Africa be my metaphor
And, for a time, it looked as though – with Nkrumah and Nyrere, Cabral and Machel and Mondlane, Lumumba and Sankara – it looked as though that dream of a …
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Fighting Racism: the way forward
Talk to a conference organised by the Newham Monitoring Project, November 1994 around the case of the ‘Tower Hamlets 9’. 1. Once again, like in the mid-’70s, our communities …
Fighting our fundamentalisms
Fighting our fundamentalisms: an interview with A. Sivanandan At a time when people are becoming entrenched in their particularistic politics, the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism ( CA RF) asked …
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. …
Black America
An Introduction to ‘Black America:the street and the campus’ a special issue of Race & Class ( 35/1, July 1993) Black America is in ferment. There is rebellion afoot. But, …
Millwall and After
First published in New Statesman. 15 October 1993. On 13 September 1993, the fascist British National Party ( BNP) won its first ever election victory, when Derek Beackon was elected …
The Role of the Educator in Social Work
Speech to social workers’ conference in 1993 When Shama asked me to come and speak to you here today, my first reaction was to take flight. What could I …
Beyond State Watching
This is the text of a talk given to the ‘Statewatching the new Europe’ Conference, London, 27 March 1993. State-watching Europe is a futile business – unless you are going …