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Walter
Rodney
(1942-1980)  Guyanese leftist historian and
revolutionary. Wrote extensively on Africa and was involved
politically in Africa, especially Tanzania. Wrote penetrating
economic and historical works using simple language while
never forgetting to put the downtrodden first. Supporter of
racial equality always and everywhere, he formed a leftist
group in Guyana called the Working People's Alliance
which aimed to unite the multi-ethnic working class in Guyana
against their true enemy: capitalism and it's puppets in the
government. Assassinated by car bomb in Guyana in retaliation
for his political involvement.
A
History of the Guyanese Working People 1881-1905: 286
pages. Details in great detail the struggles and material
conditions of the Guyanese working class, both those of African
and Indian background. A materialist, Marxist history of a very
important period in Guyana's history, it is also a passionate
case for the unity of the multicultural Guyanese working class
and an attack on the racist diversions used to break the unity
of the working class to facilitate it's exploitation.
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