‘Walter Rodney was way ahead of his time’
Africa is a Country posted an article based on some [...]
Review: An Ounce of Practice
For the Review of African Political Economy, Colin Stoneman praises [...]
No Honourable Goddamn Stereotypes
Lynnda Wardle reviews An Ounce of Practice in the Glasgow Review [...]
Fanon’s Radical Psychiatry
My article on Frantz Fanon in Critical and Radical Social [...]
The Bread of the Poor
In some of the most powerful and engaging passages in Capital in 1867 Karl Marx wrote about the systematic fraud at the heart of market relations. Fraud, adulteration of food (a topic close to Marx’s heart) and corruption, were elements of capitalist development from the earliest days.
When a Demonstration Ends Up in a Conflict: the 2001 Bradford Riots
Janet Bujra and Jenny Pearce’s important book Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, on the 2001 Bradford riot – its aftermath and origins – is a account of the protests and riots that temporally paralysed the northern city at the start of the millennium.
Mugabe’s fall creates a chance for real change in Zimbabwe
We should celebrate the fall of Robert Mugabe. But hypocritical [...]
Knocking Down the Pillars of Neoliberalism
This article was published in the Morning Star on 22 [...]
‘There are no foreigners here except the bosses’: Precarious workers strike back
A version of this blogpost was originally published by RS21 Revolutionary [...]
‘From London to Harare: an activist yearning for an ounce of practice’
Heike Becker reviews An Ounce of Practice for The Conversation a novel [...]