CLR James’s electrifying 1938 history of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, has long been a staple of many radicals’ libraries. But we now know a lot more about the life of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint L’Ouverture. How does this new knowledge impact our understanding of the Haitian Revolution, and on revolution in general? Sudhir Hazeeresingh, the author of a gripping new biography based on new archival research, ‘Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, talks with us about about revolutionary leadership and Atlantic history.
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Excerpt: /245/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics II - Agamben
/244/ Bunga NYC: Live Debate ft. Adam Tooze
/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)
/242/ Bureaucracy Rules OK ft. Michael Lind
Excerpt: /241/ Three Articles: Peace & Social War in North America
/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune
/239/ Against Justice ft. Ross Wolfe
/238/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics I (Extended Excerpt)
Excerpt: /237/ Three Articles: Italy, Ukraine, Matrix
Excerpt: /236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch
/235/ Political Ritalin ft. Anton Jäger
Grand Reset
Excerpt: /234/ Three Articles: Restoration?
Excerpt: /233/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: /232/ Reading Club: Cold, Hard / Warm, Soft
/231/ New Class Analysis ft. Catherine Liu
Excerpt: /230/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 2
/229/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 1
/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe
Excerpt: /227/ Reading Club: All That Is Solid
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