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Renegade examines the struggle for racial justice in the UK,
through the lens of one of Britain's most influential, and
controversial, journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during
the dying days of colonialism, Howe became an uncompromising
champion of racial justice. The book examines how Darcus Howe's
unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend
and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the heat of the American
civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's Black Power
Revolution. Howe took a leading role in the defining struggles in
Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and
the media. Renegade focuses on his part as a defendant in the trial
of the Mangrove Nine, the high point of Black Power in Britain; his
role in conceiving and organizing the Black People's Day of Action,
the largest ever demonstration by the black community in Britain;
and his later work as a prominent journalist and political
commentator.
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
time: 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.
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
time: 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.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial
justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most
prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners. Born
in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe
became an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book
examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the
example of his friend and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the
heat of the American civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's
Black Power Revolution. The book sheds new light on Howe's leading
role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional
racism in the police, the courts and the media. It focuses on his
part as a defendant in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, the high
point of Black Power in Britain; his role in conceiving and
organizing the Black People's Day of Action, the largest ever
demonstration by the black community in Britain; and his later work
as one of a prominent journalist and political commentator.
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