Books and Other Writings
Under the Banner of King Death
Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel
by David Lester and Marcus Rediker, with Paul Buhle. A tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real pirates, an itinerant community of outsiders, behind our legends.
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Prophet Against Slavery
Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel
by David Lester, Marcus Rediker, and Paul Buhle
The revolutionary life of an 18th-century dwarf activist who was among the first to fight against slavery and animal cruelty. An action-packed chronicle of the remarkable and radical Benjamin Lay.
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A Global History of Runaways
Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, 1600–1850
ed. by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, and Matthias van Rossum
During global capitalism's long ascent from 1600–1850, workers of all kinds—slaves, indentured servants, convicts, domestic workers, soldiers, and sailors—repeatedly ran away from their masters and bosses, with profound effects.
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Another major connection between slavery and industrialization, in which the industrialist Henry Cort appropriated the knowledge of 76 African blacksmiths in Jamaica. Another argument for reparations! https://t.co/2KWIc7lcKb
Watch Pitt's coaches and players lose their minds as walk-on Aiden Fisch makes a spectacular shot. Their reactions shows the real meaning of "team." It's beautiful to behold. https://t.co/UMl6a2JjPv
Oakland Zoo
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Up next for Pitt’s ACCN Takeover is the Syracuse game‼️
The Pete was juiced in a way not seen in years featuring a dominant win to take 1st place and see our guy @fischtank13 live out a dream in his final game at The Pete. #H2P
We were right there to celebrate with him: https://t.co/Vs1m8spWVQ
Up next for Pitt’s ACCN Takeover is the Syracuse game‼️
The Pete was juiced in a way not seen in years featuring a dominant win to take 1st place and see our guy @fischtank13 live out a dream in his final game at The Pete. #H2P
We were right there to celebrate with him: https://t.co/Vs1m8spWVQ
Here is another article about @BenLayPlay, which I wrote with Naomi Wallace and which, to my astonishment, ends its run @finborough Saturday night, July 8. So sorry I can’t be there with the entire creative team for one last hurrah!
https://t.co/SnoOLXdaRu
https://t.co/SnoOLXdaRu
Here's the address I gave at Mount Vernon in 2008, about my book *The Slave Ship*. I suggested that the people who came over on the slave ships ship were indeed founders of the nation. Samuel Alito, who was present, did not like the suggestion.
https://t.co/VnePToKAsk https://t.co/ZlpSazxzD8
https://t.co/VnePToKAsk https://t.co/ZlpSazxzD8
New Play, “The Return of Benjamin Lay”
Written by Marcus Rediker and Naomi Wallace, world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London, June 13–July 8, 2023
Featuring acclaimed American actor Mark Povinelli and directed by RSC Honorary Associate Director Ron Daniels, “The Return of Benjamin Lay” sweeps across the centuries in a bold exploration of an utterly impossible man.
Info / TicketsGhosts of Amistad Film Website
Ghosts of Amistad Film now FREE
Full-length film online in English with subtitled versions in French, Italian and Spanish
Ghosts of Amistad chronicles a trip to Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, to interview elders about local memory of the case, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The documentary film’s new website includes numerous resources, including study guides, to support educators around this topic.
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