Mike Makin-Waite recalls the origins of his new book On Burnley Road: Class, race and politics in a northern English town

Contributions are invited for the Autumn 2021 number of FORUM, for which the copy date is Monday 12 July.

We are delighted to announce that 'FORUM: for promoting 3 to 19 comprehensive education’ is relaunching with its latest issue and commencing a new partnership with the radical publisher, Lawrence Wishart.

A.S. Francis, PhD candidate at the University of Chichester and coordinator of the Young Historian’s Project, on women’s experiences and contributions in Britain’s Black radical movement of the late 20th century.

Books Editor Jumanah Younis on the legacy of Claudia Jones.

Tanazia Gabriel-Fleary on how she came to understood that 'I am undeniably and unapologetically a black British-Caribbean woman, and every element of that is complexly wonderful.'

Brenda Kirsch looks at a pioneering account of the Black presence in British history. 

John Siblon on the exclusion of black African war service from the memorial landscape. 

Stephen Williams on Letters from England, 1895: Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling, edited by Stephen Williams and Tony Chandler and translated by Francis King.

In this extract from her chapter ‘Bloody Snobs’ in Building a Radical University, Tanya Frank describes the impact of the University of East London on her life and work.