Leon Trotsky On Black Nationalism Self Determination

Drawing on lessons from the October 1917 Russian Revolution, Trotsky explains why uncompromising opposition to racial discrimination and support for the right to national self-determination for Blacks are essential to unite the working class to make a socialist revolution in the United States.

A Marxist study of the civil rights and Black Power movements, which examines the nature of racism and the impact of African American radicals, feminists, and lesbians and gays. Critiques the nationalist assumptions of many Left groups, and puts forward an analysis that identifies racism as a distinct form of oppression that is intrinsic to capitalism.

Political pamphlets Bibliography: p. 127-128.