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#blacklivesmatter
#antiracism #BlackLivesMatterUK #DefundThePolice
#blacklivesmatter
#antiracism #BlackLivesMatterUK #DefundThePolice
First, start here: https://bit.ly/3fWjbq3 This work by Cedric Robinson will help understand Black ppl's history of resistance showing how Black communities have been agents of change &resistance throughout history. Robinson highlights important Blk radical thinkers. Fab read. 2/
Second, click this: https://bit.ly/3dkThdQ by Angela Davis. Our living legend walks us through the women’s liberation movement showing how it has always been hampered by racist & classist biases of its leaders. A vital read to understanding intersectionalism in feminism. 3/13
Here's a quick sidelink to go to Angela Davis's conversation with #antiracist educator Jane Elliott. They discuss race & privilege. You won't regret watching this hr-long special. 3.5/13
Third, double-click this: https://bit.ly/37OI97G by Paul Gilroy, this book explores Black Atlantic culture where themes &techniques transcend ethnicity &nationality to produce something new. Gilroy explores internationalism in a brilliant way. 4/13
Fourth, go here: https://amzn.to/3fCn6bg & read Frantz Fanon's work. He shares his own experiences & presents a historical critique of the effects of racism & dehumanization due to colonial domination & what that effect has on the human psyche. A powerful, essential read. 5/13
Fifth, click this: https://bit.ly/2BouJmW Fred Moten's "In the Break" explores fascinating connections btween jazz, sexual identity &radical Black politics. He brings Frederick Douglass, Karl Marx, Cecil Taylor, Samuel R. Delany, Billie Holiday &Shakespeare into conversation. 6/
Sixth, ok, turn the computer off & on & go here: https://bit.ly/2NeQQPl . Father of Cultural Studies, Stuart Hall's Essential Essays Vol. 2 is a must. In this compilation he investigates questions of empire, race, & colonialism & reflects on identity. A must read. 7/13
Seventh, go here: https://bit.ly/2BqYFig This work by Prof Carole Boyce Davies brings into balance C. Robinson's book above. Boyce-Davies critiques exemplars used to describe Blk intellectual tradition & reminds us Blk women like Claudia Jones are often erased. 8/13
Eighth, click here: https://bit.ly/2YnKqUu Audre Lorde reminds us what intersectionality truly means. As a Black, lesbian feminist, she writes poems & essays abt the splintering feminist movement & how race, class & gender intersect &/or are ignored in struggles for progress. 9/
Ninth, click this: https://bit.ly/37QKkre in this, Thomas Sankara explains that there is no revolution without the liberation of women. This brings into light the on-going struggle that Black women face and exemplifies how important they have been & are to freedom. 10/13
Tenth, go here: Back to Angela Davis https://bit.ly/37OGA9L She examines the disaster which is the prison complex & makes powerful connections between slavery and mass incarceration in the US. #DefundThePolice #DefundTheRCMP 11/13
Eleventh, click this https://amzn.to/3epKIQi by Prof. Cornel West. @cornelwest's older book 'Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought' explores how Marx's thinking was largely on ethics, but his theory has been narrowed into forms of positivism, economism, & Hegelianism. 12/
You can watch Prof West explain his work in detail with @_michaelbrooks. You'll have to sit through Brooks nodding profusely
(I don't blame him), but it's worth it cause West does a fab breakdown of his earlier work. https://bit.ly/37NvORe 12.5/13
(I don't blame him), but it's worth it cause West does a fab breakdown of his earlier work. https://bit.ly/37NvORe 12.5/13
I hope all my info abt how to hack FB works. I totally hope Twitter doesn't screw w/ my instructions & convert my text into a list of Black Marxist scholarly writings you should read. I'm not here to radicalize or give ppl access to readings to become better #antiracist. 13/13
