This collection of A. Sivanandan's writings looks at the history of black struggles against British racism from the 1940s to the uprisings of Brixton and Toxteth in the 1980s.

Introduction by Stuart Hall 1. From Resistance to Rebellion: Asian and Afro-Caribbean struggles in Britain 2. Black Power: The Politics of Existence 3. Huey Newton and the Black Renascence 4. The Passing of the King 5. Jonathan 6. Angela Davis 7. James Baldwin 8. The Colony of the Colonised 9. Paul Robeson 10. The Liberation of the Black Intellectual 11. Race, Class and the State 12. Grunwick 13. From Immigration Control to Induced Repatriation 14. Imperialism and Disorganic Development in the Silicon Age 15. Race, Class and Caste in South Africa