(1963) - The American Revolution - James Boggs
In The American Revolution (1963), James Boggs addresses the systemic oppression of the working class and African Americans within the capitalist system, which is reinforced by both economic exploitation and racial inequality. He argues that the American economy, driven by automation and imperialism, has left the working class increasingly disenfranchised, with unions failing to address the broader systemic issues. Boggs calls for a revolutionary movement that dismantles capitalism and builds a new, classless society based on solidarity, justice, and collective action, where marginalized groups, particularly Black workers, lead the charge for radical change.
The revolution which is within these people will have to be a revolution of their minds and hearts, directed not toward increasing production but toward the management and distribution of things and toward the control of relations among people, tasks which up to now have been left to chance or in the hands of an elite.