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Come What May, We're Here to Stay
The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain by Taj Ali.
Joint-editor of Race & Class, Jenny Bourne, reviews Ali's book.
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She says 'This is less a history book and more a vivid community memoir focused on ensuring that historical lessons can be applied to the here and now.'
You can purchase a copy of Ali's book here: waterstones.com/book/come-wh…
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IRR is hiring for two new staff members!
As the IRR moves forward on anti-racist education, we are looking for a creative communications individual and a hands-on projects officer!
🕒 Deadline: 11:59pm 20 November 2026.
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IRR is hiring for two new staff members!
As the IRR moves forward on anti-racist education, we are looking for a creative communications individual and a hands-on projects officer!
🕒 Deadline: 11:59pm 20 November 2026.
Apply here ➡️ irr.org.uk/about/vacancies/
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"They shall not pass"
It's been 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street, but it's been almost forgotten that just one week earlier, Leeds confronted Oswald Mosely in what became known as the Battle of Holbeck Moor.
The totality problem: C.L.R. James, Claudia Jones and critical theory by Scott Timcke and Shelene Gomes.
Within the piece, the authors also explore culture as liberation techniques, using James’ cricket and Jones’ carnival as examples.
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Rest in power and peace Dr Jason Arday 🕊
In our newsletter ‘One Death is a Death Too Many’ and our regular calendar of racism and resistance we foreground a number of initiatives targeting media racism and lack of self-regulation following the tragic death of Dr Jason Arday.
33 years ago, Joy Gardner was killed by the police in her home.
✊🏾 In this piece for Race & Class, The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings opens with a quote from Joy’s mother, Myrna Gardner.
🎥Today, there will be a rare public screening of ‘Justice Denied’ (1995) with an update about the Peoples Tribunal’s actions on Joy and all other cases of police killings.
This film, talk, and Q&A reflects on her life and legacy. You can find out more here : eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberi…
📕Labour’s island of strangers: race, class and the politics of immigration in Starmer’s Britain by David Bates
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This timely R&C article examines how the Labour Party’s self-image as an anti-racist party is dependent on its strategic disavowal of more structural and institutional forms of racism.
