In Black Reconstruction in America, W.E.B. Du Bois outlines the general strike thesis: that enslaved people fled plantations during the Civil War as a collective general strike against the system of slavery. #BlackHistoryMonth

Tarence Ray I’ve had Black Reconstruction for a while but haven’t started reading it yet, goes up my list every time you mention it lol

Jiang Qing Dynasty I really need to sit my ass down and just read Black Reconstruction in America. An event just as important as the French Revolution or Cultural Revolution imo

In his book Black Reconstruction in America, Du Bois cites the Civil War and the subsequent era of Southern Black political power as being "the kernel and meaning of the labor movement in the U.S." and calls for multi-racial worker unity to continue the Reconstruction revolution.

Today marks the 61st anniversary of the death of W. E. B. Du Bois in Accra, Ghana. Last year we produced this video to honor the departure from the realm of the living of this titan of scholarship and activism: youtube.com/watch?v=hyXKnW…

😢🫒🌳 Like the KKK during Black Reconstruction and so many other instances. Brute violence to deny folks economic empowerment and self sufficiency. #FreePalestine

📚 Study Black Reconstruction with us! We’re opening up more spots in our Zoom seminar, meeting Wednesday evenings 6-8pm EST for the next 11 weeks. Email coordinator [at] abolitionschool.org if you want to dig into this essential text with us! 📚

Tip of The Spear by @orisanmi now officially not only banned from all CA peisons but contraband to even possess.

Heads up, Biden's about to spend your infrastructure & school money on war with Iran

Special Moment from the "Izimpabanga Zomhlaba" Book Launch as Dr. Makhosazana Xaba reads the conclusion of this captivating translation published by Inkani Books.

We don’t talk enough about the illegal immigrants who got here in the 1600s and almost immediately started human trafficking

I’m on this webinar tomorrow. Please share! “COUNTERING REPRESSION: AAUP's RESPONSES TO THE ‘NEW MCCARTHYISM’” Thurs. Oct. 3 10amPT/1pmET Zoom registration: bit.ly/aaup-vs-repres…

Did y'all know that UNC Press is publishing a second edition of Barbara Ransby's *Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement,* the definitive bio of one of the most important civil rights activists? It's got a new preface by BR and a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.

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I’m an initial signatory to this letter. Please sign and support Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard. In addition to being brilliant, she cares deeply about the dignity of students. She is being targeted by the Orange County, CA and has faced violent threats from far right extremists.

SOLIDARITY WITH DR. TIFFANY WILLOUGHBY-HERARD, THE MOST UNIVERSALLY BELOVED FACULTY MEMBER BY STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT UC IRVINE. DROP THE CHARGES! FREE PALESTINE!