EPISODE · Dec 8, 2020 · 1H 7M
/165/ Black Spartacus ft. Sudhir Hazareesingh
from Bungacast · host Aufhebunga Bunga
CLR James’s electrifying 1938 history of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, has long been a staple of many radicals’ libraries. But we now know a lot more about the life of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint L’Ouverture. How does this new knowledge impact our understanding of the Haitian Revolution, and on revolution in general? Sudhir Hazeeresingh, the author of a gripping new biography based on new archival research, ‘Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, talks with us about about revolutionary leadership and Atlantic history. Reading: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture ‘You never know when it is going to explode’, interview with CLR James, Marxist Internet Archive
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CLR James’s electrifying 1938 history of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, has long been a staple of many radicals’ libraries. But we now know a lot more about the life of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint L’Ouverture. How does this new knowledge impact our understanding of the Haitian Revolution, and on revolution in general? Sudhir Hazeeresingh, the author of a gripping new biography based on new archival research, ‘Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, talks with us about about revolutionary leadership and Atlantic history. Reading: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture ‘You never know when it is going to explode’, interview with CLR James, Marxist Internet Archive
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