{"product_id":"class-struggle-and-the-color-line-american-socialism-and-the-race-question-1900-1930-9781608467778","title":"Class Struggle and the Color Line: American Socialism and the Race Question, 1900-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Black oppression moves again to the forefront of American public life, the history of radical approaches to combating racism has acquired renewed relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting, for the first time, source materials from a diverse array of writers and organizers, this reader provides a new perspective on the complex history of revolutionary debates about fighting anti-Black racism. Contextual material from the editor places each contribution in its historical and political setting, making this volume ideal for both scholars and activists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Heideman's book reconstructs for us the long flowering of anti-racist thought and organizing on the American Left and the central role played by Black Socialists in advancing a theory and practice of human liberation. Class struggle and anti-racism are two sides of the same coin in this powerful collection. At a time when the emancipation of oppressed and working-class people remain goals of progressives everywhere, Heideman's book provides us a map to a past that can help us get free.\"-Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies, Purdue University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Should white workers pursue racial supremacy to make America great again? Ignore race by practicing color-blindness and dwelling on labor and economic issues alone? Or challenge oppression, bigotry, and exploitation in all their forms, wherever and whenever they appear? These strategies may sound like ones from our own time, but they were live options for the left a century ago. We are all in Paul Heideman's debt for compiling \u003cem\u003eClass Struggle and the Color Line, \u003c\/em\u003e a set of rare original sources that remind us of this: In the absence of sound social theory, disgusting racism can be passed off as populist rebellion. Don't let it happen again.\" -Christopher Phelps, co-author, \u003cem\u003eRadicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Heideman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a PhD student in Sociology at New York University and is a frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eJacobin\u003c\/em\u003e and the Historical Materialism Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heideman, Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608467778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.70d","brand":"Paul Heideman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32962758606923,"sku":"9781608467778","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_0f829876-e85e-4f11-a011-b3656b3059d6.jpg?v=1605737219","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/class-struggle-and-the-color-line-american-socialism-and-the-race-question-1900-1930-9781608467778","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}