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 October 2016 of Race & Class leads with two very timely and politically-provoking articles on the international impact of securitisation.
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.
News Service
The NSU scandal – investigations into child murders re-opened
More police failures in the case of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) have emerged after the discovery of the body of a child who disappeared fifteen years ago.
October 26, 2016
Calendar of racism and resistance (30 September – 13 October 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
October 13, 2016
German development aid and the politics of pre-emption
Below we reproduce excerpts from anti-fascist activist Joschka Fröschner’s October 2016 Race & Class article ‘German development aid and the politics of pre-emption’.
October 13, 2016
Calendar of racism and resistance (16-29 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
September 29, 2016
Theresa May: one nation-ist or nativist?
Theresa May's 'one-nation' policies are incoherent and divisive.
September 29, 2016
Upcoming Events
18th Annual UFFC remembrance procession
The annual 18th remembrance procession organised by the families and friends of those who have died while in the custody the state.
October 29, 2016