Here to Stay, Here to Fight

Paul Field is a writer, lawyer and political activist. He wrote extensively for Labour Briefing, on which he also sat on the Editorial Board, for nearly ten years. Field has also written for international publications including Jacobin, International Viewpoint, and South African Labour Bulletin.Robin Bunce is a Historian based at Cambridge University. He has written extensively on the history of political thought, and contemporary pop-culture. His most recent book, published by Bloomsbury, Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe, co-authored with Paul Field, was nominated for the Orwell Politics Prize.Leila Hassan was employed by Institute of Race Relations from 1970. Hassan went on to become a member of the Race Today Collective, the deputy editor of Race Today from 1973 and editor from 1985, during which time she was a frequent contributor to the journal on subjects ranging from black power movement in US, to the struggles of black women in the UK.Margaret Peacock spent 25 years as the Head-Teacher of a mixed inner city comprehensive school. She was closely involved in the magazine 'Teachers' Action'.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction - Leila Hassan, Robin Bunce and Paul Field1. Race Today and British Politics 2. Black Youth in Revolt 3. Sex, Race and Class 4. Asian Communities, Asian Workers and Race Today I: THE ASIAN SELF DEFENCE MOVEMENT II: TIGER STRIKES: BHAG AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HOUSING III ASIAN WORKERS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE 5. Challenging British (In)Justice 6. ‘Creation For Liberation’: Race Today and Culture 7. For Black and Third World Liberation 8. Legacies Notes on Contributors Index

'[I am] grateful for this anthology of the writings of the Race Today Collective ... It comes from the heart of black British struggle ... I could have really done with this when I was writing [my book]'