By Robin D.G. Kelley
The inspiration to bring out a new edition of Cedric Robinson’s
classic,/Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition/, came
from the estimated 26 million people who took to the streets during the
spring and summer of 2020 to protest the killings of George Floyd,
Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the many others who lost their lives
to the police. During this time, the world bore witness to the Black
radical tradition in motion, driving what was arguably the most dynamic
mass rebellion against state-sanctioned violence and racial capitalism
we have seen in North America since the 1960s—maybe the 1860s. The
boldest activists demanded that we abolish police and prisons and shift
the resources funding police and prisons to housing, universal
healthcare, living-wage jobs, universal basic income, green energy, and
a system of restorative justice. These new abolitionists are not
interested in making capitalism fairer, safer, and less racist—they know
this is impossible. They want to bring an end to “racial capitalism.”
http://bostonreview.net/race-philosophy-religion/robin-d-g-kelley-why-black-marxism-why-now
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