A Fighting Dream

<p>Claudia Jones stood at many crossroads. Her world was one of heated battles for Black liberation of anti-fascism in the build-up to World War II of national liberation struggles across the Global South of the US government persecuting her and her comrades for their activism and membership in the Communist Party. And as a Black woman she was also determined to bring to light how race and gender are embedded in and essential to the struggles of the working class.</p><p>At a time when the hegemony of imperialism and capitalism remain strong while new contradictions and signs of struggle arise Jones' political writings are a lesson in identifying the most urgent tasks for moving socialism the political project of the working class forward. From her poetry to newspaper articles to pamphlets to speeches <em>A Fighting Dream: The Political Writings of Claudia Jones</em> brings her to us as she was: unrelenting fearless and a Communist.</p><p>Claudia Jones challenges us all to stand with our principles to build organization and to clearly see how understanding the intersectional aspects of our struggle is crucial for the liberation of humanity and the planet.</p>