Attica Blues: prison revolts, the Black Panther Party and Muhammad Ali
When I was in prison, I read an article – don’t be shocked when I say I was in prison. You’re still in prison. That’s what America means: prison.
–– Malcolm X
Rollerskating and the US Civil Rights Movement
On 27 August 1963 Ledger Smith set off from Chicago and made his way to join Martin Luther King’s March on Washington. He didn’t take a bus or a train and he didn’t drive – he made his way on rollerskates.
Austria’s presidential elections: A warning for all of Europe
Anti racists across Europe will breath a big sigh of relief tonight.
Ice T’s interpretation of ASK YOUR MAMA by Langston Hughes
Last night the Barbican in London hosted the international premier of Langston Hughes masterpiece ASK YOUR MAMA: 12 Moods for Jazz.
Sham 69: “I Don’t Wanna”
Hassan Mahamdallie digs out his old Sham 69 singles and looks back at a band whose gigs became a battleground between NF fascists and their opponents
Video: ‘green man’ reply to racist Chelsea ‘fans’ who pushed black man off train
The appalling footage of Chelsea “fans” pushing a black man off a Paris metro train, while chanting: “We’re racist, we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it,” has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. It has also prompted this nice anti-racist – and non-partisan – reply video.