Anti Racism Network Ireland
The Anti Racism Network (ARN) is an independent political organisation run by ordinary people. We work to fight racism in all its forms and expressions and to affirm the principle of equality of every human being.
“Racism”, for us does not just refer to random day to day acts of discrimination. It is not limited to offenses against people perceived to be different due to their appearance, nationality, ethnic background and so on. We believe that racism (including its “day to day” form) is fundamentally rooted in the in the structures of the state and its institutions which are organised around the non-recognition of “foreign” people (whatever their legal status) as equal and free subjects. In our view, a context in which this “institutional racism” is dramatically visible in Ireland is the direct provision system – a compulsory accommodation scheme for asylum seekers - and the related deportations apparatus.
- http://arnireland.blogspot.ie/
