Archive of Class, Race, and Marxism

The police have always been used as a tool for the social control of minority populations and to protect the power and property of the elite. A reading list that puts the call for the abolishment of the police in historical context.

The political prisoner has played a central role in the history of modern liberation struggles, argues Angela Davis. 

An essay by W.E.B. Du Bois on the imperial roots of American racism. 

A reading list inspired by black radicalism, featuring Julius Scott's The Common Wind as well as Angela Davis, Manning Marable, and W.E.B. Du Bois.

Our selected reading on Race for the academic year ahead.

Our Sociology reading for the academic year ahead.

Don't get tide down in apathy. Dive into our alternative beach reading and spend the summer dreaming about life after capitalism!

Debates continue to rage across the political spectrum on the reality, or not, of white privilege. In this article, David Roediger argues that it is only by admitting both the reality of white advantage whilst also understanding the immense poverty and desperation of many poor white Americans, can we win in the struggle for a more humane society.

David Roediger on the development of Marx's thought on race and gender. Taken from Against the Current 195.