Contemporary anti-racist struggle and Lenin’s thought

The enduring bond between racism and imperialism

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ID12979243
AuthorsChris Little (0009-0003-5928-7341, York University, corresponding author), Tamanisha J John (0000-0003-3460-9298, York University)
Year2025
Volume19
Issue2
Pages404-409
Publication date2025-12-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/19427786251392850
OpenAlexW7117454415
LanguageEN
References cited7

This commentary is in response to Joe Pateman's article on Lenin, Imperialism, and Racial Liberation, presented in a Marxist reading group at York University in 2024, wherein the discussion centred on the insights provided by Lenin on imperialist racism. Our combined commentary on Pateman's work calls on left movements to challenge the ideological superstructures that reproduce (and legitimate) imperialist power, confront the imperialist root of racist realities within left strategy, and utilize the theoretical tools provided to us by Lenin in our contemporary struggles – updating them for our contextual realities which differ from Lenin's time, despite the enduring power of Lenin's work. As such, we agree with Pateman's analysis that Lenin is still relevant to anti-racist struggles today and that the struggle against racism is necessarily the struggle against imperialism, and vice versa

Anti-racism · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Power (physics · Race (biology · Racism · Reading (process · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci

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