Red International and Black Caribbean: Communists in New York City, Mexico and the West Indies, 1919-1939

*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*

This is the history of the black radicals who organised as Communists between the two imperialist wars of the twentieth century. It explores the political roots of a dozen organisations and parties in New York City, Mexico and the Black Caribbean, including the Anti-Imperialist League, and the American Negro Labour Congress and the Haiti Patriotic League, and reveals a history of myriad connections and shared struggle across...