In Johnny Pitts' Afroeuropean, we see a new multiracial class in formation. This new Europe - Afroeurope, Muslim Europe, World Europe - shows the possibilities of a continental wide solidarity between the oppressed, the dispossessed, the mustadaefeen of Paris, Warsaw and Berlin.
Read MoreWhy a visit to the city should be accompanied by the work of Fanon and Weil.
A creole band and crystal waves. In my ear actors played the role of the dead.
The first time Fanon understood he was black and not French was when he encountered the racism of the metropole on the banks of the Reine. He understood the role of the police when he was beaten at a demonstration in Lyon. He understood the French saw Algerian Woman as the battleground; in desiring her unveiling, France sought to colonise all of Algeria. And he was one of the first to understand that colonialism precipitated a psycho-existential crisis; as we know, racism causes mental health problems.
Read MoreWhen you are sat at an event literally giving you life - Bengali Resistance in the East End brought together activists in celebration of the enduring presence of London’s Bengali community.
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(Whitechapel, Walthamstow & Bow.)
In Johnny Pitts' Afroeuropean, we see a new multiracial class in formation. This new Europe - Afroeurope, Muslim Europe, World Europe - shows the possibilities of a continental wide solidarity between the oppressed, the dispossessed, the mustadaefeen of Paris, Warsaw and Berlin.