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, …
Race & Class
On Lived Theory – an interview
Interview with AVERY F. GORDON Avery Gordon: You and the staff took over the Institute of Race Relations in 1972 after a protracted struggle with its Council of Management. First …
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 …
What’s the point of experience?
Interview with A. Sivanandan and Jenny Bourne, conducted by Alice Nutter, for The Magazine of No Value “I am always guided by a famous thing that Camus said,” explains Sivanandan …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …