W.E.B. Du Bois, the Cold War and the Forgotten Politics of Black Internationalism

Gerald Horne, "Black and Red: Du Bois and the Afro American response to the Cold War, 1944-63"

Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, who discusses his newly republished International Publishers book, “Black and Red: Du Bois and the Afro-American response to the Cold War, 1944-63, the 40th anniversary edition." “In Black & Red, Gerald Horne shows that Du Bois’ later activities were the culmination of a lifelong commitment, which Du Bois resolutely followed despite the threats of anti-Black Cold War-era McCarthy repression.”

W.E.B. Du Bois, the Cold War and the Forgotten Politics of Black Internationalism

Joshua Scheer Gerald Horne argues that understanding Du Bois’s radical internationalism is essential to understanding the political crisis—and ideological confusion—of our own time. W.E.B. Du Bois did not suddenly become a radical internationalist late in life. As historian Gerald Horne argues, his opposition to racism, colonialism, imperialism and war was the culmination of a lifelong […]