Black Political Thought - AAIHS - Page 54

The “Mock Revolution” at Mosinee: On The Racism of Anti-Communism in the US

November 20, 2019November 16, 2019 Denise Lynn black politics, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics, Racial Violence, social justice, white supremacy

For most of the last one hundred and fifty years, anti-communism has been a defining aspect of American political

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Inland Shift: Towards a Radical Intercommunalism in the Inland Empire

November 19, 2019November 16, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black intellectual history, Black Panther Party, black protest, capitalism, economic justice, environment, geography, Resistance

*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California. During a speech

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Paul Boutelle’s 1968 Vice-Presidential Campaign

November 18, 2019November 16, 2019 E. James West Activism, anti-capitalism, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, Communism, Politics

This piece is the fourth installment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Click these links

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There Is No ‘Relatively Benign’ Version of Settler-Colonialism

October 28, 2019October 19, 2019 Yannick Marshall African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black politics, black protest, Canada, colonialism, Resistance

I might be made to agree with Erna Paris that using the term “genocide” in reference to Canada’s treatment of indigenous populations

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The Killing of John Derrick

October 28, 2019October 24, 2019 Denise Lynn black politics, Communism, Communist Party, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence

The long history of law enforcement in the United States is littered with the regular abuse, harassment, and too often

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