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GMD Lesson Plan: The Island’ by Armin Greder (11- 15)

Ages: 11 – 15 Background:  Understanding how otherisation works with   Aim / learning intention: Understand the themes of fear, exclusion, and empathy in the story Recognise how people can be treated unfairly because they are “different” Reflect on why kindness and inclusion matter in

GMD Lesson Plan (under 10s): ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder

Ages Under 10s Teachers may wish to use selected parts of the story.  Not suitable for very young children. Background. This stand alone lesson plan can help under 10s understand how otherisation of refugees and migrants works Aim / learning intention: Recognise how people can

No-one is illegal

This was our window in the IHRC Bookshop & Gallery today*. Because no-one is illegal. Afterwards we also added, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and Environment of Hate: the New Normal for Muslims in the UK.   You can read more on how anti-migrant hatred is

Class, the Establishment and the Culture Wars

Trying to get your head around the multiple crises in the UK at the moment? We are knocking 40% off the following titles which look at some of the issues in and of conflict at the moment. Try Ash Sarkar’s Minority Rule: Adventures in the

We Don’t Need White Tears When Racism Kills

Another racist murder in Norway exposes the failures of its institutions to tackle rising hatred in the Scandanavian nation says Iffit Qureshi.   Last week in Oslo, Tamima Nibras Juhar, a 34-year-old Norwegian Ethiopian Muslim woman, was murdered in Kampen, Oslo by an 18-year-old right-wing

Starmer’s Palestinian Statehood Ultimatum: A Meaningless Gesture

The UK PM’s comments are too little too late, and simply provide cover for his and his government’s complicity in the genocide. The future lies in accountability for Israeli war crimes, and the creation of one democratic state. This is what the wrong side of

July 26 – Cuba, Che, Castro and Beyond

It’s 26 July.  Here is our own tribute. This beautiful piece from Mohammad Hamza / Intifada Street will form part of the 2025-26 IHRC Gallery stock (undated diaries incoming). Don’t forget profits go to charity. Read this thread from the Cuba Solidarity Campaign on the