Black Britain Against the Far-Right: A History of Resistance

The rights we inherit were fought for. The battle to defend them is not over.

From Black abolitionists challenging empire to communities confronting fascists on Britain’s streets, this is a history of people who refused to accept the place racism assigned them.

*Black Britain Against the Far-Right* follows the organisers, writers, women, workers and families who turned resistance into collective power. Through boycotts, Black Power, the Mangrove Nine, Lewisham and campaigns for justice, it reveals the courage—and the relentless work—that helped change Britain.

Today, familiar accusations return in new packaging: minorities blamed for national decline, belonging made conditional, racial hostility circulated by far-right influencers. These histories have become urgently relevant again.

Serious, accessible and inspiring, this book offers a political inheritance to everyone determined to resist racism. It asks what earlier generations achieved, how they organised—and what their struggles demand of us now.

**They helped change Britain. Their history can help us defend its future.**