Pages from a Black Radical’s Notebook: A James Boggs Reader

Contents

vii Preface xi Introduction: The Making of a Revolutionist 1 Part I: Correspondence Newspaper Introduction to Part I 37 Talent for Sale (1954) 42 Viewing Negro History Week (1954) 43 Negro Challenge (1954) 45 The Paper and a New Society (1954) 46 Sensitivity (1955) 48 The Stage That We Have Reached (1955) 50 A Report on the March on Washington (1957) 52 Who Is for Law and Order? (1957) 54 Who Is for Civilization? (1957) 56 The Weakest Link in the Struggle (1958) 57 Safeguarding Your Child’s Future (1959) 59 Land of the Free and the Hungry (1960) 60 The Winds Have Already Changed (1960) 61 What Makes Americans Run (1960) 63 New Orleans Faces We Still Haven’t Seen (1960) 65 The First Giant Step (1961) 67 A Visit From the FBI (1961) 69 FBI Asks Me about Rob Williams (1961) 70 Foreword to “Monroe, North Carolina . . . Turning Point in American History” (1962) 72 Contents Ward.indb 7 12/21/10 9:27 AM Contents viii Part II: The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook Introduction to Part II 77 Editors’ Foreword to The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook 83 Introduction 84 1. The Rise and Fall of the Union 85 2. The Challenge of Automation 100 3. The Classless Society 106 4. The Outsiders 109 5. Peace and War 120 6. The Decline of the United States Empire 126 7. Rebels with a Cause 130 8. The American Revolution 139 Part III: Black Power: Promise, Pitfalls, and Legacies Introduction to Part III 147 Liberalism, Marxism, and Black Political Power (1963) 157 The City Is the Black Man’s Land (1966) 162 Black Power: A Scientific Concept Whose Time Has Come (1967) 171 Culture and Black Power (1967) 180 The Myth and Irrationality of Black Capitalism (1969) 185 Manifesto for a Black Revolutionary Party (1969) 195 Introduction to the Fifth Printing 196 Preamble 200 1. Racism and Revolution 202 2. Who Will Make the Revolution? 204 3. How Black Power Will Revolutionize America 212 4. The Black Revolutionary Party 220 Conclusion 228 The American Revolution: Putting Politics in Command (1970) 229 Beyond Rebellion (1972) 251 Beyond Nationalism (1973) 253 Think Dialectically, Not Biologically (1974) 264 Ward.indb 8 12/21/10 9:27 AM Contents ix Toward a New Concept of Citizenship (1976) 274 The Next Development in Education (1977) 284 Liberation or Revolution? (1978) 293 The Challenge Facing Afro-Americans in the 1980s (1979) 306 Part IV: Community Building and Grassroots Leadership in Post-Industrial Detroit Introduction to Part IV 317 Letter to Friends and Comrades (1984) 322 Going Where We Have Never Been: Creating New Communities for Our Future (1986) 324 Community Building: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (1987) 331 Rebuilding Detroit: An Alternative to Casino Gambling (1988) 341 We Must Stop Thinking Like Victims (1990) 347 What Does It Mean to Be a Father? (1990) 349 Why Are We at War with One Another? (1990) 351 A “No” Vote Will Say Detroiters Want to Save What’s Left (1991) 353 How Will We Make a Living? (1991) 355 Why Are Our Children So Bored? (1991) 357 What Can We Be That Our Children Can See? (1991) 359 Time to Act Like Citizens, Not Subjects (1992) 361 What Time Is It in Detroit and the World? (1992) 363 We Can Run But We Can’t Hide (1993) 365 Beyond Civil Rights (1993) 367 Why Detroit Summer? (1993) 369 Afterword by Grace Lee Boggs 371 Notes 373 Index 387 Ward.indb 9 12/21/10 9:27 AM Ward.indb 10 12/21/10 9:27 AM ...