Du Bois linked Russian peasant revolution to American Black struggle without orthodox Marxism

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Like most informed men and women of his time, Du Bois was deeply impressed by the Russian Revolution and he believed he could write and speak of it without having “to dogmatize with Marx or Lenin.” He had referred to what he considered a significant element of the revolution as early as 1917 when he criticized the American Socialist Party’s ideologues for praising the successes of the Russian peasantry while ignoring the achievements of American Blacks: Revolution is discussed, but it is the successful revolution of white folk and not the unsuccessful revolution of black soldiers in Texas. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1110