Description: A revolutionary collection of black radical thought from a historic event in 1968.
Brief description: David Austin is the author of Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution (Pluto, 2018) and the editor of Moving Against the System, The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Global Consciousness (Pluto, 2018). He is the winner of the 2014 Casa de las Americas Prize.
Review Quotes: "With the groundbreaking publication of key selections from the 1968 Congress of Black Writers and David Austin's in-depth explanation of the gathering's context and significance, Moving Against the System speaks to us across five decades with great eloquence and power."--Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che