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Eldridge Cleaver and the Afterlives of 1968

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 E. James West Black political thought, electoral politics, Politics, presidents

*Fifth and final instalment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential campaign* In the November 7, 1968

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Paul Boutelle’s 1968 Vice-Presidential Campaign

November 18, 2019November 16, 2019 E. James West Activism, anti-capitalism, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, Communism, Politics

This piece is the fourth installment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Click these links

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A Black Woman Communist Candidate: Charlene Mitchell’s 1968 Presidential Campaign

September 24, 2019September 17, 2019 E. James West Activism, anti-capitalism, black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics, presidents

This piece is the third installment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Click these links

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Pushing Beyond the Two-Party System: Dick Gregory’s 1968 Presidential Campaign

July 8, 2019July 1, 2019 E. James West Activism, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, presidents, race, Resistance

In a March 2011 profile of African American comedian Dick Gregory written for GQ magazine, journalist Robert Chalmers mused, “it’s

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African American Presidential Politics and the Black Radical Imagination

April 30, 2019May 6, 2019 E. James West Activism, black politics, Black Power, electoral politics, Politics, Trumpism, voting

In March 1969, at a grade school in Washington, D.C., an eclectic audience gathered to celebrate the inauguration of comedian

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