Left of Karl Marx : The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones

Acknowledgments vii Preface xiii Chronology xxiii Introduction. Recovering the Radical Black Female Subject: Anti-Imperialism, Feminism, and Activism 1(28) Women's Rights/Workers' Rights/Anti-Imperialism: Challenging the Superexploitation of Black Working-Class Women 29(40) From ``Half the World'' to the Whole World: Journalism as Black Transnational Political Practice 69(30) Prison Blues: Literary Activism and a Poetry of Resistance 99(32) Deportation: The Other Politics of Diaspora, or ``What is an ocean between us? We know how to build bridges.'' 131(36) Carnival and Diaspora: Caribbean Community, Happiness, and Activism 167(24) Piece Work/Peace Work: Self-Construction versus State Repression 191(48) Notes 239(36) Bibliography 275(20) Index 295