Lauren Booth joined us at the IHRC Bookshop to discuss her memoir ‘Finding Peace in the Holy Land’ on 4 October 2018. Buy Lauren’s book here, and other platforms. Watch the author evening video below.
Professor John Holmwood joined me at IHRC in 2018 to discuss his book on the so-called Trojan Horse affair entitled Countering Extremism in British Schools? The Truth About the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair. .He and co-author Dr. Therese O’Toole argued the affair, that saw teachers, school governors and parents – mostly but
Director Sukant Chandan joined IHRC on the 25th August 2016 to discuss his newest documentary ‘Insight to riot’. Insight to Riot is a documentary film that captures the inspiring but also at times very sad and traumatic stories of Black and poor people reacting and responding and navigating a growing racist, oppressive
Veteran activist Michel Warschawski aka Mikado joined Arzu at the IHRC Bookshop to discuss his life and work. He spoke with Arzu* about his transformation from Zionist soldier to pro-Palestinian advocate and activist. Warschawski discusses his biography On the Border as well as his thinking regarding the future of Israel/Palestine given more
The event took a critical view of the humanitarian rhetoric around the intervention in Libya. Dr. Kamila Otman and Roshan Mohammed Salih overviewed the outcome of the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011 that brought down Muammar Ghadaffi. This is uncomfortable viewing at times as it provides a strong critique of humanitarian
Central to this discussion was the presentation of the idea of the Cartographies of Power, 15 hierarchies of which Professor Grosfoguel articulated to those in attendance and those watching on-line. He argued that race was the organising principle through which these hierarchies operated to colonise and continue to control peoples around the
Arzu took part in this event inJune 2014, organised by the Malcolm X Movement (MXM) on opposing the continuing US and Western Empire(s). The text and video below is courtesy of the MXM YouTube Channel. In this clip Sukant Chandan (Malcolm X Movement), Arzu Merali (IHRC and MXM), Carlos Martinez (Invent
Professor Salman Sayyid talked with IHRC on 22 September 2011 about his book on the rise of so-called Islamism, the contestation of meanings of Islam and Islamophobia.
The book, co-authored with journalist Fiona Bawdon set out the story of the five men arrested and tried for terrorism offences in the now infamous ‘Ricin’ trial, where it was alleged they formed a an Al-Qaeda conspiracy to poison thousands of people. Of the five four were acquitted of all charges, the
On Wednesday 28th August 2013 IHRC hosted an author evening with Joe Glenton, ex-soldier, writer and film maker to discuss his book ‘Soldier Box’. Read more abut the event and book below the video. Text from the IHRC website. In his book Glenton reveals why he left the army, and the personal war
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