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THE marxedproject.org MOVING AGAINST THE SYSTEM THE 1968 CONGRESS OF BLACK WRITERS AND THE MAKING OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS with Author and Editor DAVID AUSTIN SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1:00 - 3:30 PM @The Peoples Forum, 320 West 37th Street, NYC In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their Black brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era. Against a backdrop of widespread racism in the West, and colonialism and imperialism in the Third World, this group of activists, writers and political figures gathered to discuss the history and struggles of people of African descent and the meaning of Black Power. With never-before-seen texts from Stokely Carmichael, Walter Rodney and C.L.R. James, these documents will prove invaluable to anyone interested in Black radical thought, as well as capturing a crucial moment of the political activity around 1968. is the author of the CasaDAVID de lasAUSTIN Americas Prize-winning Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal, Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Global Consciousness, and Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution. He is also the editor of You Don’t Play with Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of C.L.R. James. Suggested donations: $6 / $10 / $15 sliding scale No one turned away for inability to pay MEP Events at The Peoples Forum 320 West 37th Street/New York City marxedproject.org/peoplesforum.org just a few blocks from either Penn Station or Port Authority.

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The Continuing Relevance of Walter Rodney
CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 1, 2021 Page 15 Remembering Walter Rodney The Continuing Relevance of Walter Rodney In Memory of Prof. Ian Taylor rofessor Ian Taylor’s article on the “Continuing Relevance of Walter Rodney” is published posthumously. Prof. Taylor Psubmitted the article for publication in Africa Development on November 30th 2020. Though the peer review com- ments were shared with him, CODESRIA did not receive any response nor a revised version of the article. The silence seemed unusual, since Ian had a previous record of engagement with CODESRIA. His last publication with CODESRIA was an article published in Africa Development, Vol. XLII, No. 3, 2017 on “The Liberal Peace Security Regimen: A Gramscian Critique of its Application in Africa”. His failure to respond to the peer review comments was therefore a cause of concern and the sad news of his illness, hospitalisation and eventual passing on February 22nd 2021 explained it all. Ian Taylor’s work hoovered in African studies in a way that colleagues and students admired and will continue to appreciate. In his email submitting this article on Walter Rodney for publication, he pointed out his strong believe in Walter Rodney’s political methodology and Africa-centred epistemology which he noted will continue to have relevance in any study of Africa. Ian was unapologetically radical in his academic pursuits and his engagement was tied to the activism that informed this radicalism. With wide ranging interest in Africa, especially in Botswana where he taught at the University of Botswana for a while, Ian’s interest started and expanded to other regions of the world without abandoning the African connection.
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