Black struggles
13 June 2020 · Black struggles, Fourth international, antiracism
Our Solidarity with the Worldwide Anti-Racist Revolt
The scope and magnitude of what have become worldwide protests and an emerging mass upsurge against racism and police brutality following the murder of Black worker George Floyd by police in…
8 June 2020 · Black struggles, USA
History Marched Past my Door Last Night Carrying the Future on her Shoulders
A march came by my house in Brooklyn a few nights ago, a river of thousands of young people of all races, wearing masks because of the pandemic, walking together, shouting out the name of Ge…
8 March 2020 · · Black struggles, Britain, Trade Unions, Women · 1 comment
Fifty years of feminist organising in Britain – challenges for the future
It’s just over 50 years ago since the first women’s liberation conference in Britain took place at Ruskin on 27 February 1970 so International Women’s Day 2020 seems an appropriate time to l…
31 August 2018 · · Black struggles, Reviews · 2 comments
BlacKkKlansman…..a warning from history
Speaking about his film BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee said “The film was in post-production when Charlottesville happened. Charlottesville wrote me a whole new ending”. This is very muc…
18 September 2017 · · Black struggles, Fourth international, Our History, Reviews
CLR James film feast
Ian Parker reviews Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact and Works of C.L.R. James This film was released in April last year, and has been doing the rounds in meetings organised by differe…
1 February 2017 · Black struggles, Our History, Reviews, USA · 1 comment
A book to whet the appetite
W E Du Bois: Revolutionary across the colour line by Bill V Mullen published by Pluto Press, 2016, £12.99 Reviewed by Veronica Fagan I didn’t know a very much about W.E.B. Du Bois before I p…