Barack Obama and Twenty-First-Century Politics

'Helps us recognise that we are living in a revolutionary moment' -- Grace Lee Boggs is a Chinese-American author, anti-racism activist and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. She eventually went off in her own political direction in the 1960s with her husband of some forty
'A bracing reminder of all the threads of history woven into this extraordinary moment, a warning about the military and financial forces trying to keep things as they are, and an inspiration to work for the very different world that could be within our grasp' -- Adam Hochschild is an American writer and journalist. He worked as a writer and editor for the left-wing Ramparts magazine. In the mid-1970s, he was one of the co-founders of Mother Jones. Among his many books is King Leopold's Gjost A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998; ne
'A provocative new perspective on the United States' first Black president. The book is a 'must read' for those interested in Black American and American politics and the shifting global realities of the 21st century. It is sure to spark animated debate' -- Barbara Ransby, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, University of Illinois–Chicago
'Probes the campaign of Barack Obama and finds a revolutionary potential vested in the use of new strategies and in its agenda for progressive social, economic and political change that would be historic if successfully affected in governance and accepted by a society truly ready for change' -- Ronald W. Walters, former Director of the African American Leadership Institute of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
'A terrific addition to the current literature on this topic' -- Dr Ian Scott, Senior Lecture in American Studies, University of Manchester