By Joel Wendland-Liu Angela Davis’ Critique of White Supremacy and U.S. Racial Capitalism Introduction In 1951, W.E.B. Du Bois, writing for the National Guardian, warned of the danger of U.S. fascism. “Either in some way or to some degree,” he cautioned, “we must socialize our economy, restore the New Deal and inaugurate the welfare state, or we descend into military fascism which will kill all the dreams of democracy.”[1] Today, Du Bois’s comments register as prophetic. Writing at the height of

It’s a loooong article (about 37 minutes long) but goes against conceptions of Marxism-Leninism that go against including race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Also, it uses the scholarly work of not just Angela Davis (though I understand she’s not as radical nowadays as she was before) but Manning Marable and others. A good read, but definitely read it over time and take breaks here and there.