In this essay, originally published by Race Today in 1983, C.L.R. James discusses Walter Rodney's work in relation to the revolutionary seizure of power.
“If Walter Rodney’s assassins were under the impression that they could arrest the flow of his ideas by destroying his body, they could not have been more wrong.”
- Angela Davis
Walter Rodney was assassinated on this day in 1980, at the age of 38. But his legacy continues to live on.
We're proud to be publishing a new edition of his seminal work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, out September 29th.
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Marx wrote in the Grundrisse: “Almost all manufactures, to be successful, must now be carried out extensively and with a great capital; small masters with small capitals have only little chance of success…
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See all of our Walter Rodney reading, including the new edition of his seminal work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, which is available to preorder at 30% off here. Walter Rodney was murdered by the...
“If Walter Rodney’s assassins were under the impression that they could arrest the flow of his ideas by destroying his body, they could not have been more wrong.” — Angela Davis
Kojin Karatani, The End of Modern Literature: On Permanent Revolution – eds. Jonathan E. Abel, Yoshiki Tajiri and Hiroki Yoshikuni – @versobooks.bsky.social, August 2026
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