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Rest in Power, Grace Lee Boggs.
Grace Lee Boggs has died at 100. Especially among activists on the left, Boggs was a legendary figure. Author of 5 books including 2014’s The Next American Revolution, and the subject of the film American Revolutionary, Boggs worked with CLR James, translated many of Marx’s essays into English, and was a founder of Detroit Summer. Wikipedia.
A number of Boggs's speeches are available in text here.
Robin D.G. Kelley tweeted today: “Who among us self-identified radicals did NOT learn from Grace Lee Boggs? A beautiful life, a beautiful struggle...”
The Boggs Center survives her.
A collection of Democracy Now! appearances.
Appearances on NBC.
Grace Lee Boggs has died at 100. Especially among activists on the left, Boggs was a legendary figure. Author of 5 books including 2014’s The Next American Revolution, and the subject of the film American Revolutionary, Boggs worked with CLR James, translated many of Marx’s essays into English, and was a founder of Detroit Summer. Wikipedia.
A number of Boggs's speeches are available in text here.
Robin D.G. Kelley tweeted today: “Who among us self-identified radicals did NOT learn from Grace Lee Boggs? A beautiful life, a beautiful struggle...”
The Boggs Center survives her.
A collection of Democracy Now! appearances.
Appearances on NBC.
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posted by Xavier Xavier at 11:37 AM on October 5, 2015
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If you haven't seen Grace Lee's documentary on her, you really should. (Disclaimer, I worked on it.)
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posted by St. Hubbins at 12:57 PM on October 5, 2015
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Her segment of The Grace Lee Project was the best one.
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Barbara Ransby, In These Times: The (R)evolutionary Vision and Contagious Optimism of Grace Lee Boggs
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Christian Høgsbjerg, New Politics: Grace Lee Boggs: the life of an American r/evolutionary
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A more critical obituary (mostly a reposting of a review of her latest book)
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posted by and they trembled before her fury at 12:46 PM on October 12, 2015
posted by and they trembled before her fury at 12:46 PM on October 12, 2015
A more critical obituary (mostly a reposting of a review of her latest book)
I can't believe the website of the International Committee of the Fourth International has some strong words for an ex-Trotskyist. What are the odds?
In seriousness, based on that review, the book doesn't sound all that great.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 1:07 PM on October 12, 2015
I can't believe the website of the International Committee of the Fourth International has some strong words for an ex-Trotskyist. What are the odds?
In seriousness, based on that review, the book doesn't sound all that great.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 1:07 PM on October 12, 2015
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