The Polemics of C.L.R. James and Contemporary Black Activism

This book draws on case examples of contemporary black activism in South Manchester and contrasts them with events that surrounded C.L.R. James and his activism between 1935 and 1950. In doing so, the author considers what Brexit, the Labour Party and Theresa May's audit on racism in the UK hav...

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Main Author D. Clennon, Ornette (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Ethnicity.
Sociology, Urban.
Social service.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319475486
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-47548-6
Physical DescriptionXI, 129 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. A New Dawn. A New Day: Dialectical Materialism
  • 2. All Together Now! The Rise of British Nationalism
  • 3. When Will The Revolution Be Televised? The Decline of the Trades Unions and the Rise of the Consumer
  • 4. We Don't Need No Education. (Unless You're Black). De-Colonised Education as a Tool for Political Activism
  • 5. We Are The World. Racial Capitalism and its links with Pan Africanism.

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