C. L. R. James
Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901-1989) · Trinidad and Tobago · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Cyril Lionel Robert James, who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist, activist, and Marxist writer. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts.
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His work is a staple of Marxism, and he figures as a pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. A tireless political activist, James is the author of the 1937 work World Revolution outlining the history of the Communist International, which stirred debate in Trotskyist circles, and in 1938 he wrote on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins.
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