Race to the Bottom

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Race to the Bottom

Reclaiming Antiracism

Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Politics and government Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

Authors: Azfar Shafi, Ilyas Nagdee

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Collection: Outspoken by Pluto

Language: English

Published by: Pluto Press

Published on: 20th June 2022

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9780745344690


Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before

Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society?

This is not an accident, but by design

Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the Bottom traces our current crisis back decades, to the fragmentation of Britain’s Black Power movements and their absorption into NGOs and the Labour Party.

The authors call for recovering radical histories of antiracist struggle

Championing modern activism and infusing them with the urgency of our times: replacing anxieties over ''unconscious bias'' and rival claims for ''representation'' with the struggle for a new, socialist, multi-racial organising from below.

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