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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 9d

IRR joined activists and other migrant organisations for a day of sharing knowledge and building power on how to defeat far-right racism. We keep on fighting ✊🏽

🗣️A day of important and inspiring contributions at the festival of radical politics.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 13d

IRR Deputy Director Riz Hussain was part of a panel session discussing building strategies we need to stand firm against racism and the far right, and to organise for justice and unity.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 13d

✊🏽 On Tuesday, trade unionists came together at a TUC Cymru Rebuilding Unity Conference creating space to explore how we build anti-racism across our movement.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 19d

Latest stories from our calendar of racism and resistance ⤵️

irr.org.uk/article/cale...

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 28d

🔈"We need community defence and a national movement against racial violence"

Today, IRR Director Liz Fekete spoke on a panel at Leeds Beckett University symposium on 'Reflecting on the Riots: Racism, Islamophobia and Community Resistance'.

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Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are hiring a new Executive Director! Could it be you?

If so, please apply by 6 October! If not, please share widely.

Role description and application portal here:
buff.ly/Slyukaw

Statewatch is recruiting a new director! Could it be you? In the background are green halftone images of people holding placards that say "resist" and "people over power". swipe or click right for information about the role

About the role: Statewatch is looking for someone to build on our nearly 35-year legacy of exposing state power and informing dissent.
In this role, you would lead a small staff, coordinate with a wide network of contributors, serve as a public face of our work, and ensure we remain bold, effective, and relevant.
Working hours: 4 days per week
Location: London or remote
Annual salary: £40,180
Holidays: 22.4 days, plus public holidays.
Swipe or click right for core tasks of this role

core tasks of the role:
Day-to-day management of Statewatch.
Maintaining and developing relationships with new and existing funders.
Strategic monitoring, evaluation, planning and implementation of our work.
Representing Statewatch in public forums.
Identifying and initiating opportunities for cooperation with relevant entities or individuals.
Supervising and advising staff and volunteers, and occasionally writing and editing to support their work.
Recruiting new staff and volunteers.
Maintaining up-to-date policies and procedures.
Reporting to and supporting the Board of Trustees.
Swipe or click right for information about you, if you are the right candidate

About you.
We are looking for someone who brings ideas, experience, and a commitment to justice.
We don’t expect that you have done this exact job before, and we welcome transferable skills.
In this role, you will take on the responsibility of maintaining a small organisation; prioritising flexible working, clear expectations, collaborative decision-making and a friendly environment.
Swipe or click right for what qualities we are looking for.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 25

📃 In this week's IRR newsletter we highlight the recent increased activity of the far Right over the past few weeks..

Read the full newsletter: bit.ly/IRRNEWS24072...

Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Read the full article here:

irr.org.uk/article/equa...

‘Equally culpable’ in the courtroom: how the CJS responded to the Summer 2024 far-right orchestrated racist riots - Institute of Race Relations

There has been a concerted attempt by politicians to erase the fact that last Summer’s far-right orchestrated riots were marked by extreme racist violence. But are the courts guilty of similar erasu...

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Lead researcher Dr Jon Burnett says:

‘This is a continuation of Britain’s long history and tradition of criminalising anti-racist action emerging organically from communities. The court room has been reconfigured as a site of state racism through the guise of neutrality.’

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

This analysis indicates how the majority of those prosecuted for responding to the riots were Muslim men in their 20s and 30s; how most were convicted of violent disorder; and it shows that the court room views them as ‘equally culpable’ for the violence.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

3) A man who was part of a group linked arms and made a cordon outside a building used to accommodate asylum seekers. After being recorded throwing two objects at those attempting to attack the building, he received an 18-month prison sentence.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

He received a 20-month prison sentence, for violent disorder (he was found to have breached this dispersal notice and kicked a police barrier).

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

2 ) A 20-year-old South Asian man from Bolton, was stopped and searched, and issued with a dispersal notice when he attempted to join others confronting ‘anti immigration protesters’.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Court cases include:

1) An asylum seeker in his 30s who went to protect a mosque after it was targeted. He received a 12- month prison sentence for violent disorder for throwing objects (including cans) at the people trying to attack it.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

The research shows the criminalisation of anti-racist solidarity. As well as, denying specific groups of people the right to mobilise - against far-right linked incursions into their local communities.

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Our interim findings (based on 126 case studies) show almost ONE THIRD of people faced charges for resisting the Summer 2024 riots and these were mostly young Muslim men.

irr.org.uk/article/equa...

‘Equally culpable’ in the courtroom: how the CJS responded to the Summer 2024 far-right orchestrated racist riots - Institute of Race Relations

There has been a concerted attempt by politicians to erase the fact that last Summer’s far-right orchestrated riots were marked by extreme racist violence. But are the courts guilty of similar erasu...

irr.org.uk

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jul 8

What’s tech got to do with racism? How do global struggles connect to local ones? In Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism, @‌johnnarayan.bsky.social @irrnews.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social celebrates Siva’s essay “New Circuits of Imperialism”

Tune in: buff.ly/9ImtmBr

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jul 1

🗓 Recent stories on Race, Migration & the Far-Right ⤵️

irr.org.uk/article/cale...

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Cllr Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Amiel & Melburn Annual lecture is happening this Wednesday!

A stellar lineup discussing how the Left can resist the Rise of the Radical Right, hosted at Birkbeck.

@kojokoram.bsky.social, @irrnews.bsky.social @afoggyplace.bsky.social @bethanyrielly.bsky.social @robtoes.bsky.social

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · Jun 26

excellent, as per usual…

Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jun 26

🗞️ Recent stories from the racist riots in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

For more on this and other stories read our latest calendar ➡️ irr.org.uk/article/cale...

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · Jun 26

🗞️ Recent stories from the racist riots in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

For more on this and other stories read our latest calendar ➡️ irr.org.uk/article/cale...

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