Quarterly journal on racism, empire and globalisation from the UK Institute of Race Relations (@IRR_News)
London, England
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The October issue of Race & Class leads with an article by Tariq Dana and Muhannad Ayyash:
Beyond Genocide: Colonial Modernity and The Destruction of 'Infrastructures of Existence' in Gaza
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You can read the latest issue via SAGE or purchase a copy of via our bio/ the IRR website:
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You can purchase a copy of Ali's book here: waterstones.com/book/come-wh…
She says 'This is less a history book and more a vivid community memoir focused on ensuring that historical lessons can be applied to the here and now.'
Come What May, We're Here to Stay
The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain by Taj Ali.
Joint-editor of Race & Class, Jenny Bourne, reviews Ali's book.
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IRR is hiring for two new staff members!
As the IRR moves forward on anti-racist education, we are looking for a creative communications individual and a hands-on projects officer!
🕒 Deadline: 11:59pm 20 November 2026.
Apply here ➡️ irr.org.uk/about/vacancies/
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IRR is hiring for two new staff members!
As the IRR moves forward on anti-racist education, we are looking for a creative communications individual and a hands-on projects officer!
🕒 Deadline: 11:59pm 20 November 2026.
Apply here ➡️ irr.org.uk/about/vacancies/
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"They shall not pass"
It's been 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street, but it's been almost forgotten that just one week earlier, Leeds confronted Oswald Mosely in what became known as the Battle of Holbeck Moor.
Within the piece, the authors also explore culture as liberation techniques, using James’ cricket and Jones’ carnival as examples.
This article reconsiders C.L.R. James and Claudia Jones as theorists of totality whose work exposed foundational limits within mid-twentieth-century Marxism, liberal anti-colonialism and metropolitan feminism.
The totality problem: C.L.R. James, Claudia Jones and critical theory by Scott Timcke and Shelene Gomes.
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Rest in power and peace Dr Jason Arday 🕊
In our newsletter ‘One Death is a Death Too Many’ and our regular calendar of racism and resistance we foreground a number of initiatives targeting media racism and lack of self-regulation following the tragic death of Dr Jason Arday.
This film, talk, and Q&A reflects on her life and legacy. You can find out more here : eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberi…
🎥Today, there will be a rare public screening of ‘Justice Denied’ (1995) with an update about the Peoples Tribunal’s actions on Joy and all other cases of police killings.
📖 Back in 1995, CARF (Campaign against Racism and Fascism) also part of IRR, wrote on Joy’s trial and the continual denial of Justice.
You can access this piece via the link in our bio.
They talk about her death leading to an effort to unify family struggles to form @UFFCampaign (United Friends and Family Campaign).
33 years ago, Joy Gardner was killed by the police in her home.
✊🏾 In this piece for Race & Class, The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings opens with a quote from Joy’s mother, Myrna Gardner.
