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 …
Decade: 1990
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 …
The Black politics of health
Address by A. Sivanandan to the King’s Fund’s Consultation for Black health workers following the NHS and Community Care Act (1990), which began the dismantling of the National Health Service. …
A vision for Labour?
This piece was offered to and turned down by the Guardian, on the basis that it was too elegiac of the Labour Party. A vision for Labour? The Left …