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Review: Another Darkness, Another Dawn: A History of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by Becky Taylor
Review: Another Darkness, Another Dawn: A History of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by Becky Taylor Reaktion Books (2014) Becky Taylor’s book covers a lot of ground. Stretching from the movement out of India around 500 CE (according to genetic evidence) … Continue reading
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How to Have A Racist Conversation About Immigration
Paul Collier’s summarises his book Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World in his article ‘How to have a sensible conversation about migration’, New Statesman, 21 November, 2013. This is a belated response to it. The use of the word … Continue reading
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Tagged exodus, Immigration, Migration, New Statesman, Paul Collier, Puttnam, racist, sensible
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Bristol No Borders is back!
Yes, after a two year pause, there is a all new Bristol No Borders group. We meet weekly on Fridays at Kebele at 7pm.
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Are you a “Modern Slave”?
As the “Modern Slavery” Bill is made into law, some of you may be left wondering whether you are a slave or not. Here is a simple guide for the perplexed. We can all agree that slavery is bad, right? … Continue reading
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Tagged british academy, Duke University Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman, Gender Studies, Indiana University Professor David Graeber, London School of Economics Dr Sarah Haley, Los Angeles Mr Nicolas Lainez, National University of Singapore Professor Tommy Lott, Professor Bridget Anderson, San Jose State University Dr Sam Okyere, Slavery and Freedom, University College London, University of California, University of Hawaii Dr Charlotte Sussman, University of Nottingham Dr Srila Roy, University of Oxford Professor Karen E. Bravo, University of Witwatersrand Dr Nandita Sharma
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Strip Search
In Imogen Tyler’s book Revolting Subjects there is a chapter entitled Naked Protest and the Feminist Commons. It begins with detailing a protest at Yarls Wood Immigration prison after a mother and her baby were going to be deported: “…a … Continue reading
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When Did It All Go Wrong? – The Antecedents of Today’s Punitive Immigration Policy
The Antecedents of Today’s Punitive Immigration Policy As we await yet another further prohibitive immigration act, theorists often look to the past to explain how we arrived here. Competing dates, normally relating to a Act of Parliament or series of legislative acts when it … Continue reading
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Review: The Social, Political and Historical Contours of Deportation
Review The Social, Political and Historical Contours of Deportation Bridget Anderson, Matthew J. Gibney & Emmanuel Paoletti (Editors) . This slim, but wide ranging collection of essays on the theme of deportation, as the editors state in the … Continue reading
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Total Policing comes to Bristol
Avon & Somerset Police have been left looking for a justification for doubling the use of ‘Stop and Search’ powers since 2007, which was was reported by the BBC this week. I wonder how they explain the 67% increase in … Continue reading
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Tagged avon & Somerset, Bristol, drones, NSA, police, RIPA, stop and search, surveillance
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People Hunting Season is Open in Calais
From Calais Migrant Solidarity: So far the month of September has seen: Eviction of the Beer House squat where around one-hundred Africans and twenty Syrians had been living for the last year. Three immediate evictions of the big squats … Continue reading
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A State Monopoly on Racism?
I’m sure not the only one to query the consistency of Cameron criticizing that Ukip MEP for his “bongo bongo land” comment on the one hand, while defending the Home Office racist van camapign & transport hub checks. However, there … Continue reading
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