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Why has liberalism been ineffective at combating racism? And what would a more radical anti-racism look like?

On July 13th 2023 Ruth Wilson Gilmore joined Arun Kundnani at an event to launch his new book, What Is Antiracism? And Why It Means Anticapitalism, at the Independent Social Research Foundation in London. This is the event footage from that evening.

Find Arun Kundnani's new book here: versobooks.com/products/2670-what-is-antiracism?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video

Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a noted prison abolitionist. Her latest book is Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation versobooks.com/products/2615-abolition-geography?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video

This event is the twenty-seventh in the ISRF’s series of Book Launches: isrf.org/events/book-launches

With thanks to Arun Kundnani, the ISRF, the IRR, and SOAS University of London for hosting this event.

00:00:00 Arun Kundnani
00:17:17 Ruth Wilson Gilmore
00:45:58 UK’s attitude to colonialism
00:49:38 Identity Politics and CRT
00:58:38 Fascism and Neoliberalism
01:08:36 Liberal foundations