Red International and black Carribean : communists in New York City, Mexico and the West Indies, 1919-1939 / Margaret Stevens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, Margaret, author.

Series:

Black critique.

Black critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and society--History.

Communism and society.

African American communists--History--20th century.

African American communists.

Race--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Race.

Communists--Mexico--History--20th century.

Communists.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2017.

Summary:

Too often grouped together, the black radicalism movement has a history wholly separate from the international communist movement of the early twentieth century. In Red International and Black Caribbean Margaret Stevens sets out to correct this enduring misconception. Focusing on the period 1919-39, Stevens explores the political roots of a dozen Communist organizations and parties that were headquartered in New York City, Mexico, and the Caribbean. She describes the inner workings of the Red Internationalthe revolutionary global political network established under the Communist Internationalin relation to struggles against racial and colonial oppression. In doing so, she also highlights how the significant victories and setbacks of black people fighting against racial oppression developed within the context of the global Communist movement.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Bolshevism in Caribbean context. The dark world of 1919

Hands off Haiti!

El Dorado sees red

Part II. Two steps forward. Every country has a Scottsboro

The "black belt" turned south and eastward

Part III. Race, nation and the uneven development of the popular front. The temperament of the age

Good neighbors and popular fronts

Of "dogs, hogs and Haitians."

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78680-164-7

1-78680-163-9