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Revolutionary Integration: A Marxist Analysis of African American Liberation
Revolutionary Integration A Marxist Analysis of African American Liberation Author:Richard S. Fraser, Tom Boot A groundbreaking study of the Black struggle that will be invaluable to activists, scholars, and readers of African American and U.S. history. The first half of the book was written amidst the explosions of the 1960s civil rights movement by socialist theoretician Richard Fraser. It offers a vivid, contemporary view of the incendiary force of th... more »e Black movement as it took on the full fury of the southern police state. In an analysis developed with Marxist co-thinkers, Fraser contests the then-prevailing view on the Left that African Americans were an oppressed nationality, whose struggle mirrored that of European ethnic minorities. Instead, he contends that racism against Blacks and other people of color is a distinct form of exploitation that is intrinsic to U.S. capitalism. The second half of the book, written in 1982 by African American radical Tom Boot on behalf of the Freedom Socialist Party, reviews the Left?s record on the question of Black liberation. Boot assesses the state of the Black movement in the 1980s, including important discussions on the emergence of African American feminists and lesbians and gays. In the introduction, Guerry Hoddersen confirms the Revolutionary Integration theory in light of her own experiences as a volunteer with SNCC and the continuing fight for racial equality in the new millennium. This thought-provoking book offers direction for a people still seeking the road to "Freedom Now." Includes photos, index and reference notes« less