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Below we publish an excerpt of a commentary in the April 2017 issue of Race & Class, in which Colin Prescod (IRR Chair) examines the challenges of black heritage facing archivists today.
Joseph Parrott has won an award recognising 'the best journal article or chapter in an edited book on the historical relationship between media and civil rights published during the previous two years'.
Professor Timothy Brennan writes an appreciation of Barbara Harlow.
A rose for the warrior.
Below we reproduce excerpts from anti-fascist activist Joschka Fröschner’s October 2016 Race & Class article ‘German development aid and the politics of pre-emption’.
Below we publish tributes to Cedric Robinson.
Activist and poet Sam Berkson examines grassroots resistance to the social and political crisis in Hungary.
We reproduce below A. Sivanandan's eulogy on Muhammad Ali on the day he lost to Joe Frazier in March 1971.
Below we reproduce an excerpt from an article in the April 2016 issue of Race & Class, 'The deradicalisation of education: terror, youth and the assault on learning'.
Below we reproduce an excerpt from the introduction to the January issue of Race & Class, a special issue on ‘Reparative histories’.
Sep 24 2015
New government measures on Gypsies and Travellers on a collision course with human rights
Chris Johnson and Andrew Ryder write about a new policy for Gypsies and Travellers which was quietly issued at the end of last month.