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[BEST OF] Joy James on Du Bois, Liberation Struggles, & Revolutionary Love

2025/4/17
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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 8, 2024

Dr. Joy James) joins Breht and PM) for the third installment of Rev Left's ongoing Du Bois series), but this conversation goes well beyond the life and work of Du Bois to cover James' newest book, her long history of organizing, the history of black liberation struggles in the US, and much more. Together, they discuss George Jackson, James' concept of the Captive Maternal, Erica Garner, "New Bones Abolition"), Marxism, black history, Ida B. Wells, and much more. Overall its a wide-ranging conversation with an incredibly wise and experienced revolutionary intellectual. 

Dr. James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. Her book is New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)life of Erica Garner.) * Proceeds from New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner go to* Prison Radio.)

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