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

by Ornette Clennon

Book Overview

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 have in common with the wartime decline of the British Empire, the rise and fall of the trade unions and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Clennon dialogues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319837656
• ISBN13: 9783319837659
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"