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Black Liberation And The American Dream

The Struggle for Racial and Economic Justice
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Black Liberation and the American Dream examines the intersections of race, class, and gender through key primary texts. Paul Le Blanc explores racism and anti-racism in the US, highlighting the vital yet often overlooked role of the Left in anti-racist movements. This volume provides an analytical framework alongside crucial writings from African American radicals, making it an essential resource for understanding contemporary struggles.
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Ideal for activists, scholars, and students engaged in social justice, race studies, and political history.

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Analysing intersections of race, class, and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and antiracism in the US.

Author is willing to travel to cities around the US, in addition to speaking at following planned events: - Budapest, May 15-16, 2017: β€œThe Centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution(s): its Significance in World History” (International Conference on Russian and Soviet History) - Historical Materialism conferences (UK, Canada, US) - Left Forum 2017 (NYC) - Socialism 2017 (Chicago) Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements Promotion via social media: Haymarket Books has 15,000 Facebook fans, and 10,000 Twitter followers, and 1,000 Instagram followers Pursuing blurbs from John Bracey, Paul Buhle, Angela Dillard, Michael Honey, Brian Jones, Immanuel Ness, Adolph Reed, David Roediger, Michael Yates. UK Will send review copies to and/or place interviews, extracts and articles in Revolutionary History, Critique, New Left Review, Historical Materialism, Counterfire, International Socialist Journal, Socialist Review, Weekly Worker, rs21, Capital & Class, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, Red Pepper, Race & Class. Launch event depending on author availability.

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Analysing intersections of race, class and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and anti-racism in the US. Considering the connections between class and racial oppression, and the often marginalised role of the Left in anti-racist struggles, Le Blanc skilfully introduces key texts from crucial figures in African American radicalism.

The combination of rich analytical understanding with key primary texts makes Black Liberation and the American Dream an invaluable resource for those engaged in contemporary struggles. Crucial for activists and scholars alike.

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Chris Clement, Against the Current: “A timely weapon in the fight against racism.”

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781608467853

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Edition: Second Edition

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 312

About the Author

Paul Le Blanc is a professor of History at La Roche College. He has written on and participated in the U.S. labor, radical and civil rights movements, and is author of numerous books, including Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary Experience and Lenin and the Revolutionary Party.

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