National liberation and independence

Not so long ago, many spoke of a 'post-racial' era, claiming that advances made by people of colour showed that racial divisions were becoming a thing of the past.

Not so long ago, many spoke of a 'post-racial' era, claiming that advances made by people of colour showed that racial divisions were becoming a thing of the past.

Modern Britain is forged through the redeployment of structures that facilitated and legitimized slavery, exploitation and extermination.

Modern Britain is forged through the redeployment of structures that facilitated and legitimized slavery, exploitation and extermination.

This book questions the accepted origins of the field of International Relations (IR).

This book questions the accepted origins of the field of International Relations (IR).

The West African National Secretariat (WANS) has almost been forgotten by history.

Cedric Robinson was one of the most important and influential Black radical scholars of recent times, best known for the pathbreaking Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition.

Cedric Robinson was one of the most important and influential Black radical scholars of recent times, best known for the pathbreaking Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition.

The West African National Secretariat (WANS) has almost been forgotten by history.

Europe has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have always been amorphous.

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their black comrades all over the world.

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their black comrades all over the world.

In a time of intensified global white supremacist and patriarchal violence, anti-racist feminist movements and analyses have never been more vital.

What kind of decolonial possibilities exist in today's world?

*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*This is the history of the black radicals who organised as Communists between the two imperialist wars of the twentieth century.

*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*This is the history of the black radicals who organised as Communists between the two imperialist wars of the twentieth century.

This is the controversial history of the British government's involvement in the Zionist project, from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the present day.

This is the controversial history of the British government's involvement in the Zionist project, from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the present day.

These are the essential writings of a man who inspired a new, egalitarian socialist regime in the Middle East, which is currently fighting for survival against religious extremism and state violence.

These are the essential writings of a man who inspired a new, egalitarian socialist regime in the Middle East, which is currently fighting for survival against religious extremism and state violence.

In a time of intensified global white supremacist and patriarchal violence, anti-racist feminist movements and analyses have never been more vital.

What kind of decolonial possibilities exist in today's world?

Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century.

Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century.

Europe has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have always been amorphous.

Georgia emerged from the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991 with the promise of swift economic and democratic reform.

Violent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

Conceived as both a vehicle to national prestige and as a civilizing mission, the second French colonial empire (1830-1962) challenged soldiers, scholars, and administrators to understand societies radically different from their own.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East.

Violent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

Conceived as both a vehicle to national prestige and as a civilizing mission, the second French colonial empire (1830-1962) challenged soldiers, scholars, and administrators to understand societies radically different from their own.

The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history.

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the feudal system which had survived untouched in much of Anatolia began to change.

The first decade of the twentieth century was the Ottoman Empire's 'imperial twilight'.

Amidst political upheaval and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the State of Kuwait emerged as an independent country under British protection in 1899, with Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah widely accredited as the instrument of its foundation.

In the depths of the Cold War and in the wake of Britain's announcement of its intention to withdraw 'East of Suez' by the end of 1971, Britain was faced with the stark reality of a Marxist rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman.

On 9 July 2011, South Sudan became an independent state after more than half a century of civil conflict wrought with human rights abuse.

The question of Kosovan sovereignty and independence has a history which stretches far back beyond the outbreak of war in 1998.

The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history.

How should failed states in Africa be understood?

Bangladesh is a country of paradoxes.

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the feudal system which had survived untouched in much of Anatolia began to change.

Regional struggles, wars and local confrontations have marked the south of Lebanon since the end of the 1960s.

Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical and brutal dictatorship, the period has not been thought of fondly in most Lebanese historiography.

Mahmoud Darwish is the poet laureate of the Palestinian national struggle.

The question of belonging has formed the basis of the political, religious and cultural tensions in Lebanon, to the point that sectarian conflict on the country's future contributed significantly to the outbreak of civil war in 1975.

Preface by Jesse Benjamin and the Walter Rodney FoundationIntroduction by Robin D.