Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His “histories from below,” including The Slave Ship: A Human History, have won numerous awards, including the George Washington Book Prize, and have been translated into seventeen languages worldwide. He has produced a film, Ghosts of Amistad, with director Tony Buba, and written a play, “The Return of Benjamin Lay,” with playwright Naomi Wallace. He is currently writing a book about escaping slavery by sea in antebellum America.
Books and Other Writings
Under the Banner of King Death
Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel
Prophet Against Slavery
Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel
A Global History of Runaways
Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, 1600–1850
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Thanks to Tariq Ali (@TariqAli_News) for sending me a pre-publication copy of his memoir, *You Can’t Please All: Memoirs, 1980-2024*, to be published November 5 by Verso. Tariq is one the best political commentators of our time. Be sure to pre-order here:
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2937-you-can-t-please-all
On November 7th, we have a Zoom talk to discuss David Graeber's work.
The focus will be on David's essay, There Never Was A West. The historian @MarcusRediker will lead the talk.
If you want to join, you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdO2spzsuGNTYltSL58dtIQF0RPqfLIOH
I did an interview with film-maker Christopher Cuthrell that resulted in this ten-minute video, "Benjamin Lay: The Radical Quaker Abolitionist Who Challenged the World" for @QuakerSpeak. I thought Christopher did an excellent job.
On Nov. 7, at 6:30 pm, at the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa, I will be in conversation with the legal scholar-activist Charles R. Lawrence on the post-election theme, "Resistance to Tyrants: A Long History of Hope." Click on the link for more information.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marcus-rediker-resistance-to-tyrants-tickets-1023006017537?aff=erellivmlt
On November 7th, we host a Zoom discussion to talk about David Graeber's work & his essay “There Never Was a West.”
The historian and filmmaker, Marcus Rediker (@MarcusRediker) will lead the talk.
If you want to join, you can register at this link:
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@MarcusRediker, @LesterMecca & Paul Buhle join forces again for REVOLUTION BY FIRE, a graphic novel about NY’s Afro-Irish uprising of 1741. Enter our @goodreads #giveaway for a chance to win a copy!
Want a free copy of our latest graphic novel?@BeaconPressBks and @Goodreads are giving away 25 advance copies of *Revolution by Fire: New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741, A Graphic Novel,* to be published Nov. 12. @LesterMecca Enter here: https://goodreads.com/giveaway/show/392220-revolution-by-fire-new-york-s-afro-irish-uprising-of-1741-a-graphic-nov
Please help the good people at @traficantes2010 to purchase the bookstore they operate in Madrid. I spoke there a couple of years ago -- it's a great place! @Traficantes_Ed
When your publisher (@BeaconPressBks) generously gives you a lot of copies of your new book .... On sale Nov. 12.
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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.
InfoGhosts 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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