racism

Content about race, ethnicity, racism, and struggles against racism, and struggles of Black, Indigenous and other workers of colour.

Safer space policy at The Free Hetherington - but what next?

Safer spaces, false allegations, and the NYC Anarchist Bookfair

I've written this blog in response to a previous discussion of the safer spaces policy at the NYC…

The Cotton-Pickers, book cover

The cotton pickers - B. Traven

B Traven's novel about migrant labourers, poverty, crappy jobs, and the occasional successful strike... Set in 1920s Mexico. Here presented in…

The fusion of anabaptist, Indian and African as the American radical tradition - Loren Goldner

The following article attempts, in a nutshell, to apply Ernst Bloch's idea of "non-contemporary contradiction" to American history. It was written for a symposium on "Religion and Politics" in the U.S.-based journal Against the Current.

In the region of Šluknov, Czech Republic, 2011: analysis of protests “against the socially excluded” from a class perspective

KPK argue that protests against the "socially excluded" Roma which took place in…

Grunwick strikers

The Grunwick strike - A. Sivanandan

An essay written during the middle of the Grunwicks strike in Willesden, north-west London. A predominatly east African Asian female workforce…

Occupy Wall Street meets the million hoodie march

On March 21st in New York City, a large, raucous march from Union Square set out to confront police harassment and the murder of black youth at…

Eyes on the prize (Documentary)

Eyes on the Prize is a fourteen hour documentary series that tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the…

Be careful with each other, so we can be dangerous together

A reply to 'Privilige politics is reformism', an article that appeared on Black Orchid Collective's website.

Privilege politics is reformism

Privilege politics is reformism

A critique of privilege politics, which the author sees as a demobilizing force that boils down issues of oppression into what happens between…

Explaining the demise of the Black Panther Party: The role of internal factors

An anti-authoritarian analysis of the Black Panthers' demise by Ollie A. Johnson III.

"No one ever asks what a man's role in the revolution is": Gender and sexual politics in the Black Panther Party 1966-1971

An article by Trace Matthews on the gender politics of the Black Panthers in the…

We are all “amigos"

J. Pierce talks about expectations of white workers to accept racism and division in the workplace.