Description
The July 2008 edition of the journal Race & Class leads with Hilary and Steven Rose’s extended argument for an academic boycott of Israel, features Matt Carr’s study of the US assault on Fallujah and Jerry Harris’ analysis of US imperialism after the defeat in Iraq.
Articles
Editorial by Hazel Waters
Israel, Europe and the academic boycott by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose
The barbarians of Fallujah by Matt Carr
US imperialism after Iraq by Jerry Harris
Structuring silence: asbestos and biomedical research in Britain and South Africa by Lundy Braun
Commentary
Language and the seizure of power: an interview with C. L. R. James by Chris Searle
The West Indian Gazette: Claudia Jones and the black press in Britain by Donald Hinds
Reviews
Forgeries of Memory and Meaning: Blacks and the regimes of race in American theater and film before World War II: By CEDRIC J. ROBINSON reviewed by Hazel Waters
Hamas: a history from within: By AZZAM TAMIMI reviewed by Victoria Brittain
Tim Hector: a Caribbean radical’s story: By PAUL BUHLE reviewed by Chris Searle
Chronicler of the Winds: By HENNING MANKELL; In the Country of Men: By HISHAM MATAR reviewed by Barbara Harlow
Forgotten Wars: the end of Britain’s Asian empire: By CHRIS BAYLY and TIM HARPER reviewd by John Newsinger
Race & Class is published quarterly, in January, April, July and October, by Sage Publications for the Institute of Race Relations; individual subscriptions are £27/$47, for four issues, with an introductory rate of £20/$35 for new subscribers.
