Black Liberation and Socialism

A socialist scholar sheds light on the interwoven histories of racism and capitalism in the United States-with vital lessons for today's struggle.

In Black Liberation and Socialism, Ahmed Shawki underscores the need to a struggle against racism that is equally clear-eyed in its opposition to the economic and political system that supports it: capitalism. Shawki begins with a socialist perspective on the history of slavery in the United States. He then presents a sharp analysis of the countr...