Left of Karl Marx : the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones
Carole Boyce Davies (Author)
In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery, to the left of Karl Marx-a location that Boyce Davies finds fitting given how Jones expanded Marxism-Leninism to incorporate gender and race in her political critique and activism. Claudia Cumberbatch Jones was born in Trinidad. In 1924, she moved to New York, where she lived for the next thirty years. She was active in the Communist Pa
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Preface
Chronology
Introduction. Recovering the radical Black female subject: anti-imperialism, feminism, and activism
Women's rights/workers' rights/anti-imperialism: challenging the superexploitation of Black working-class women
From "half the world" to the whole world: journalism as Black transnational political practice
Prison blues: literary activism and a poetry of resistance
Deportation: the other politics of diaspora, or "what is an ocean between us? We know how to build bridges."
Carnival and diaspora: Caribbean community, happiness, and activism
Piece work/peace work: self-construction versus state repression
Notes
Bibliography
Index