Introduction : enemies of empire -- I. Crises and connections -- The spirit of the Sepoy host : the 1857 uprising in India and early British critics of empire -- A barbaric independence : rebel voice and transnational solidarity, Morant Bay, 1865 -- The accidental anticolonialist : Egypt's 'Urabi' rebellion and late Victorian critiques of imperialism -- Passages to internationalism : the 'new spirit' in India and Edwardian travellers --II. Agitations and alliances -- The interpreter of insurgencies : Shapurji Saklatvala and democratic voice in Britain and India -- The revolt of the oppressed world : British internationalism from Meerut to the League Against Imperialism -- Black voices matter : race, resistance and reverse pedagogy in the metropole -- Internationalizing African opinion : race, writing and resistance -- Smash our own imperialism : George Padmore, the new leader and 'colonial fascism' -- A terrible assertion of discontent : 'Mau Mau' and the imperial benevolence -- Epilogue : that wondrous horse of freedom.