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We are pleased to republish this interview with Delio Vasquez, originally published on Arts of the Working Class under the title The promise and the necessity of Intercommunalism , and conducted by Dalia Maini. Vasquez is an academic and the author of the book Huey Newton: I Am We , which has recently been published by Polity Books. In this article, the figure of Huey Newton, one of the founders …

In her work O Barracão, Canadian photographer Chantal Simone explores the spiritual, physical, and ancestral dimensions of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion, through the main ceremonial hall of a Bantu-based terreiro in Rio de Janeiro. Drawing on decades of engagement with the Black Atlantic and her encounters with Afro-Cuban spirituality, Simone moves beyond conventional documentary …

Can a prison become a school of revolution? George Jackson’s writings transformed his experience of incarceration into a radical reflection on marginalisation, race, class, and political struggle. In this article, Vittoria Lamorgese traces Jackson’s legacy from the Black Panther Party to the Italian prisons of the 1970s, exploring the unexpected connections between Black prisoners in the United …