Communities of Resistance: Writings on Black Struggles for Socialism Contributor(s): Sivanandan, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 086091514X ISBN-13: 9780860915140 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Social Science | Black Studies (global) |
Dewey: 305.896 |
LCCN: 00000000 |
Series: Library |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.09" W x 9.22" (1.10 lbs) 262 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: '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. |