“It was about the benefits that they derived from exploitative relationships.”Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe story of Claudia Jones is instructive here, also. She was one of many victims of the Red Scare that crushed American Communism and spurred purges, blacklists, deportations and a few high-profile executions. The Communist Party U.S.A. had its greatest successes as the country reeled from the Depression. It was the material conditions of people’s lives, Ms. Kaba points out, that made them willing to listen to something radically different during the 1930s and ’40s.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2017 07:18 UTC