Tribute to John Berger
It would be silly of me to introduce John to you because you all know him in one or another of his manifestations – storyteller, essayist, novelist, scriptwriter, poet, critic, …
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Tribute to Jan Carew
Once in a while, a man or a woman comes along who epitomises the best of the worst of times – and shines out like a beacon to signal us …
Cedric Robinson tribute
Tribute in special issue of Race & Class (guest editor Darryl Thomas) October 2005. History, philosophy, rhetoric are claimed to be the very foundations of western scholarship: from them …
Eqbal Ahmad – obituary
Eqbal was a multitude of men — scholar, activist, political analyst, teacher, diplomat, visionary — but, above all, a foot-soldier in the army of peoples everywhere. Others have written about …
Basil Davidson tribute
A tribute to Basil Davidson in a special issue of Race & Class ( 36/2,October 1994) When Race & Class was breech-birthed from Race, in the palace revolution that …
Hilary Arnott Tribute
Speech at memorial for Hilary Arnott at Friends House, NW1 on 31 January 1995 (Race & Class 36/4, April 1995) Thank you for letting me remember Hilary with you. …
Englishman (Chris Searle tribute)
Introduction to ‘Chris Searle: the great includer’ a special issue of Race & Class, 51/2, October 2009. When I was a wild colonial boy growing up in Ceylon and attending …
Malcolm Caldwell Obituary
Published in Race & Class 20/4, Spring 1979 There have been two deaths in the family, within the space of two years: Orlando, and now Malcolm, both killed while …
Orlando Letelier
Speech at public meeting ‘Letelier challenges Pinochet from the Grave’ November 1976 I met Orlando for the first time earlier this year when he walked into the offices of the …
Tribute to Jonathan Jackson
On 13 January 1970, three black prisoners in Soledad Prison, California, were shot dead by a white guard. Three days later, 45 minutes after these killings were declared to be …