The New Circuits of Anti-Racism: Editorial

‘We’re not at this conference to reminisce. We’re here to re-commit!’ These words, spoken by the then Chair of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) Colin Prescod in conversation with Jenny Bourne (Editor of Race & Class) at the ‘New Circuits of Anti-racism Conference’ (IRR50) on 15 October 2022 at King’s College, London, define both the day and this special issue. The IRR50 conference marked the endpoint of a year-long celebration of the radical reorientation of the IRR in 1972 by its then membership and staff that wrested control of it and its journal Race (later to become Race & Class) away from the multinationals, white establishment, and conservative ideas of objective race relations. Covering contributions from the IRR50 conference and some extensions of their ideas in specific articles, this special issue of Race & Class offers reminiscence in the cause of recommitment. This is our recommitment to keep struggling on, staying strong for anti-racism, internationalism, and liberation