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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAffirmative Distraction: Elimination of Affirmative Action at U-Massachusetts: Against The Current vol. 82 Gaytán, Marie Sarita Article 1999 The west wind has blown east. The elimination of affirmative action in Texas, California, and Washington's public university systems seemed like a phenomenon isolated to highly competitive west-coast ... The Anatomy of A Rebellion: Against The Current vol. 84 Ortiz, Paul Article 2000 The first time I traveled to Los Angeles with a comrade of mine in the labor movement, I had one of those sharp educational experiences that cannot be replicated in the classroom. Assata: An Autobiography Shakur, Assata Book 1989 On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, lay in the hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed while local, state and federal police attempted to question her about the ... Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story De Felitta, Raymond Film/Video 2012 In 1965, African-American waiter Booker Wright spoke out in a television documentary, outraging many white Southerners and resulting in his murder. Years later, the filmmaker's son returns to examine... Brick Lane 1978: The Events and Their Significance Leech, Kenneth; photographs by Paul Trevor Article 1978 Booklet about the events in Brick Lane, in London's East End, in 1978, where Bengali youths and anti-racists clashed with the National Front, amid a surge in racist violence. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 3 - September 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Capital Crimes of Fashion: Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion (Book Review) McClear, Sheila Article 2015 Book Review of Tansy E. Hoskins' Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion. Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Simons, H.J.; Simons, R.E. Book 1969 A historical and sociological overview which provides a critical analysis of the Labour and National movements in South Africa and explores how and why the white working class traded its socialist pri... Coming Home to the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Thompson, Wendy Article 2008 I became a political activist at the age of 12, when I marched for open housing in Evanston, Illinois. We lived next to the Black community in Evanston; African-American students made up 40% of my gra... Connexions: Volume 3, Number 6 - December 1978 - Unemployment/Chomage Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 5 - October 1979 - Nuclear Energy\Energie Nucleaire Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 3-4 - Winter 1983/84 - Native Issues - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Race, Racism, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism Focus  Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on race, racism, ethnicity, multiculturalism, identity. Defeat of Reconstruction and the Betrayal of Black Freedom Part Two Wilde, Alan Article 2014 During Reconstruction, black people fought to assert their American-ness. Throughout the South, it was blacks and their allies who would march, parade and celebrate the Fourth of July, but not out of ... Ferguson and After: Where Is This Movement Going? The Editors Article 2015 The movement that has erupted after non-indictments of the cop killers of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and of Eric Garner in New York City, one further fed by relentless continued police killings... For Black Liberation Through Socialist Revolution! Part Two: How the Liberals and Reformists Derailed the Struggle for Integration Alexander, Don Article 2004 There is a lot of talk today about multiculturalism, diversity, whiteness and "racialized subjects" and other liberal jargon that essentially attempts to erase the centrality of anti-black racism and ... For Black Liberation Through Socialist Revolution! Part One: Contradictions of the Civil Rights Movement: A Marxist Analysis Coleman, Diana Article 2012 We describe the black population in the U.S. as an oppressed race-color caste. From their arrival in this country, the Negro people have been an integral part of American class society while at the sa... Here to stay, here to fight: How Asians transformed the British working class Prasad, Yuri Article 2016 During the blisteringly hot summer of 1976 a group of Asian workers, predominantly women, walked out on strike at a small factory in north west London. Most were recently arrived migrants from Uganda,... A history of American anti-immigrant bias, starting with Benjamin Franklin’s hatred of the Germans Merelli, Annalisa Article 2017 In the 1750s, the United States of America was not yet a country, but its trouble with immigrants already had begun. People of non-WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) descent were crossing the ocean t... How We Changed Toronto: The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 Sewell, John Book 2015 By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada's largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, high-rise apa... 