The 'Polynesian Panthers' and 'The Black Power' Gang: Surviving racism and colonialism in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Submitted by wojtek on Mar 18 2019 12:27
Nich Shilliam's academic analysis of white supremacy, black power and the historical activities of both the 'Polynesian Panthers' and 'The Black Power' Gang in New Zealand.
1958 Notting Hill race riots
Submitted by Ed on Mar 1 2019 21:53
Ron Ramdin's history on the 1958 Notting Hill 'race riots', which saw mass racial violence last for several days over a wide area of West London as groups of white people, often Teddy Boys or individuals linked to far-right organisations, would attack black individuals as they walked through the streets or sometimes even at their homes.
1958 Nottingham race riots
Submitted by Ed on Feb 28 2019 23:24
Ron Ramdin's short history on the 1958 Nottingham race riots, in which over a thousand white people took part in mass racist violence against local West Indians. The violence in Nottingham would act as a prelude for an even more serious and widespread outbreak of violence in Notting Hill, West London, less than a week later.
Bradford 12: Self-Defence is No Offence
Submitted by Ed on Feb 21 2019 16:06
Anandi Ramamurthy's history of the Bradford 12 trial, in which twelve members of the United Black Youth League were arrested on conspiracy charges for preparing to defend their community from fascists. Ramamurthy places the trial in the context of the urban riots which swept Britain in the summer of 1981 as well as detailing the solidarity campaign, their bold legal defence and eventual acquittal.
Emerging conflicts in the Asian Youth Movements
Submitted by Ed on Feb 17 2019 16:43
Anandi Ramamurthy analyses the emerging divisions within the Asian Youth Movements around the issue of state funding. One faction opted to accept and was slowly absorbed into the functioning of the local state apparatus as individuals made careers for themselves in the Labour Party. Meanwhile, the other faction split off to form the United Black Youth League, opting instead for a more militant path.
1892 New Orleans General Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 17 2019 13:28
An extract from Life in the Teamsters: The Civil Rights Movement documenting an early example of class solidarity in the segregationist southern USA.
Women and the Asian Youth Movements
Submitted by Ed on Feb 13 2019 17:45
Anandi Ramamurthy analyses the involvement of women within the Asian Youth Movements and how the groups engaged (or didn't) with issues of gender, sexism and women's liberation both within the organisation as well as in their activism.
Trade Unionism and the Asian Youth Movements
Submitted by Ed on Feb 11 2019 23:19
A look at the engagement of Asian Youth Movement activists with workers' struggles and the British trade union movement.
Strikers in Saris - The Grunwick Strike
In 1976 South Asian women workers who had made Britain their home, led a strike against poor working conditions in a British factory. Lakshmi Patel was one of the South Asian women who picketed the Grunwick film-processing factory in north London for two years
Black liberation organisations in Britain: the 1970s and 1980s
Submitted by Ed on Jan 28 2019 22:19
Overview of the array of black liberation organisations active in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s, which included a range of workplace, community and black women's groups as well as bookshops, newspapers, advice centres, supplementary schools and hostels for black unemployed and homeless.
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