Live Breaking News & Updates on David Horsley

Stay updated with breaking news from David horsley. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Book Review Compelling account of inspirational black activist


by David Horsley
 
CLAUDIA JONES (1915-1964) is hardly unsung, given the growing number of books and film documentaries on the woman who, on indisputable merit, is interred immediately to the left of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery.
In this account of an extraordinary Caribbean communist, David Horsley’s focus is on Jones’s life in advancing class, race and gender resistance to the racist system of imperialism in what George Jackson called “the belly of the beast.”
He describes her intense engagement as an activist member, first of the Communist Party of the USA (1936-1955) and then, following her deportation as a “dangerous, disloyal or subversive” person, the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) (1955-64). ....

Notting Hill , Kensington And Chelsea , United Kingdom , United States , Trinidad And Tobago , Great Britain , Paul Robeson , David Horsley , George Jackson , Kelso Cochrane , Claudia Jones , Karl Marx , Party Of The United States , Party Of Great Britain , British Labour Party , Political Life , Communist Party , Immigration Act , Notting Hill Caribbean , குறிப்பிடுவது மலை , கெந்‌ஸிஂக்‌டந் மற்றும் செல்சியா , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , டிரினிடாட் மற்றும் டொபாகோ , நன்று பிரிட்டன் , பால் ராப்சன் ,