Description: A groundbreaking history of Communist organisations and struggle in the Caribbean, focusing on women, peasants of colour and black workers.
Brief description:
Margaret Stevens is Professor in the Department of History at Essex County College in Newark. She is a contributor to the volume Communist Histories, Volume 1 (LeftWord, 2016) and the author of Red International and Black Caribbean (Pluto, 2017).
Review Quotes: "Margaret Stevens' rich account of Communism in the Western Hemisphere anchors the story amongst the black workers from Panama to Harlem, from the Dominican Republic to Barbados. An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society."
--Vijay Prashad