Here to Stay, Here to Fight: A Race Today Anthology

by Paul Field, Robin Bunce, Leila Hassan

From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and pamphlets contributions from some of the leading writers and activists of the C. L. R. James, Darcus Howe, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Walter Rodney, Bobby Sands, Farrukh Dhondy and Mala Sen and many more. Here to Stay, Here to Fight, draws together many of these key articles and extracts into an impressive collection - the first book-length anthology of its kind - rescuing many contributions from the obscurity of inaccessible archives. Framing the original contributions, there is a general introduction, which provides an overview of Race Today's 15-year history, section introductions providing context for each extract, written by writers and activists associated with the Collective, and a concluding section exploring the legacy of Race Today in contemporary social movements and debates around race, gender and class.

Genres: Race, Nonfiction, History, Politics

320 pages, Hardcover

Published September 20, 2019

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[Babasa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting insight into Race Today's perspective in the late 70s / early 90s on issues affecting black people in the UK and internationally. What struck me a lot was the solidarity with Asian movements, the focus on organising women, and the degree of state violence a lot of the activists were fighting against.

[Chris Gilligan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting, thought-provoking collection of writings from the Race Today Collective, a London-based radical Black antiracist organisation, partly influenced by CLR James. For me fuller review see: https://bit.ly/3uG17di