The Anticolonial Front: The African American Freedom Struggle And Global Decolonisation, 1945-1960 (critical Perspectives On Empire)

This Is A Transnational History Of The Activist And Intellectual Network That Connected The Black Freedom Struggle In The United States To Liberation Movements Across The Globe In The Aftermath Of World War Ii. John Munro Charts The Emergence Of An Anticolonial Front Within The Postwar Black Liberation Movement Comprising Organisations Such As The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People, The Council On African Affairs And The American Society For African Culture And Leading Figures Such As W. E. B. Du Bois, Claudia Jones, Alphaeus Hunton, George Padmore, Richard Wright, Esther Cooper Jackson, Jack O'dell And C. L. R. James. Drawing On A Diverse Array Of Personal Papers, Organisational Records, Novels, Newspapers And Scholarly Literatures, The Book Follows The Fortunes Of This Political Formation, Recasting The Cold War In Light Of Decolonisation And Racial Capitalism And The Postwar History Of The United States In Light Of Global Developments. Popular Front, Anticolonial Front -- Present At The Continuation : Manchester And The Postwar Resumption Of Anticolonial Politics -- The Youth And The Unions -- Three Cold-war Texts And A Critique Of Imperialism : The Anticolonial Front In Print -- Resilient Resistance : The Uneven Impact Of Anticommunism -- Back To The International Arena : Bandung And Paris -- Independence : The First Stage Of Neocolonialism -- Toward The Sixties -- Epilogue : The Tragedy Of Imperial Neoliberalism. John Munro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half title 3 Series 4 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 List of Figures 11 Acknowledgements 12 Introduction 15 1 Popular Front, Anticolonial Front 29 The Anticolonial Manifesto 30 The Antifascist Interregnum 33 A Culture of (Some) Unity 41 Popular Front, Anticolonial Front 44 2 Present at the Continuation: Manchester and the Postwar Resumption of Anticolonial Politics 51 Global Colonialism, Postbellum 51 Roads to Manchester 58 Resolutions and Revolution 73 Roads from Manchester 78 3 The Youth and the Unions 89 The March of Southern Youth 91 Beholding the Land in the Southern United States and Global South 97 “A School for Ideological and Political Struggle” 107 Legacies of the Youth Legislature 112 4 Three Cold-War Texts and a Critique of Imperialism: The Anticolonial Front in Print 115 Dissenting Texts, Colonial Cold-War Context 115 Marxist Anticolonialism after World War II: Promises and Predicaments 119 Theory and Praxis at Political Affairs 127 The Persistence of SNYC Politics 134 Gender and Its Intersections 135 The United States as Imperial Entity 140 Freedom Struggles in the 1950s 142 Freedom against Empire 143 Leading Lights of Fifties Anticolonialism 145 Culture and Politics on the Page 152 Anticolonialism under Liberal Banners 154 Leftist Writing for a Liberal Audience 155 Attention to Africa 161 Liberalism’s Limitations 167 5 Resilient Resistance: The Uneven Impact of Anticommunism 172 “We Knew Who We Were” 173 Intimidation, Marginalization, Deportation 182 The Ordeals of Robeson and Du Bois 194 Not Just Communists 210 6 Back to the International Arena: Bandung and Paris 217 The Bandung Spring 219 Bandung’s Many Meanings 220 Liberal Views of the Conference 224 Bandung from the Left 227 French Connections 233 The Anticolonial Front in Existentialism’s Capital 234 Cultural Conference, Political Content 244 The CIA Lends a Hand 253 7 Independence: The First Stage of Neocolonialism 260 Revolting against the Imperial System 261 The Padmores and Du Boises Come to Ghana 266 Liberation beyond the Nation 279 The Neocolonial Reality Sets In 284 8 Toward the Sixties 294 The United States and Beyond 294 Back to Britain 314 Epilogue: The Tragedy of Imperial Neoliberalism 325 Index 333 "This is a transnational history of the activist and intellectual network that connected the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe in the aftermath of World War II. John Munro charts the emergence of an anticolonial front within the postwar Black liberation movement comprising organisations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Council on African Affairs and the American Society for African Culture and leading figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Claudia Jones, Alphaeus Hunton, George Padmore, Richard Wright, Esther Cooper Jackson, Jack O'Dell and C. L. R. James. Drawing on a diverse array of personal papers, organisational records, novels, newspapers and scholarly literatures, the book follows the fortunes of this political formation, recasting the Cold War in light of decolonisation and racial capitalism and the postwar history of the United States in light of global developments."-- Provided by publisher A transnational history of the activist and intellectual network that connected the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe in the aftermath of World War II. This book recasts the postwar history of the United States in the light of global decolonisation and racial capitalism.