Information about the Institute of Race Relations and many of the publications noted below are available online at: www.irr.org.uk .
Material relating to A. Sivanandan and the work of the Institute of Race Relations
Books by A. Sivanandan
Catching history on the wing: race, culture and globalisation, London, Pluto Press, 2008.
Where the Dance Is (short stories), London: Arcadia, 2000.
When Memory Dies (a novel), London: Arcadia, 1997.
Communities of Resistance: writings on black struggles for socialism, London: Verso, 1990.
A Different Hunger: writings on black resistance, London: Pluto Press, 1982.
Race and resistance: the IRR story, Institute of Race Relations, 1974 (reproduced in Race & Class Volume 50, No 2, 2008)
Recent articles by A. Sivanandan
‘Homage: Jan Carew 1920-2012’, Race & Class, Vol. 54, No. 4, Apr.-June 2013.
‘The market state vs the good society’, Race & Class, Vol. 54, No. 3, Jan.-Mar. 2013.
‘Professor John Rex 1925-2011’, comment, irr.org.uk, Jan. 5, 2012.
‘The violence of the violated’, comment, irr.org.uk, Aug. 16, 2011.
‘Basil Davidson: Soldier in the People’s Army, 1914-2010’, Race & Class, Vol. 52, No.1, July 2010.
‘Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka’, Race & Class, Vol. 51, No. 3, Jan. 2010.
‘An Island Tragedy: Buddhist Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka’,New Left Review, Vol. 60, 2009.
‘Englishman’, Race & Class, Vol. 51, No. 2, Oct. 2009.
‘Gaza’, Race & Class, Vol. 51, No. 1, July 2009.
‘Catching history on the wing: conference speech’, Race & Class, Vol. 510 No. 3, Jan. 2009.
On IRR and A. Sivanandan
Catching History on the Wing: an interview with A. Sivanandan, film, Directors Prasanna Ratnayake and Colin Prescod, Postcolonial Films Ltd, 2013.
Ahilan Kadirgamar, ‘Interview of Dr Sivanandan’, Lines, 2009.
Jenny Bourne, ‘IRR: the story continues’, Race & Class, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2008.
Kwesi Owusu, interview with A. Sivanandan, ‘The struggle for a radical Black political culture’, in Black British Culture and Society – a text reader, ed K. Owusu, London, Routledge, 2002.
Louis Kushnick and Paul Grant, ‘Catching History on the Wing: A. Sivanandan as Activist, Teacher and Rebel’, in Against the Odds: Scholars who Challenged racism in the Twentieth Century, eds. Benjamin P. Bowser and Louis Kushnick, University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.
Raj Pal, ‘Interview with local activist’, Birmingham Black History Month, 21 Sept. 2000.
Colin Prescod and Hazel Waters, eds., ‘A World to Win: essays in honour of A. Sivanandan’, a special issue of Race & Class, Vol. 41, Nos. 1/2, 1999.
Quintin Hoare and Malcolm Imrie, ‘The heart is where the battle is’, in Communities of Resistance: writings on black struggles for socialism, London, Verso, 1990.
Chris Mullard, Race, power and resistance, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985.
Sivanandan and Sri Lanka
Nivedita Majundar, ed., The Other Side of Terror: an anthology of writings on terrorism in South Asia, Oxford University Press, 2009.
Minoli Salgado, ‘A. Sivanandan and Shyam Selvadorai’, in Writing Sri Lanka: literature, resistance and the politics of place, Taylor & Francis, 2007.
Ruvani Ranasinha, South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Qadri Ismail, Abiding by Sri Lanka, University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
Interview with A.Sivanandan for ‘Through the generations’, available online at: http://tamilgenerations.rota.org.uk/ambalavaner-sivanandan
Materials produced by the IRR and other publicationsdistributed by the IRR
Books, Pamphlets & Multimedia
Frances Webber, Borderline Justice: The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights, Pluto Press, 2012.
Liz Fekete, ‘Alternative Voices on Integration’, 2010.
Arun Kundnani, ‘Spooked: How Not to Prevent Violent Extremism’, 2009.
Liz Fekete, A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe, Pluto Press, 2009.
Struggles for Black Community ,film, director Colin Prescod, 2008.
Liz Fekete, ‘Integration, Islamophobia and Civil Rights in Europe’, 2008.
Arun Kundnani, The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain, Pluto Press, 2007.
Liz Fekete, ‘They Are Children Too: A Study of Europe’s Deportation Policies’, 2007.
Homebeats: Struggles for Racial Justice, CD-ROM, 2006.
Liz Fekete, ‘The Deportation Machine: Europe, Asylum and Human Rights’, IRR, 2005.
Liz Fekete, ‘Reclaim People’s Security’, 2003.
Liz Fekete, ‘Racism: The Hidden Cost of September 11’, 2002.
Liz Fekete & Frances Webber, ‘Inside Racist Europe’, 1994.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Community Care: The Black Experience’, 1993.
Hazel Waters, ‘Resource Directory on ‘Race’ and Racism in Social Work’, 1993.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Deadly Silence: Black Deaths in Custody’, 1991.
