The Dig: Barbara Ransby on Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter is a poignant slogan and a powerful force for social transformation. It’s also shorthand for a huge array of organizations, mostly led by people that you've never heard of, working the daily hard grind of ordinary organizing that sti...
November 21, 2018
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November 21, 2018
The Dig: Barbara Ransby on Black Lives Matter
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The Dig: Barbara Ransby on Black Lives Matter
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<p>Black Lives Matter is a poignant slogan and a powerful force for social transformation. It’s also shorthand for a huge array of organizations, mostly led by people that you've never heard of, working the daily hard grind of ordinary organizing that stitches together spectacular mass actions into a movement. That's the subject of the new book <i>Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century </i>by Dan’s guest, historian and activist Barbara Ransby.</p><p>Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at <a href="http://www.versobooks.com" rel="nofollow">www.versobooks.com</a>.</p><p>Please support The Dig with your money at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig!" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig!</a></p>
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