'I KNEW I WAS WITNESSING A TERRIBLE EVIL' Malik, Kenan Article 2016 Today marks 50 years since the South African apartheid government declared District Six, in the heart of Cape Town, a 'whites only' area from which all non-whites would be forcibly removed. The Invention of the White Race: Volume One: Racial Oppression and Social Control Allen, Theodore W Book 1994 One of the great contributions of Allen's study is a complete debunking of the myth that race and skin colour are the same thing. Israel's Struggle Within: Against The Current vol. 113 Finkel, David Article 2004 ATC interviews Uri Davis. The Making of Jericho Road: Against The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. Malcolm X Speaks X. Malcolm; edited and with prefatory notes by George Breitman Book 1965 A series of speeches, seminars and press conferences given by Malcolm X during the last years of his life in 1964 and early 1965. Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion Lewis, Rupert Book 1989 Marcus Garvey articulated ideas about self-reliance, about the relationship between oppressed people throughout the world regardless of colour; he put forward ideas which are central to the process of... Monopoly Capital: An essay on American economic and social order Baran, Paul A.; Sweezy, Paul M. Book 1966 An analysis of American capitalism. The Movement Comes to Jena: Against The Current vol. 131 Dubinsky, Joanna Article 2007 The humid air felt electric as the sun ascended over the hundreds of buses idling a 20-mile stretch of Louisiana Route 49, the gateway to the rural hometown of the Jena 6. It was 6 AM, September 20, 2... My Fight Against Apartheid Dingake, Michael Book 1989 Imprisoned for 15 years on Robben Island in 1965, Michael Dingake's autobiography clearly reveals how his whole life has been bound up with the struggle for liberation in South Africa. His story, full... Organizing to Stop Police Brutality in Riverside, California: Organizing for Accountability: Against The Current vol. 83 Feeley, Dianne; Finkel, David Article 1999 interview with Chani Beeman. Chani Beeman is co-chair of the Riverside Coalition for Police Accountability, whose principles and mission statement can be found at their website (www.ucr. edu/ethnomus/... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 29, 2015: Land seizures and land take-overs Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices focuses on the issue of land seizures and land take-overs. Also included: Greece's solidarity movement, and the challenges and opportunities it faces after the election of a... Patrick Buchanan's Ezola Virus: Against The Current vol. 89 Bandhauer, Carina Article 2000 Amidst all the turmoil of the Reform Party this summer, Pat Buchanan named Ezola Foster as his running mate for his third bid at the presidency. For a man who has openly questioned the holocaust, and ... The Politics of South Africa: The Transition to Democracy Hinshaw, John Article 1998 OVER THE PAST few years, South Africa has undergone the dramatic political transition from apartheid to non-racial democracy. As one might expect in a country where racial and economic inequality is s... Race and Class: Busing and Integration, 1975-99: Against The Current vol. 82 Miah, Malik Article 1999 In the mid-1970s Boston was a major battle ground for equal education in the public schools. Boston's inner-city schools—as in most urban areas—were less-equipped and in worse condition than those in ... Race and Class: Paris to New Orleans: Against The Current vol. 120 Miah, Malik Article 2006 It turns out that the city of lights and city of jazz have a lot in common. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and militant explosions in the suburbs of Paris expose the underbelly of racism and class... Race and Class: The Wealth Gap: Against The Current vol. 88 Miah, Malik Article 2000 Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment level in the Black community as signs of a strong economy and a future where whites and African Americans will finally have ... Race and Class: What the Jena 6 Case Shows: Against The Current vol. 131 Miah, Malik Article 2007 Some 50,000 people converged on the small Louisiana town of Jena on September 20. The protest shook up not only the two-stoplight town but sent a loud siren across the country. The 85% white populatio... Racism and Responsibility: Against The Current vol. 133 Fish, George Article 2008 Malik Miah writes in Against the Current 131, “[Orlando] Patterson, and others in Black academia and middle-class civil rights organizations, are right to point to internal problems within the Black c... Racist Outrage at UMass-Amherst: Against The Current vol. 114 Napalitano, Jeffrey; Leiblum, Mishy; Sered, Barak; Luce, Stephanie Article 2005 Over the past decade, students around the country have fought a conservative backlash on college campuses that has sought to reverse many gains won in the 1970s and 1980s. Along with attacks on labor... Racist Terror, Then and Now Oppenheimer, Martin Article 2015 