Category: Anti-racism
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New piece on history of RCP/Spiked in The Guardian
This is just a quick post to let you all know that The Guardian published a piece by myself on the history of the Revolutionary Communist Party and Spiked, via the journal Living Marxism. You can read the piece here. I am going to commence a larger project on the history of the Revolutionary Communist Party,…
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Maoists and Eysenck at LSE, May 1973: Disruptive protest and the prelude to ‘no platform’
On 8 May, 1973, the controversial psychologist Hans Eysenck attempted to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics, but faced heavy protests from students. A group of Maoists stormed the stage and assaulted Eysenck. Alongside a sit-in the following month to protest a lecture by US academic Samuel Huntington at the University of…
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Forthcoming book – No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech
Very excited to end the year with the announcement that my book No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech will be published next year by Routledge as part of the Fascism and Far Right series. Here is the blurb: This book is the first to outline the history of the…
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There is no such thing as the ‘alt left’
Earlier in the week, a journalist at the ABC asked me some questions about whether there was such a thing as the ‘alt left’ and the possibility of left-wing violence in the twenty first century. I responded, but in the article published, there were no quotes from me. As the article has attracted significant criticism…
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15 June, 1974 – ‘No Platform’ and Red Lion Square
15 June, 1974 saw both an emergency conference held by the National Union of Students on the issue of ‘no platform’ and a counter-demonstration against the National Front in Red Lion Square. The two incidents were a pivotal moment for the emergent anti-fascist movement in Britain. Below is based on a passage from my forthcoming manuscript on…
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Paperback edition of ‘British Communism and the Politics of Race’ is ready for pre-order!
This is just a quick announcement to let you all know that the paperback edition of my book British Communism and the Politics of Race will be out next month through Haymarket Books. You can pre-order it now here. You can read an interview I did with Selim Nadi for the Historical Materialism blog about the book…
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No Platform book project: An appeal for sources
I am very excited that my book project on the history of the NUS policy of no platform in the UK is moving forward. At the moment, I am on the lookout for further primary sources from no platform campaigns from the 1970s to the present (particularly from the 1980s and 1990s). So if anyone…
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British Communism and the Politics of Race – out now!
After 10 years in the making, my book British Communism and the Politics of Race, has been published in the Historical Materialism series by Brill. Please order a copy for your institutional library. Link is here. And a library recommendation form can be found here. As with all HM books, a paperback edition will be published…
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Forthcoming with Brill, ‘British Communism and the Politics of Race’
Ten years in the making, I am very happy to announce that Brill will be publishing my monograph British Communism and the Politics of Race as part of its Historical Materialism series later this year. You can pre-order a copy here. Here is a short blurb: British Communism and the Politics of Race explores the…
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