Listening for migrant justice: 'The Hostile Environment on Trial'

International people’s tribunals date back to post World War II era, starting in the 1960s, with the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam and Latin America. 

In this event, Leah will ask how does a people’s tribunal with no legal enforcement powers act as a form of resistance to the UK’s Hostile Environment policy? 

Leah will argue that a politics of listening acts as the bridge between a gathering designated as a tribunal to put the Hostile Environment on trial and the acts of resistance that can become possible.  Through this tribunal process, campaigns and activism can be transformed to connect with other struggles that reinforce as they reconfigure migrant justice.

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in migration, hostile environment, social justice, listening, resistance, activism and political sociology.

Please note that this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or virtually.

Related links

• Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
• TCRU seminar series
• Social Research Institute