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A Revolutionary Detroit Memoir
Book Review
Georgakas, Dan http://solidarity-us.org/atc/198/joann-castle/
Publisher: Against the Current
Date Written: 01/01/2019
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
Review of autobiographical memoir of a white, working-class, Catholic woman who became involved in Black activisim.
Abstract:
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Excerpt:
What My Left Hand Was Doing
By Joann Castle
Against the Tide Books, 2018, 334 pages, paper $22
Joann Castle's memoir chronicles how a white, working-class mother of six children evolved into a revolutionary socialist involved with the Black Liberation movement. Her title comes from Walter Benjamin writing about the inadequacy of "competence" versus the strengths of improvisations. Benjamin concluded, "All decisive blows are stuck left-handed."
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