Solidarity Study: The Black Jacobins

Time: 2pm Pacific / 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern

The Uhuru Solidarity Movement is hosting a study of The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James, a powerful book telling the story of slavery and African resistance in Haiti.

Here's a brief description of the book from Amazon.com:

"In 1789 the French colony of Saint Domingue was the most profitable real estate in the world. These profits came at a price: while its sugar plantations supplied two-thirds of France's overseas trade, they also stimulated the greatest individual market for the slave trade. The slaves were brutally treated and died in great numbers, prompting a never-ending influx of new slaves.

"The French Revolution sent waves all the way across the Atlantic, dividing the colony's white population in 1791. The elites remained royalist, while the bourgeoisie embraced the revolutionary ideals. The slaves seized the moment and in the confusion rebelled en masse against their owners. The Haitian Slave Revolt had begun. When it ended in 1803, Saint Domingue had become Haiti, the first independent nation in the Caribbean.

"C.L.R. James tells the story of the revolt and the events leading up to it in his masterpiece, The Black Jacobins. James's personal beliefs infuse his narrative: in his preface to a 1962 edition of the book, he asserts that , when written in 1938, it was "intended to stimulate the coming emancipation of Africa." James writes passionately about the horrific lives of the slaves and of the man who rose up and led them--a semiliterate slave named François-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture. As James notes, however, "Toussaint did not make the revolution. It was the revolution that made Toussaint."

"With its appendix, "From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Fidel Castro," The Black Jacobins provides an excellent window into the Haitian Revolution and the worldwide repercussions it caused."

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We have not found a PDF version of this book, but if we do we'll post a link here.

Information on how to connect to the study is below.

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Let us know you're coming to the study:

• Email info@uhurusolidarity.org
• RSVP on Facebook

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To join the online meeting (Now from iPhones too!)

1. Go to https://freetrial.webex.com/freetrial/j.php?ED=5097473&UID=0&PW=NZGQzMmZmZDdi&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: openveins
4. Click "Join Now".

- Headphones work best for reducing audio feedback
- A microphone is required for talking, or you can also use the text chat feature

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To join the audio conference only
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Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300

Access code: 012 807 902