Research Talk by Politics Candidate Joy Wang
Political theorists have long recognized the Trinidadian Marxist CLR James’ return to the Caribbean on the eve of independence (1958-62, 1965-66) as a critical juncture in the development of his mature political thought. This lecture recovers the collaborations between James, radical sugar farmers and organizers, and members of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) in this period to contest the incipient repressive turns of Eric Williams’ postcolonial regime.