CLR James

Content by about Trinidadian Marxist historian, activist and cricket aficionado, CLR James.

CLR James

Selma James and CLR James

Striving for Clarity and Influence: The Political Legacy of CLR James - Selma James

The best introduction to CLR James and related organizations. Selma James joined the Johnson-Forest…

Down With Starvation Wages in South-East Missouri - CLR James

An early example of worker writing compiled by CLR James in 1942.

Cover of 'Artie Cuts Out', the top is red, the middle is white and the bottom is block. Contains a hand drawn image of three students and state "Artie Cuts Out, by Arthur Bowman as told to Paul Wallis" and under that states "Illustrated by Angela Terrano"

Artie Cuts Out - 1953

This is a 1953 pamphlet published by the Correspondence chapter in New York City. 'Artie Cuts Out' was an influential piece of inquiry with a…

From DuBois to Fanon - C.L.R. James (1970)

Text of a talk given by James on the trajectory from W.E.B. Du Bois to Franz Fanon.

The Correspondence Booklet (1954)

The 1954 pamphlet "The Correspondence Booklet: Selections From a Paper That is Written, Edited and Circulated by Its Readers."

The C.L.R. James Reader - C.L.R. James, Edited and Introduced by Anna Grimshaw

Published by Blackwell Publishers, 1992. Prepared in collaboration with James in his final year,…

Basic Documents on the Black Struggle - CLR James

Rare collection of readings by C.L.R. James recommended to members of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the early 1970s.

Negro Revolution Through Revolutionary Socialism - CLR James

Transcribed for the first time. CLR James recommended reading for militants in Detroit in 1970s…

Three Discussions on the Negro Question in 1939 - CLR James

CLR James recommended reading for militants in Detroit in 1970s. Reprinted as "Three Discussions in…

New Introduction to Facing Reality 1970 - Kimathi Mohammed

New introduction to 1970 Edition of CLR James's Facing Reality by Kimathi Mohammed. James…

Notes on dialectics - C.L.R. James

C.L.R. James out of print major work written in 1948 and circulated within the Johnson Forest Tendency. James continued to recommend it as…

Introduction to the philosophy of marxism: part one - R.S. Baghavan, foreword by CLR James

Out of print introduction to Marxist philosophy by R.S. Baghavan of Socialist…