This new modernity would, in Césaire's words, combine ‘the productive power of modern times’ with ‘the fraternity of olden days.’ For many Black radical thinkers, it was only through socialism that the contradictions of modernity could be resolved.

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Modernity – while marked by racial-colonial divisions – was seen by many Black radicals to offer emancipatory possibilities. They saw actually-existing modernity as offering hollow and circumscribed equality, freedom and humanism, and sought to remake these values and fill them with meaning.

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The article discusses Black radical thinkers like Aimé Césaire, Amílcar Cabral, Claudia Jones and Kwame Nkrumah to argue that if Black radicals have been 'conscripts of modernity' (David Scott), they have been modernity's willing conscripts.

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My chapter is about George Orwell, the politics of 'Britishness' / 'Englishness', and how these intersected (or not) with Pan-Africanism and anti-imperialism

Lots of other great chapters in there as well

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4) I've also recorded a couple of podcasts about my research:

shows.acast.com/jacobin-radi...

newbooksnetwork.com/making-the-r...

3) I've written some short, accessible articles and blogposts about my research:

jacobin.com/2023/06/geor...

www.jhiblog.org/2022/01/12/t...

roape.net/2021/01/07/m...

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/black-histor...

2) Co-edited volume *Anti-racism in Britain* (2024) adopts a historical approach to examine various tendencies of anti-racism. 11 case studies highlight the tensions between solidarity and paternalism, and demonstrate the interplay between local, national and transnational forces.