Anti-racist organising today: a roundtable discussion

This article brings together contributions from participants in a roundtable discussion on 'Anti-racist organising today' which concluded the 'New Circuits of Anti-racism Conference', King's College London, October 2022 (IRR50). Five key anti-racist writers and activists - Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee, co-authors of Race to the Bottom: reclaiming anti-racism (Pluto Press, 2022), Shanice Octavia McBean, co-author with Aviah Sarah Day of Abolition Revolution (Pluto Press, 2022), and Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly, co-authors of Anti-racist Scholar-Activism (Manchester University Press, 2021) - came together to discuss the key themes of their books, the influence of A. Sivanandan on their activism, as well as the main issues for anti-racist organisers today.

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This article compiles contributions from participants of a roundtable discussion on 'Anti-racist organising today' that took place after the 'New Circuits of Anti-racism Conference' in King's College London in October 2022 (IRR50). Five influential anti-racist writers and activists (Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee, co-authors of Race to the Bottom: reclaiming anti-racism (Pluto Press, 2022), Shanice Octavia McBean, co-author with Aviah Sarah Day of Abolition Revolution (Pluto Press, 2022), and Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly, co-authors of Anti-racist Scholar-Activism (Manchester University Press, 2021)) came together to discuss the main themes of their books, the impact of A. Sivanandan on their activism, and the key issues facing anti-racist organizers today.