Editorial Working Committee John Berger Avery Gordon

Colin Prescod

Lee Bridges

Victoria Brittain

Jan Carew

Jeremy Corbyn

Basil Davidson

Barbara Harlow

Barbara Ransby

Saul Landau

Cedric Robinson

Neil Lazarus

Bill Rolston

Manning Marable Chris Searle

Nancy Murray

Editor: Arun Kundnani Advisory Editors: A. Sivanandan and Hazel Waters Editorial Staff: Jenny Bourne, Liz Fekete and Rebecca Wood Race & Class is published quarterly (in July, October, January and April) by Sage (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore) on behalf of the Institute of Race Relations, London. ISSN 0306 3968; ISBN 978-1-84787-413-9. Contributions Contributions, editorial and advertising correspondence and books for review should be sent to: The Institute of Race Relations, 2–6 Leeke Street, King’s Cross Road, London WC1X 9HS, UK. Fax: +44 (0)20 7278 0623; Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 0041. The Institute of Race Relations is precluded from expressing a corporate view: the opinions expressed are therefore those of the contributors. Photocopying and reprint permissions Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the Institute of Race Relations. Subscriptions Annual subscription (2009): full rate (includes electronic version) £227/US$420; reduced individual rate: £29/US$54; NGO rate: £113/US$210. Prices include postage. Full rate subscriptions include the right for members of the subscribing institution to access the electronic content of the journal at no extra charge from Sage. The content can be accessed online through a number of electronic journal intermediaries, who may charge for access. Full details available on our website: http://rac.sagepub.com Student discounts, single issue rates and advertising details are available from Sage, 1 Olivers Yard, London EC1Y 1SP. Tel: +44 (0)20 7324 8500, fax: +44 (0)20 7324 8600 [email: subscription@sagepub.co.uk; website: www.sagepublications.com] and in North America from Sage, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Rahway, NJ: POSTMASTER, send address corrections to Race & Class, c/o Mercury Airfreight International Ltd, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001, USA. Copyright © 2009 Institute of Race Relations, London Typeset by White Lotus Infotech Pvt Ltd, Puducherry, India Printed in the UK by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire on acid-free paper (conforming to ANSI Z39.48-1984) A JOURNAL ON RACISM, EMPIRE AND GLOBALISATION Volume 51 October–December 2009 Number 2

Chris Searle: the great includer A Festschrift on his sixty-fifth birthday

Englishman A. SIVANANDAN

An insurrection in words: East End voices in the 1970s TONY HARCUP

Teaching tough kids: Searle and Stepney BOB DAVIS

Chris Searle: Funk Brother number one JONATHAN SCOTT

The pitch of the world: cricket and Chris Searle CLAIRE WESTALL and NEIL LAZARUS

More than words: Chris Searle’s approach to critical literacy as cultural action COLIN LANKSHEAR and MICHELE KNOBEL

Going in by the front door: Searle, Earl Marshal School and Sheffield BOB DAVIS

Earl Marshal School: towards an inclusive education AHMED GURNAH

Mozambique diary BASIL DAVIDSON

A British anti-imperialist lion in the Grenada revolution DIDACUS JULES

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