>>Winston, Henry (2 Apr. 1911-13 Dec. 1986), a leading figure in the Communist party of the United States for forty years, was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the son of Joseph Winston, a sawmill worker, and Lucille (maiden name not known). Both of his parents were children of slaves.<<
Comment Thanks. Very informative. Back in the early 1970s Winston's "Strategy for a Black Agenda" became the focal point of some intense discussions that would later shape and consolidate my view on what constitutes the working class movement in America and the history of the American communists approach to slavery the formation of the American Union and the evolution of the industrial classes in the North. Perhaps in the future some astute author will chronicle the role of African American communists in their work amongst the African American peoples; their various organizations and as LEADERS OF THE WORKING CLASS - in general, in and outside the union movement. The latter role as real leaders of sections of the industrial working class - in and outside the trade union movement, would crystallized in the post Detroit 1967 Rebellion period. Henry was one of the Southern Mississippi boyz, born in an area of one of the centers of the fascists counterrevolution that overthrew the democratically elected Reconstruction governments of the post Civil War era. It would be interesting to know his theoretical, polemical and gut reaction to the political reasoning of Harry Haywood's 1948 "Negro Liberation." Me . . . I am a one of those Northern boyz, second generation autoworker who matured and attained adulthood in the post Jim Crow era and lived the process that birthed the political separation of the black workers from the black bourgeoisie and reconfigured our working class movement forever. Nice bio. Nice Juneteenth and Father day piece. Waistline _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
