Peter James Hudson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at UCLA, is author of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean.
Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today.
Peter James Hudson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at UCLA, is author of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean.
The expansion of banks such as Citigroup into Cuba, Haiti, and beyond reveal a story of capitalism built on blood, labor, and racial lines.
Recent histories of slavery and capitalism ignore radical black scholarship.
A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975. Registered 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more about our mission
We are teaming up this spring to offer a year of both magazines.
Use code DISSENT when you purchase a print BR membership.
Act fast: offer ends March 31!