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  • Transforming Local Infrastructure Organisations – is it transforming and is it local? 15/05/2012
    Professor John Diamond (Edge Hill University and ARVAC National Management Committee) writing in a personal capacity reflects upon the latest intervention from the centre : ” The Transforming Local Infrastructure initiatives is one of those centrally led ideas which appears to be a contradiction of what it says – is it transformative and is it […]
  • AFTER THE LOCAL ELECTIONS – MORE OF THE SAME OR IS IT ABOUT TO GET WORSE? 15/05/2012
    Professor John Diamond (Edge Hill Business School and a Management Committee member of ARVAC – writing in a personal capacity): ” The local election results in the England, Scotland and Wales at the start of the month appeared to confirm most of the predictions across the media – the Liberal Democrats lost (big time) – […]
  • WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 01/05/2012
    As the excitement (generated by the media) over who will win in London increases and the media / political pundits obsess over the relative scores that Cameron or Miliband have to reach in order to justify their claims that they are “winning” a much more significant story is unfolding below the radar. There are two […]
  • CUTTING PUBLIC SPENDING IS STILL THE COALITION’S PRIORITY NOT CUTTING TAX AVOIDERS 18/04/2012
    There is a sense this past week when you have to blink to check that what you are reading is right. The headlines in the popular press have the Coalition in the UK (and the Conservative bit in particular) the champions of curbing tax avoiders. At the same time the last budget broadly favoured the […]
  • MAYORS, LOCALISM AND HAVING A VOICE: WHY THIS IS REALLY A MAKEOVER RATHR THAN A NEW START 12/04/2012
    There will be a number of local referenda this May on whether we should (in some of the larger cities) opt for an elected mayor. In some places (including Liverpool) there will be elections for a directly elected mayor. This is the “big idea” to transform local politics. It was introduced by New Labour as […]

UK Equality & Human Rights Commission

The new commission is working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

The previous commissions – the Equal Opportunities Commission,  the Commission for Racial Equality, and the Disability Rights Commission – have made enormous advances, changing [...]

April 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: anti-bullying, anti-racism, civil liberties, equality, uk government | Leave a comment

The Institute of Race Relations

The IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that informs the struggle for racial justice in Britain and internationally. It seeks to reflect the experience of those who suffer racial oppression and draws its perspectives from the most vulnerable in society.

http://www.irr.org.uk/

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April 1st, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: anti-racism, civil liberties, equality | Leave a comment

European Roma Rights Centre

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and human rights training of Romani activists. Since its [...]

April 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: civil liberties, equality | Leave a comment

European Network Against Racism

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is an EU-wide network of more than 600 organisations working to combat racism in all the EU member states and acts as the voice of the anti-racist movement in Europe. ENAR is determined to fight racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, to promote equality of treatment between European Union citizens [...]

April 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: anti-racism, civil liberties, equality | Leave a comment
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