Institute of Race Relations
Aug 22, 2024 · Abolition, internationalism and communities of resistance. 4 July 2023. Fifty years ago, the Institute of Race Relations overturned ‘race relations’ orthodoxies and set parameters for a committed anti-racism. Fifty years on, the IRR, with radical scholar activists, examined ‘New Circuits of Anti-Racism’ at a conference gathering.
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THE Institute of Race Relations (IRR) was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. In 1972, the IRR’s membership backed the staff in a radical transformation of the organisation from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution into an anti-racist ‘thinktank’. The ...
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Research. The IRR’s reputation is built on its investigations and analyses into pressing issues of contemporary racism. These investigations in the UK have covered such areas as racism and the press, police racism, exclusions from school, deaths in custody, the plight of asylum seekers, anti-Muslim racism, the impact of anti-terrorism ...
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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.
Criminal justice system statistics - Institute of Race Relations
Sep 27, 2024 · In 2020, the adult prison population comprised 73% white, 13% black, 8% Asian, 5% of mixed ethnicity and 1% from other ethnic groups. However black people, according to the 2021 census, make up just 4% of the general population, meaning they are over three times as likely to end up in the prison population.
Channel crossings and national security – a toxic mix
12 hours ago · 29 October – 12 November 2024. In a speech to INTERPOL last week, as we report in our regular calendar of racism and resistance, the prime minister announced that he is doubling the funding of the Border Security Command (BSC) to £150m and giving it counter-terrorism powers to deal with what he described as the national security threat of cross-Channel people smugglers.
IRR50: harnessing the spirit of transformation
Mar 10, 2022 · 2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. This year, we will be celebrating our history, past, present and future with a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50.. The Extraordinary General Meeting of staff and members on 18 April 1972 changed the direction and relevance of the IRR, from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution ...
Impunity Entrenched - Institute of Race Relations
Jan 14, 2022 · As 2022 begins, its difficult to keep up with the legislative and policy changes threatening human rights. To help understand the sheer proliferation of government measures and proposals put forward over the past year, from Monday 17 January 2022, the IRR publish a five-part resource, Impunity Entrenched, authored by IRR Vice-Chair Frances Webber.
IRR50 and the revolutionary act - Institute of Race Relations
Apr 13, 2022 · The April issue marks fifty years since the radical transformation of the IRR. Order Now. IRR50 and the revolutionary act is framed by an editorial written by Joint Editor Jenny Bourne, who recounts one of the most significant steps in British race relations – the transformation of the Institute of Race Relations in 1972. This momentous change shifted the IRR from a policy-oriented ...