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 …
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Casualties of Globalism
First published in CARF, 57 August-September 2000, later in Race & Class as ‘Refugees from globalism’ (42/3, January 2001.) The high priests of globalisation meeting at the International Monetary …
Poetry and Polemic by Timothy Brennan (on Sivanandan)
By Timothy Brennan – contribution to ‘A World to Win: essays in honour of A Sivanandan’ (Race & Class Special issue July 1999) When I was in graduate school …
Out of the dust of idols -a tribute by Aijaz Ahmad (on Sivanandan)
By Aijaz Ahmad – contrubution to ‘A World to Win: essays in honour of A. Sivanandan’ (Race & Class July 1999) As long ago as 1976, A. Sivanandan was to …
The colour line is the poverty line
The Colour Line is the Poverty Line Based on an Interview for ‘Hate thy neighbour: the dividing lines of race and culture‘ in the Mindfield Series edited by Susan Greenberg …
European Racism
Originally published as the Introduction to ‘Europe:the wages of racism’, a special issue of Race & Class edited by Liz Fekete in July 1997. Racism today is not so …
Communications of Resistance
Speech given at the ‘Voices Across Frontiers’ conference of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) in May 1996 I don’t know what I am doing here. I know …
Heresies and prophecies (interview)
Heresies and prophecies: the social and political fall-out of the technological revolution: an interview* * Chapter from Jim Davis, Thomas Hirschl and Michael Stack (eds), Cutting Edge: technology; information capitalism …
Black and Third World – One Struggle?
Speech delivered at Sheffield University at a conference on imperialism in October 1995 This is most encouraging – a full house – on race and class and black struggle? A …
La trahison des clercs*
*Edited version of a talk given at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, 18 May 1995. Global capitalism has been let loose on the world. Racism and poverty are locked …