The Point is to Change the World: Selected Writings of Andaiye (Black Critique) - Softcover

Andaiye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745341276 ISBN 13: 9780745341279

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2020

Synopsis

Radical activist, thinker, comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean's most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. Through essays, letters and journal entries, Andaiye's thinking on the intersections of gender, race, class and power are profoundly articulated, Caribbean histories emerge, and stories from a life lived at the barricades are revealed. We learn about the early years of the Working People's Alliance, the meaning and impact of the murder of Walter Rodney and the fall of the Grenada Revolution. Throughout, we bear witness to Andaiye's acute understanding of politics rooted in communities and the daily lives of so-called ordinary people. Featuring forewords by Clem Seecharan and Robin DG Kelley, these texts will become vital tools in our own struggles to 'overturn the power relations which are embedded in every unequal facet of our lives'.

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About the Author

Andaiye (1942 -2019) was a Guyanese social, political, and gender rights activist, who has been described as a transformative figure in the region's political struggle. She was an early member of the executive of the Working People's Alliance (WPA) in Guyana, alongside Walter Rodney. A founding member of the women's development organisation Red Thread in Guyana in 1986, Andaiye was also an executive member of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745341276
• ISBN 13: 9780745341279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Trotz Alissa