How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America

Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society

Recommended by Kevin Gannon, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #70 in Capitalism

"How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is one of those paradigm-shifting, life-changing texts that has not lost its currency or relevance—even after three decades. Its provocative treatise on the ravages of late capitalism, state violence, incarceration, and patriarchy on the life chances and struggles of black working-class men and women shaped an entire generation, directing our energies to the terrain of the prison-industrial complex, anti-racist work, labor organizing, alternatives to racial capitalism, and challenging patriarchy—personally and politically."—Robin D. G.... more

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Kevin Gannon @noisybrooklyn1 It's an amazing book, and one that gets overshadowed too much, I think, by his other work, esp his (awesome) Malcolm X bio. (Source)


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