Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of the Afro-Caribbean

Afro-Caribbean personalities coupled with trade unions and organizations provided the ideology and leadership to empower the working class and also hastened the end of colonialism in the Anglophone Caribbean.

List of contents

Introduction.- 1 Marcus Garvey's Caribbean legacy.- 2 C.L.R. James's Perspectives on Pan-Africanism and Trade Unionism.- 3 Comrade of the Global Working Class: George Padmore the Writer and Activist.- 4 The charismatic Tubal Uriah Butler.- 5 Quiet radical: Contributions of Sir Arthur Lewis.- 6 Dr. Eric Williams: Racial Ideology and Trade Unionism.- 7 The political academic: Dr. Walter Rodney.- 8 Bad boy to Black Power: The revolutionary struggles of Kwame Ture.- Conclusion.

About the author

Jerome Teelucksingh is Lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. He has served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies. He is the author of Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago.

Summary

Afro-Caribbean personalities coupled with trade unions and organizations provided the ideology and leadership to empower the working class and also hastened the end of colonialism in the Anglophone Caribbean.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Teelucksingh
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781349956609
• ISBN: 978-1-349-95660-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 238 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Afrika, B, Cultural History, Culture, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Africa, auseinandersetzen, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Social and cultural history, Relating to African American people, African American Culture, Political science and theory, Civilization—History, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Bezug zu Afroamerikanern, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie