Communities of Resistance: Writings on Black Struggles for Socialism

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Ambalavaner Sivanandan was one of Britains most influential radical thinkers. As Director of the Institute of Race Relations for forty years, his work changed the way that we think about race, racism, globalisation and resistance. Communities of Resistance collects together some of his most famous essays, including his excoriating polemic on Thatcherism and the left The Hokum of New Times. This updated edition contains a new preface by Gary Younge and an introduction by Arun Kundnani.

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You can agree or not agree with Sivanandan (I agree nearly all the time) but what you certainly can't ignore is the voice with which he writes. It has the warmth of the passion of those who know they will never live to wield power, and the clarity of a demand for justice that cannot be silenced. His is a voice that relays the voices of the poor, the salt of the earth and the proud. The colour of his voice cannot be dismissed. Its unique tone carries a reminder of what wealth inevitably loses, of what power based upon injustice fears. Read, listen... -- John Berger

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Ambalavaner Sivanandanwas Director of the Institute of Race Relations in London, Editor of the journalRace and Classand author ofA Different Hunger.