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Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Century

October 8, 2020October 13, 2020 Ashley Dennis capitalism, Politics, reparations

As the U.S. reckons with systemic racism in the wake of global protests over the murder of George Floyd, Breonna

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“Too Big To Be Small”: The Life and Legacy of Eric Williams

September 25, 2020September 24, 2020 Erica Williams-Connell #CapitalismandSlavery, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Black political thought, black protest, capitalism, Caribbean, colonialism, education

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in

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"Cruelties of slavery." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835-05.

Distinguishing Abolition from Reform

September 24, 2020September 22, 2020 Sasha Turner #CapitalismandSlavery, abolition, African Diaspora, Black political thought, black politics, capitalism, Caribbean, colonialism, freedom, imperialism, race, slavery

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in

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We Need Histories of Radical Black Ecology Now

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020 Romy Opperman #BlackEcologies, Black Ecologies, capitalism

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. The events

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Black Radical Abner Berry and the Limitations of Liberal Alliances

July 30, 2020July 29, 2020 Denise Lynn archives, black politics, Black radicalism, capitalism

In the midst of the historical moment that has been the long 2020, we are witnessing several convergences which some

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