Harry Haywood Livres

Focusing on the life of a key figure in the U.S. communist movement, the book explores Harry Haywood's contributions to the Black liberation struggle from the 1920s to the 1980s. As a lifelong revolutionary, he played significant roles in various organizations, advocating for the rights of African Americans, particularly in the southern Black Belt. Haywood's theoretical work emphasized the concept of self-determination for African Americans, framing them as an oppressed nation deserving of national independence.

The book features key writings from Harry Haywood, an influential African American communist and Marxist-Leninist theorist. It includes critical essays such as "The Negro Nation," which addresses issues of Negro liberation, and "For a Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question," offering a revolutionary perspective on race. Haywood also critiques the Communist Party USA's degeneration in the 1950s and examines the misconceptions surrounding China's stance on the USSR, providing valuable insights into the intersection of race and revolutionary politics.

The autobiography of an African-American communist reveals what it was like growing up as a black man in twentieth-century America and chronicles his introduction to, and partnership with, the Communist party in the 1930s.

Autor rozebírá příčiny rasismu v USA, když hlavní příčiny vidí především v kapitalistickém systému.