The Dig: Black Power, Cold War w/ Aziz Rana
On the contradictions exploded by the Vietnam War and the limits of formal civil rights.
Jacobin Radio · Jacobin
Show Notes
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the third in what is now a four-part series, looks at how black movements responded as the Vietnam War and the limits of formal civil rights victories combined to explode the Cold War's contradictions.
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The Dig goes deep into politics everywhere, from labor struggles and political economy to imperialism and immigration. Hosted by Daniel Denvir.