Campaign Against Racism and Fascism & The Newham Monitoring Project, ‘Newham: The Forging of a Black Community’, 1991.
Jenny Bourne, ‘Homelands of the Mind: Jewish Feminism and Identity Politics’, 1987.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Policing Against Black People’, 1987.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘How Racism Came to Britain’, 1985.
Jenny Bourne, ‘Towards an Anti-Racist Feminism’, 1983.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Patterns of Racism’, 1982.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Roots of Racism’, 1982.
Campaign Against Racism and Fascism & Southall Rights, ‘Southall: The Birth of a Black Community’, 1981.
Briefing Papers and Reports (free to download atwww.irr.org.uk)
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 8, Frances Webber, ‘Europe’s Pariah State? The Future of Human Rights in Britain’, May 8, 2013.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 7, ‘From pillar to post: pan-European racism and the Roma’, July 2013.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 6, ‘State intelligence agencies and the far Right: A review of developments in Germany, Hungary and Austria’, Apr. 2013.
Jon Burnett, ‘Racial Violence: Facing Realty’, Feb. 15, 2013.
Jon Burnett, ‘The new geographies racism: Peterborough’, July 30, 2012.
Liz Fekete, ‘Pedlars of Hate: The Violent Impact of the European Far Right’, 2012.
Jon Burnett, ‘The new geographies racism: Stoke-on-Trent’, Nov. 15, 2011.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 5, ‘Breivik, the conspiracy theory and the Oslo massacre’, Sept. 2011.
Jon Burnett, ‘The new geographies racism: Plymouth’, June 30, 2011.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Islamophobia, Human Rights and the Anti-Terrorist Laws’, 2011.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Islamophobia and Progressive Values’, 2011.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 7, Anne Singh and Frances Webber, ‘Excluding Migrants from Justice: The Legal Aid Cuts’, Dec. 14, 2010.
Harmit Athwal, ‘Driven to Desperate Measures 2006-2010’, Oct. 17, 2010.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 4, ‘Accelerated removals: a study of the human cost of EU deportation policies, 2009-2010’, Oct. 2010.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 6, Harmit Athwal, Jenny Bourne & Rebecca Wood, ‘Racial Violence: The Buried Issue’, June 14, 2010.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 3, ‘The background to the French parliamentary commission on the burqa and niqab’, Apr. 2010.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 2, ‘Direct democracy, racism and the extreme Right’, Feb. 2010.
IRR Europe Briefing Paper No. 1, ‘The Swiss referendum on minarets: background and aftermath’, Feb. 2010.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 5, Rebecca Wood, ‘Youth Deaths: The Reality Behind the ‘Knife Crime’ Debate’, Jan. 14, 2010.
European Race Bulletin No. 69, Liz Fekete and Frances Webber, ‘Foreign nationals, enemy penology and the criminal justice system’, Autumn 2009.
European Race Bulletin No. 68, Liz Fekete, ‘Racism, elections and the economic down-turn’, Summer 2009.
European Race Bulletin No. 67, Liz Fekete, ‘Secrecy, detention, torture: the parallel world of Europe’s anti-terror regimen’, Spring 2009.
European Race Bulletin No. 66, Liz Fekete, ‘Europe’s Shame: A report on 105 deaths linke to racism or government migration and asylum policies’, Winter 2009.
European Race Bulletin No. 65, Liz Fekete, ‘Asylum Rights: Grinding down the human rights defenders’, Autumn 2008.
European Race Bulletin No. 64, ‘The Italian general election and its aftermath’, Summer 2008.
European Race Bulletin No. 63, ‘Mobilising against “foreign criminals”: the new electoral politics’, Spring 2008.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 4, Harmit Athwal, ‘Asylum Deaths: What to Do Next’, Nov. 2007.
European Race Bulletin No. 61, ‘Freedom Party election material; Anti-terrorism and civil liberties round-up’, Autumn 2007.
European Race Bulletin No. 60, ‘Election special: A survey of relevant results and themes in national and local elections from October 2006 to May 2007 in a selection of European countries’, Summer 2007.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 3, ‘Community Responses to the War on Terror’, Feb. 14, 2007.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 2, Jenny Bourne, ‘In Defence of Multiculturalism’, Feb. 14, 2007.
European Race Bulletin No. 57, ‘Islamophobia, xenophobia and the climate of hate’, Autumn 2006.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Driven to Desperate Measures 1989-2006’, Sept. 21, 2006.
European Race Bulletin No. 55, ‘Asylum: from deterrence to criminalisation’, Spring 2006.
European Race Bulletin No. 54, Tim Cleary, ‘France inflamed: riots and reaction’, Winter 2006.
European Race Bulletin No. 53, Liz Fekete, ‘Fighting fascism, preserving democracy’, Winter 2005.
IRR UK Briefing Paper No. 1, ‘Working with the Media: A Guide for Anti-Racist Campaigners and Refugee Rights Activists’, Oct. 14, 2005.
European Race Bulletin No. 47, Liz Fekete, ‘Anti-terrorism and human rights’, Spring 2004.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Counting the Cost: Racial Violence Since Macpherson’, Mar. 7, 2001.
Institute of Race Relations, ‘Europe on Trial’, Jan. 1, 1995.
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