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Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), [1] who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist, Trotskyist activist and Marxist writer. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts.
C.L.R. James (born Jan. 4, 1901, Tunapuna, Trinidad—died May 31, 1989, London, Eng.) was a West Indian-born cultural historian, cricket writer, and political activist who was a leading figure in the Pan-African movement.
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Apr 18, 2023 · Gerald Horne. April 18, 2023. This article appears in the May 1/8, 2023 issue . Illustration by Andrea Ventura. Cyril Lionel Robert James was a man of paradox. The Trinidadian-born revolutionary...
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Jan 4, 2021 · How C. L. R. James Wrote the Definitive History of the Haitian Revolution. The socialist historian C. L. R. James was born 120 years ago today. His landmark text, The Black Jacobins, is a majestic account of the Haitian Revolution and is still the authoritative history of a heroic struggle for freedom and dignity.
Feb 6, 2010 · Resolution on the Russian Question Resolution submitted by C.L.R. James to the 1941 convention of the Workers Party of the United States. Letter on the nature of the Russian economy New International, April 1942. A Report on Conditions in England – Working Class Grows More Restive Labor Action, 9 November 1942.
C.L.R. James: A Revolutionary Vision for the 20th Century. Source: This essay was originally published in booklet form (comprising pp. 9-43) by The C.L.R. James Institute and Cultural Correspondence, New York, in co-operation with Smyrna Press, April 1991. 44 pp. ISBN 0918266-30-0.
C. L. R. James's Radical Vision of Common Humanity - Boston Review. James addresses a group of students in London in 1967. Image: Roy Milligan/Daily Express/Getty Images. Race. C. L. R. James’s Radical Vision of Common Humanity. It’s at the heart of what makes The Black Jacobins a classic. David Scott.
