In 1976 Stuart Hall interviewed CLR James for the BBC. The tape, made by Mike Dibb, was sadly wiped unaired. This is the full transcript of their conversation, with intro by me, a glorious illustration by @mollycrabapple, and 🔥 editing by @elusivecorporal.

RT @softkale: the most romantic minds of our time are being subjected to situationships.

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RT @MichaelRosenYes: MA in Black British History has been suspended at Goldsmiths UnivLondon. The Programme Convenor was neither informed….

RT @valeriezink: I can’t in good conscience continue to work for Reuters given their betrayal of journalists in Gaza and culpability in the….

RT @GrenfellUnited: 8 years. 2,922 days since our loved ones were taken from us. Still no justice. Now they're demolishing the Tower. T….

RT @BGOnTheScene: Multiple Waymo vehicles set ablaze here in LA

RT @hackney4pal: ATTENTION HACKNEY RESIDENTS🚨🇵🇸 THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. *Hackney’s Labour Council has refused to listen to you and end it….

RT @MosabAbuToha: Today is a terrible day. Today my heart is bleeding more than ever before. Six families were erased in a few hours. I can….

RT @molcranenewman: Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, gave birth to their first child today, a baby boy. From her statement: “My s….

RT @Pontifex: The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.

RT @LalehKhalili: The people behind the Canary Mission.

RT @972mag: In an unprecedented move mimicking Trump's crackdowns in the U.S., Germany is moving to deport four foreign residents for alleg….

RT @proffwolff: Please donate to legal fees and other expenses for Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts grad student abducted by ICE because of an op-….

RT @lydiakiesling: Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty….

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos

RT @MuslimJustice: 🚨BREAKING🚨.On 3/25 PhD Tufts grad worker Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar, was ambushed by ICE on her way to an Iftar….

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RT @MosabAbuToha: The cowards attacked families in Gaza at 2AM while everyone was asleep. Their only aim is to kill as many people as possi….

RT @grantdminer: Last week, I was expelled from @Columbia for protesting the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. As president of @SW_Columbia , C….