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Discusses the return of class politics, specifically, the arrival of identity politics, to the forefront of US political & social discourse. It is argued that the populist movement has wrongly embraced the narrow self-interests of race, gender, sexual preference, & disability to the detriment of what should be the Left's loftier & more universal ideals of class unity. The basis of Enlightenment thought & its "gift" of modern racism are discussed as prelude to further examination of the exclusionary views of the neo-Enlightenment Left, which is unable to see how class movements led by women, blacks, homosexuals, or other minorities can speak for the goals of universal humanism. It is concluded that a rethinking of movements that have been summarily discounted by neo-Enlightenment leftists as being too particularistic instead already embrace at their core the common ideals, goals, & vision essential to class struggle. B. Wolfe

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Wolf by the Ear -- Chapter 2: Freedom and Slavery -- Chapter 3: Reclaim Your Name -- Chapter 4: Getting Back to the World -- Chapter 5: Work (that Works for You) -- Chapter 6: Heroes and Ghosts -- Chapter 7: Family -- Chapter 8: Coworkers and Bosses -- Chapter 9: Community -- Chapter 10: Mental and Physical Health -- Chapter 11: Becoming Visible Men -- Chapter 12: What We Need -- Conclusion and Suggestions

"Generations of American history students have grown up believing that slave rebellion was relatively rare, that slaves accepted their lot and became attached to their masters, and that they were ultimately liberated with little or no effort of their own. Centering Black voices and slave narratives, celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly researched look at the lives of enslaved people in the United States in Breaking the Chains. From their African abductions, through their brave resistance to and escape from the ships and harsh plantation life, to their roles in the Civil War, those given voice here show that the slaves themselves were a driving force behind their emancipation"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword: Why Black Marxism? Why Now? -- Preface: Unhushable Wit: Pedagogy, Laughter, and Joy in the Classrooms of Cedric J. Robinson -- Preface to the 2000 Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Emergence and Limitations of European Radicalism -- 1. Racial Capitalism: The Nonobjective Character of Capitalist Development -- Europe's Formation -- The First Bourgeoisie -- The Modern World Bourgeoisie -- The Lower Orders -- The Effects of Western Civilization on Capitalism -- 2. The English Working Class as the Mirror of Production -- Poverty and Industrial Capitalism -- The Reaction of English Labor -- The Colonization of Ireland -- English Working-Class Consciousness and the Irish Worker -- The Proletariat and the English Working Class -- 3. Socialist Theory and Nationalism -- Socialist Thought: Negation of Feudalism or Capitalism? -- From Babeuf to Marx: A Curious Historiography -- Marx, Engels, and Nationalism -- Marxism and Nationalism -- Conclusion -- Part 2. The Roots of Black Radicalism -- 4. The Process and Consequences of Africa's Transmutation -- The Diminution of the Diaspora -- The Primary Colors of American Historical Thought -- The Destruction of the African Past -- Premodern Relations between Africa and Europe -- The Mediterranean: Egypt, Greece, and Rome -- The Dark Ages: Europe and Africa -- Islam, Africa, and Europe -- Europe and the Eastern Trade -- Islam and the Making of Portugal -- Islam and Eurocentrism -- 5. The Atlantic Slave Trade and African Labor -- The Genoese Bourgeoisie and the Age of Discovery -- Genoese Capital, the Atlantic, and a Legend -- African Labor as Capital -- The Ledgers of a World System -- The Column Marked "British Capitalism" -- 6. The Historical Archaeology of the Black Radical Tradition

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. East Is East-Or Is It? -- 2. From Philosophy to Politics -- 3. C. L. R. James -- 4. Jimmy -- 5. ""The City Is the Black Man's Land"" -- 6, Beyond Rebellion -- 7. ""Going Back"" to China -- 8. New Dreams for the Twenty-First Century -- 9. On My Own -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z