The Communist Party officially revoked Black nationhood in 1958.

Evidence

It was only in the late 1980s and the 1990s that Hamas was able to successfully challenge the dominance of the PLO in Palestine. Yet it was not a foregone conclusion that Islamists would occupy the vacuum created by the collapse of secular nationalism. If there was a political alternative to the left capable of leading working-class struggles, it was the various Communist Parties (CPs) in the region. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 333 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Black radicals resigned from Communist parties when doctrine dominated Black people’s needs.; Communist parties were the real alternative that squandered the vacuum — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 333; Cesaire broke with the Communist Party to prioritize Black liberation over doctrine.

Broader Connections