A review by pink_distro
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley

4.0

real wise, some of the ideas had radiated out of this book thru people and reached me before i read it ! provides some good history on Black radical visions & movements, some of the more interesting bits of movement history imo were in the sections on nationalist movements and communist / labor ones. the real prizes in here are the sections on internationalism and surrealism. in "third world dreaming," he talks about the huge influence that chinese, cuban, and other revolutions had on radical Black spaces in the 60s and 70s, and its discussion of maoism is verrryyyy cool. then the surrealism section was really just magical, and generally makes the case for revolution led by creativity and imagination — not as a gushy stand-in for direct action or violence, but as a necessary grounding and guide. makes me want to get more in harmony with my OWN creativity more lol .... and also learn a little more about surrealism