Passing for politics - Asad Haider
Asad Haider of 'Viewpoint' magazine reflects on campus politics, race and identity.
The Jackson State shootings, 1970
Submitted by Steven. on May 14 2017 11:23
A short account of the shooting of several black students and bystanders by police on the night of May 14/15, 1970.
Lessons in leftism: Pete Seeger and the black power movement
Submitted by Soapy on May 9 2017 18:30
The rise of “black power” led Pete Seeger to realize he had become a towering figure in a movement he didn't fully understand. The way he dealt with criticisms of him and his friends holds lessons for today.
Non-identity and negation: “Identitarianism” and the affirmation of difference
Text on identity and the communist movement's negation of social relations.
Black women organising - Brixton Black Women's Group
A critical look at the growth, contradictions and eventual demise of Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent in the late-1970s/early 1980s, as well as the lessons to be learnt from it, by members of the Brixton Black Women's Group.
Black anger shakes the rotten pillars of bourgeois and democratic "civilization" - Bruno Maffi (1965)
Originally published anonymously (the norm within the Bordigist tradition) in 'Il Programma Comunista' (September 10th 1965), the paper of the former International Communist Party, written by the Left Communist Bruno Maffi (b.1909 – d.2003). Republished in 'Proletarian' #12, Autumn/Winter 2015. The article was prompted by the 1965 Watts riots.
Identity Politics and Class Struggle
Article from 1997 by Robin D. G. Kelley on discussions around identity politics and class struggle. While written twenty years ago it remains relevant to current discussions on the same topic.
Street Speech - Walter Rodney
A street speech in Guyana by Walter Rodney arguing against racial antagonism and explaining its role in the functioning of capitalism. Note: It is important to understand that the following comments were made specifically in the context of the Guyanese situation.
Black concentration camps during the second Anglo-Boer war
The Boer war involved three networks of concentration camps. Boer (white) camps with women and children totalling around 115,000. Black camps with men, women and children totalling around 115,000, and overseas camps for Boer men in the tens of thousands
Role of Black people in the South African War
A short article from South African History Online about the role of black soldiers and workers in the second Boer war.
