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  • how do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements evidence from three immigrant destinations
    Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2017
    Co-Authors: Edelina M. Burciaga, Lisa M. Martinez
    Abstract:

    Drawing on research spanning ten years in three immigrant destinations—Los Angeles, Denver, and Atlanta—we address the question, “How do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements?” To d...

  • HOW DO POLITICAL CONTEXTS SHAPE UNDOCUMENTED Youth Movements? EVIDENCE FROM THREE IMMIGRANT DESTINATIONS*
    Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2017
    Co-Authors: Edelina M. Burciaga, Lisa M. Martinez
    Abstract:

    Drawing on research spanning ten years in three immigrant destinations—Los Angeles, Denver, and Atlanta—we address the question, “How do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements?” To do so, we bring into dialogue social Movements and immigration scholarship by providing a framework for understanding undocumented Youth activism. Building on political opportunity theory in social Movements and segmented assimilation theory in migration studies, we advance the notion of localized political contexts: contexts of varying levels of antagonism and accommodation toward immigrants, which shape the emergence and character of undocumented Youth Movements. We argue that variegated political, legal, and discursive landscapes shape undocumented activism in three ways: (1) the claims that are made; (2) the targets for these claims; and (3) the strategies and tactics the movement adopts. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of undocumented Youth Movements given the increasingly hostile political...

Anandi Ramamurthy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Black Star: Britain's Asian Youth Movements
    2013
    Co-Authors: Anandi Ramamurthy
    Abstract:

    Black Star documents the Asian Youth Movements that emerged in 1970s and 1980s Britain. These organisations, established by the children of early migrants, were determined to struggle against both the racism of the street and the state. Anandi Ramamurthy shows how they drew inspiration from black power Movements as well as antiimperialist and workers' struggles across the globe. Ramamurthy traces how they were part of a wider collective struggling for social justice and national liberation. In their struggle to make Britain their home they identified with a broad-based black unity where black was a political colour inspiring unity amongst all those struggling against racism. The book documents how by the late 1980s this broad based black identity disintegrated as Islamophobia became a new form of racism. In the process the legacy of the Asian Youth Movements has been largely lost. Black Star retrieves this history and assesses its importance for political struggles in Britain today.

  • South Asian Mobilisation in Two Northern Cities: A Comparison of Manchester and Bradford Asian Youth Movements
    Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World, 2011
    Co-Authors: Anandi Ramamurthy
    Abstract:

    Anti-racist Movements develop and maintain their energy through the establishment of local, grass root networks. To date, research on the anti-racist movement in Britain has focussed on the creation of national narratives that highlight the power and influence of the movement. This article compares two of the Asian Youth Movements that operated in the late 1970s and early 1980s to explore the importance of investigating localised settings when researching the history and impact of the antiracist movement as a whole. Oral histories and documents produced by the Asian Youth Movements are used to reflect and understand how the organisations operated and developed differently, highlighting the influence of specific urban environments which affected local migratory experiences and therefore the makeup and operations of the Movements themselves.

  • The politics of Britain’s Asian Youth Movements
    Race & Class, 2006
    Co-Authors: Anandi Ramamurthy
    Abstract:

    The Asian Youth Movements (AYMs) of the 1970s and 1980s were powerful examples of political Movements influenced by black politics and a version of secularism that became a unifying force between different religious communities. Drawing on interviews with participants in the Youth Movements and material collected together for the ‘Tandana-Glowworm’ digitised archive of AYM ephemera, the author contextualises the AYMs in the political history of Asians in Britain, analyses their distinctive political stance and describes the leaflets, magazines and posters which they produced. The legacy of the AYMs, it is argued, lies in their example of organising politically at the grass roots across religious divides.

  • the politics of britain s asian Youth Movements
    Race & Class, 2006
    Co-Authors: Anandi Ramamurthy
    Abstract:

    The Asian Youth Movements (AYMs) of the 1970s and 1980s were powerful examples of political Movements influenced by black politics and a version of secularism that became a unifying force between different religious communities. Drawing on interviews with participants in the Youth Movements and material collected together for the ‘Tandana-Glowworm’ digitised archive of AYM ephemera, the author contextualises the AYMs in the political history of Asians in Britain, analyses their distinctive political stance and describes the leaflets, magazines and posters which they produced. The legacy of the AYMs, it is argued, lies in their example of organising politically at the grass roots across religious divides.

Bela Yavetz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Edelina M. Burciaga - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • how do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements evidence from three immigrant destinations
    Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2017
    Co-Authors: Edelina M. Burciaga, Lisa M. Martinez
    Abstract:

    Drawing on research spanning ten years in three immigrant destinations—Los Angeles, Denver, and Atlanta—we address the question, “How do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements?” To d...

  • HOW DO POLITICAL CONTEXTS SHAPE UNDOCUMENTED Youth Movements? EVIDENCE FROM THREE IMMIGRANT DESTINATIONS*
    Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2017
    Co-Authors: Edelina M. Burciaga, Lisa M. Martinez
    Abstract:

    Drawing on research spanning ten years in three immigrant destinations—Los Angeles, Denver, and Atlanta—we address the question, “How do political contexts shape undocumented Youth Movements?” To do so, we bring into dialogue social Movements and immigration scholarship by providing a framework for understanding undocumented Youth activism. Building on political opportunity theory in social Movements and segmented assimilation theory in migration studies, we advance the notion of localized political contexts: contexts of varying levels of antagonism and accommodation toward immigrants, which shape the emergence and character of undocumented Youth Movements. We argue that variegated political, legal, and discursive landscapes shape undocumented activism in three ways: (1) the claims that are made; (2) the targets for these claims; and (3) the strategies and tactics the movement adopts. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of undocumented Youth Movements given the increasingly hostile political...

