Capitalism and Racism. The Fundamental Contribution of Black Marxism - Press Left!

Marxists are often accused of ignoring or minimizing racism or even "reducing" it to the social class. But such criticism occults a rich tradition of Marxist theorization of racial oppression, known as "black Marxism." The tradition of black Marxist thought – which includes W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), C. L. R. James (1901-1989) and Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), among others – emphasizes both the historical importance of capitalism in racial oppres…