploration of fascism is needed in the UK, but unfortunately Albion does not provide this.