So grateful to Alex Wanjiku Kelbert for this generous praise! I was guided by + cite Alex’s excellent work on discourses of racial deservingness of poverty within my piece: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

A beautiful and inspiring film! Do make this screening if you can

In the past few years I’ve spent a lot of time researching the framing of 'legitimate concerns' and 'legitimate voices' in UK politics by both the right and the left. Here are a few thoughts on how I see this playing out around recent riot in Knowsley

The voices of survivors & evidence of Modi's culpability can't be silenced! To mark 21 yrs since the #GujaratPogrom, members of the diaspora & allies share readings from #BBCDocumentary The Modi Question, blocked in India by Modi. #GujaratGenocideNeverForget #ModiBloodOnYourHands

Excited for this! We’ll be covering contemporary exclusion of migrant families from social support within the UK & EU, the stark vulnerabilities these precipitate + postcolonial histories that inform these exclusions

Awaab Ishak & the devaluation of migrant, working-class life by Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert & Rupinder Parhar The authors analyse the mechanics behind Awaab's death which an inquest found was due to respiratory condition caused by prolonged mould exposure. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

Now in print and available to order. With thanks to Race & Class for all their work, and those who have been reaching out with thoughtful and generous reflections on the article irr.org.uk/product/race-c… Alex Wanjiku Kelbert

🌟NEW EPISODE RELEASE!! Over 2.6 million people are locked out of the #welfare state in the UK and now subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ (#NRPF), an immigration policy restricting access to social security. How can local #government respond? How can we improve the safety

NEXT WEBINAR: Welcoming Cities? Urban migration policies in the hostile environment, 28 April 5pm UK time With: Rachel Humphris (Queen Mary Politics and IR), Jacqui Broadhead (COMPAS/Migration Oxford) and Rupinder Parhar (GLA). Chairs: Nando Sigona, Ben Gidley. eventbrite.co.uk/e/welcoming-ci…