Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair of U.S. History at UCLA and a contributing editor at Boston Review. His many books include Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.
Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
Notes on Fighting Trumpism
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
UCLA’s Unholy Alliance
House Republicans accuse student protesters of vicious anti-Semitism, but it is administrators who are courting violence.
Letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik
You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment.
Flowers for Farah
In her scholarship, mentoring, and activism, Farah Jasmine Griffin brings a praxis of radical love to an unequal academy.
“Fascism never disappears because people come to their senses.”
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley.
Twenty Years of Freedom Dreams
Robin D. G. Kelley published his pathbreaking history of the Black radical imagination in 2002. Where are we two decades later?
Abolition Democracy’s Forgotten Founder
T. Thomas Fortune called for investment in education and a multiracial, working-class movement.
The Invisible Hand of Greg Tate
Robin D. G. Kelley and Bongani Madondo honor the writer’s life, work, and legacy.
Why Cornel West’s Tenure Fight Matters
I wrote letters for West’s hire and renewal at Harvard. The school’s administrators completely miss the point of tenure.
Why Black Marxism, Why Now?
Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism helps us fight fascism with greater clarity and with ever more questions.
Where Do We Go From Here: A Fundraiser for Black Lives
A transcript of our panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Black History in Three Acts
The story of how black people confront systems of racial capitalism and plot world liberation. A reading list from Robin D. G. Kelley.
Ally: From Noun to Verb
Robin D. G. Kelley talks with musician Vijay Iyer about systems of oppression, the responsibility of artists, and how jazz sells proximity to blackness to white people.
Sorry, Not Sorry
Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You roasts racial capitalism and issues an unapologetic call for revolution.
Coates and West in Jackson
America loves pitting Black intellectuals against each other, but today’s activists need both Coates and West.
