Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition

“As Cedric Robinson’s ideas guide us through an era when we are publicly reevaluating the structural racism embedded in all of our major institutions, we rely above all on his concept of racial capitalism and on his identification of an intellectual and activist culture of resistance—one he named the Black Radical Tradition. This is a text that should be read and reread and then read again.”—Angela Y. Davis

“Robinson demonstrates very clearly . . . the ability of the Black tradition to transcend national boundaries and accommodate cultural, religious and 'racial' differences. Indeed, he shows that, in a sense, it has emerged out of the transformation of these differences.”—

“A towering achievement. There is simply nothing like it in the history of black radical thought.”—Cornel West, Monthly Review

“For those interested in pursuing political and ideological alternatives to capitalistic exploitation and underdevelopment of African peoples in the Americas and Africa, Black Marxism provides a well-documented foundation upon which to build ideological and mass social movements.”—Phylon

“Robinson demonstrates very clearly . . . the ability of the black tradition to transcend national boundaries and accommodate cultural, religious and 'racial' differences. Indeed, he shows that, in a sense, it has emerged out of the transformation of these differences.”—Race and Class

“[Black Marxism] has become an unlikely handbook for a new generation of radicals and activists.”—London Review of Books

“A profound mediation on the importance of history.”—Black Perspectives

“Black Marxism is one of the key sources of the idea of ‘racial capitalism’ and offers an important account of the lineage of Black radical thought.”—Journal of Historical Geography