Claudia Jones
Day Two of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Theory:
Claudia Jones
"To win the [Black] women for full participation in the anti-fascist, anti-imperialist coalition, to bring her militancy and participation to even greater heights in the current and future struggles against Wall Street imperialism, progressives [read: leftists] must acquire political consciousness as regards her special oppressed status.
It is this consciousness accelerated by struggles that...can achieve for the [Black] women - for the entire [Black] people - the full equality and dignity of their stature in a Socialist society in which contributions are measured, not by national origin or by color, but a society in which [all people] contribute according to ability, and ultimately under Communism receive according to their needs." An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the [Black] Woman!, 1949
"By connecting the struggle against the seemingly little issues of crowded schoolrooms, unsanitary conditions, lack of child care facilities, etc., with the issues of reactionary content of teaching—racism, jingoism, etc.—the political consciousness of the parent masses can be raised to the understanding of the interconnection between the demand for lunch for a hungry child and the demand of the people for economic security....The mobilization of the masses of Americans, together with the enlisting and activation of women cadres, for heightened struggles for peace and for the special needs of oppressed womanhood, is indispensable to the building and strengthening of the anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, anti-war coalition." International Women’s Day and the Struggle for Peace" 1950
Links:
Writings -
https://www.liberationschool.org/claudia-jones-1950-iwd-speech/
https://www.aaihs.org/claudia-jones-and-ending-the-neglect-of-black-women/
https://www.marxists.org/archive/jones-claudia/index.htm
https://abolitionnotes.org/claudia-jones/neglect
PDF -
https://www.dwherstories.com/timeline/an-end-to-the-neglect
Purchase -
https://1804books.com/products/a-fighting-dream-the-political-writings-of-claudia-jones
Left of Karl Marx PDF -