Nigel De Noronha - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Book Review: Black Star: Britain’s Asian Youth Movements by Anandi Ramamurthy
    Capital & Class, 2016
    Co-Authors: Nigel De Noronha
    Abstract:

    Anandi Ramamurthy Black Star: Britain's Asian Youth Movements, Pluto Press, London, 2013; 240 pp: 0745333486, 19.99 [pounds sterling] (pbk) Black Star: Britain's Asian Youth Movements explores the spontaneous emergence and subsequent decline of Asian Youth Movements (AYMs) across Britain during the 1970s and '80s through archival material and interviews with participants in Bradford, Sheffield, Manchester and Birmingham. It shows that the focus of these struggles was on securing equal access to citizenship rights in Britain. State and individual racism in employment, education, housing and policing shaped the experiences of the children of South East Asian migrants. Young people, predominantly male, were mobilised in response to attacks on their community. Whilst they emerged spontaneously in response to local conditions in a number of areas, they also connected with each other and with existing black and left-wing political organisations, and developed an analysis of racism based on power. The struggle against racism was seen as part of the class struggle within Britain and globally. They articulated a black political identity forged by experiences of racism and the legacies of colonialism. The lessons of Black Power, the US Civil Rights movement, the struggle against apartheid and the influence of the Institute of Race Relations informed the development of an inclusive black consciousness. The movement was secular and used cultural activities to help to develop this consciousness. As well as local and national campaigns, it provided solidarity with struggles in South East Asia, Africa, Palestine, Ireland, Central and South America. The male dominance of many of the Movements is acknowledged. This led to the marginalisation of women's participation and concerns, and the emergence of black feminist organisations. The AYMs and black organisations engaged in alliances on a number of immigration and other campaigns. The author explores how activists engaged with existing black organisations such as the Indian Workers Association and with the British left, and organised local political action as they sought to build well disciplined political Movements. She identifies how some sections of the British left criticised the AYMs as black separatists, and failed to recognise the legitimacy of the grievances they articulated. Chapters 5 and 6 explore the major activities of the AYMs against racist immigration laws and police criminalisation. Ramamurthy provides a concise summary of the effect of racist immigration controls and shows how, by taking up individual cases, the AYMs built a principled position that respected the individuals affected whilst challenging state racism. Their involvement with the Anwar Ditta campaign against a refusal to allow her children to come to Britain exemplifies this approach. They contributed to the building of a broad alliance against the injustices Ditta and her family were experiencing, eventually leading to victory. The case of the Bradford 12 exemplifies the response to 'the lack of police response to racist attacks and the frequent criminalisation of victims' (p. 120). The police arrested and charged twelve political activists in Bradford in 1981 against a backdrop of national conflict between police and black Youth. The campaign organised public meetings, marches and pickets of the courts. …

  • book review black star britain s asian Youth Movements by anandi ramamurthy
    Capital & Class, 2016
    Co-Authors: Nigel De Noronha
    Abstract:

    Anandi Ramamurthy Black Star: Britain's Asian Youth Movements, Pluto Press, London, 2013; 240 pp: 0745333486, 19.99 [pounds sterling] (pbk) Black Star: Britain's Asian Youth Movements explores the spontaneous emergence and subsequent decline of Asian Youth Movements (AYMs) across Britain during the 1970s and '80s through archival material and interviews with participants in Bradford, Sheffield, Manchester and Birmingham. It shows that the focus of these struggles was on securing equal access to citizenship rights in Britain. State and individual racism in employment, education, housing and policing shaped the experiences of the children of South East Asian migrants. Young people, predominantly male, were mobilised in response to attacks on their community. Whilst they emerged spontaneously in response to local conditions in a number of areas, they also connected with each other and with existing black and left-wing political organisations, and developed an analysis of racism based on power. The struggle against racism was seen as part of the class struggle within Britain and globally. They articulated a black political identity forged by experiences of racism and the legacies of colonialism. The lessons of Black Power, the US Civil Rights movement, the struggle against apartheid and the influence of the Institute of Race Relations informed the development of an inclusive black consciousness. The movement was secular and used cultural activities to help to develop this consciousness. As well as local and national campaigns, it provided solidarity with struggles in South East Asia, Africa, Palestine, Ireland, Central and South America. The male dominance of many of the Movements is acknowledged. This led to the marginalisation of women's participation and concerns, and the emergence of black feminist organisations. The AYMs and black organisations engaged in alliances on a number of immigration and other campaigns. The author explores how activists engaged with existing black organisations such as the Indian Workers Association and with the British left, and organised local political action as they sought to build well disciplined political Movements. She identifies how some sections of the British left criticised the AYMs as black separatists, and failed to recognise the legitimacy of the grievances they articulated. Chapters 5 and 6 explore the major activities of the AYMs against racist immigration laws and police criminalisation. Ramamurthy provides a concise summary of the effect of racist immigration controls and shows how, by taking up individual cases, the AYMs built a principled position that respected the individuals affected whilst challenging state racism. Their involvement with the Anwar Ditta campaign against a refusal to allow her children to come to Britain exemplifies this approach. They contributed to the building of a broad alliance against the injustices Ditta and her family were experiencing, eventually leading to victory. The case of the Bradford 12 exemplifies the response to 'the lack of police response to racist attacks and the frequent criminalisation of victims' (p. 120). The police arrested and charged twelve political activists in Bradford in 1981 against a backdrop of national conflict between police and black Youth. The campaign organised public meetings, marches and pickets of the courts. …

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