African-Americans have been murdered by white mobs, vigilantes, and "law enforcement" from the time of slavery to, quite possibly, this morning. The fundamental reason for the killing of African-Ameri... Religion and the Rise of Labor and Black Detroit: Against The Current vol. 134 Higbee, Mark Article 2008 Historians and other scholars have given Detroit plentiful attention, including some very important books, yet in this vital new study Angela Dillard manages to approach the Motor City’s past in sever... Response to George Fish: Against The Current vol. 133 Miah, Malik Article 2008 George Fish raises an important point about the “taking personal responsibility” debate taking place within the Black community, especially at the academic and leadership level. But his criticism of m... Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned: Against The Current vol. 136 Pinkney, Dorothy Article 2008 The corruption and deceitfulness continues in the Berrien County, Michigan courthouse. My husband, Reverend Edward Pinkney, leader of Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO) was convicte... Review: Political War Over Palestine: Against The Current vol. 131 Finkel, David Article 2007 It has become impossible to review titles like these, or discuss the issues they raise, without reference to the rise of an exceptionally vicious campaign against critical activist voices and academic... School Vouchers Scam Goes Down: Against The Current vol. 90 Cooper, Loiuse Article 2001 A key achievement in the November elections was the defeat of school voucher schemes in California and Michigan. California's Proposition 38 would have offered every child in California a $4,000 vouch... She's Beautiful When She's Angry Dore, Mary (director) Film/Video 2014 She's Beautiful When She's Angry resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement in the United States from 1966 to 1971. She's Beautiful ... SNCC: The New Abolitionists Zinn, Howard Book 1964 An account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). South Africa's Political Change: Against The Current vol. 90 Bond, Patrick Article 2001 On December 5, slightly less than half of South Africa's registered electorate went to the polls, and Thabo Mbeki's ruling African National Congress (ANC) emerged with just under sixty percent support... Still Got the News: Against The Current vol. 84 Esch, Betsy Article 2000 As a student activist at the University of Michigan in the middle and late 1980s, I was part of a coalition of activists who planned and carried out a democratic takeover of our school's newspaper, Th... Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides Are Wrong in the Race Debate Malik, Kenan Book 2008 Malik makes the case that most anti-racists accept the belief, also held by racialists and outright racists, that differences between groups are of great importance. While racialists attribute the dif... The Survival of Education: Against The Current vol. 134 Olson, Peter Article 2008 I remember reading Jonathan Kozol’s Savage Inequalities as a student activist, when becoming a teacher was an abstract and somewhat romanticized idea floating around my head. I was moved by the politi... Thieving Sons of Bushes: Against The Current vol. 91 Miah, Malik Article 2001 “Never Trust a Son of Bush” was one of many signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20. Some 25,000 marched in Washington and 15,000 rallied in San Francisco... Triple Jeopardy and the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon Article 2008 Being bi- and female in the Asian movement also means putting in double, triple, quadruple time. The Third World Women’s Alliance, an offshoot of the Black Women’s Liberation Committee of the Student ... U.S. Labor's Subterranean Fire: Against The Current vol. 131 Post, Charlie Article 2007 The broad outlines of the crisis of the U.S. labor movement -— sharply declining union density, concession bargaining, failures to organize the growing non-union manufacturing and service sectors, the... World Bank: It's the Pits for the Poor: Against The Current vol. 87 Bond, Patrick Article 2000 In early May, a National Reparations Conference opened by Njongonkulu Ndungane, the radical Archbishop of Cape Town who succeeded Desmond Tutu, resolved to demand that the World Bank and International... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryDark history of Canada's First Nations pass system uncovered in documentary Cram, Stephanie 2016 Little known policy restricted people living on reserves, enforced for nearly 60 years. Ethnic issues in Japan Details the various racial minorities within the Japanese population, as well as historical and recent issues faced by these groups. Legislation on Chinese Indonesians 2016 An overview of Indonesia's anti-Chinese legislation throughout the country's history. Segregation Had to Be Invented Semuels, Alana 2017 During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today. 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance Sources News Release 2009 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance. |
