Communities of Resistance: Writings on Black Struggles for Socialism"There is no socialism after liberation, socialism is the process through which liberation is won." Each of the essays in Communities of Resistance acts as a critical reaffirmation of socialist politics as the context for questions of race and resistance. The left itself is under scrutiny here—from a black perspective. A series of powerful interventions covers many of the issues which have confronted radical politics in the 1980s: inner-city uprisings, the demand for black sections in the Labour Party, local government anti-racism, the move to a common European market. This collection included incisive critiques of contemporary Marxism: "All that Melts into Air is Solid: The Hokum of New Times" of post-colonial development, and of the Eurocentric assessment of imperialism. |
Contents
FOR SOCIALISM 129 25343 | 15 |
The Hokum | 19 |
RECLAIMING THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM | 61 |
SOCIALISM AND IMPERIALISM | 161 |
New Circuits of Imperialism | 169 |
A Case Study | 199 |
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