Economic Democracy against Racial Capitalism: Seeding Freedom

IF 4.1 2区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politics & Society Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI:10.1177/00323292231164247

S. Pinto

引用次数: 1

Abstract

In conversation with Ferreras’s proposal for economic bicameralism, the current article makes the case for a more direct confrontation between conceptions of economic democracy and the realities of racial capitalism. In particular, it considers how efforts to expand power and voice for workers must contend with the racial hierarchy that marks the socioeconomic division of labor and the related use of racial distinctions to thwart labor solidarity. Focusing on the American context, the argument draws inspiration from the work and vision of two key figures in the unfinished struggle for Black liberation, W. E. B. Du Bois and Fannie Lou Hamer. After recapping core elements of Ferreras’s proposal, the article briefly examines the historical evolution of racial capitalism, starting with its roots in slavery and conquest. It then considers how movements agitating for greater worker power have intervened within this landscape. Against this backdrop, it draws lessons for how economic bicameralism might fit within a broader set of struggles that challenge racial capitalism as it exists today.

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反对种族资本主义的经济民主:播种自由

在与费雷拉斯关于经济两院制的建议的对话中，本文提出了经济民主概念与种族资本主义现实之间更直接对抗的案例。特别是，它考虑了扩大工人权力和发言权的努力必须如何与标志着社会经济分工的种族等级制度以及相关的利用种族差异来阻碍工人团结的做法相抗衡。聚焦于美国的背景，这一论点从两位未完成的黑人解放斗争的关键人物w·e·b·杜波依斯和芬妮·卢·哈默的工作和愿景中获得灵感。在回顾费雷拉斯建议的核心要素之后，本文简要地考察了种族资本主义的历史演变，从其根源于奴隶制和征服开始。然后，它考虑了争取更大工人权力的运动是如何介入这一格局的。在这种背景下，它为经济两院制如何适应挑战今天存在的种族资本主义的更广泛的斗争提供了经验教训。

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Politics & Society Multiple-

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

4.20%

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