Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: RADICAL ALLIANCESChapter One: ‘Towards Soviet America’1.1 Determinations and determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern1.2 Swearing allegiances: Garveyism and Communism1.3 Trials on trial: Yokine2.1n and ScottsboroChapter Two: The Liberator (1929–1935)2.1 The Liberator: the black bourgeoisie and revolutionary tradition2.2 The Liberator: interracial solidarity and internationalism2.3 The Liberator: black cultural politicsChapter Three: Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares3.1 ‘Poor Richard Wright’: the black protest novel3.2 A room of one’s own?: Bigger, rage and consciousness3.3 ‘Russian folks’: The Communist Party in Native SonPART II: BETRAYALS AND DEFEATChapter Four: ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’4.1 Popular Front: remaking African American culture4.2 Peace and war: shifting prioritiesChapter five: Lonely Crusade: Union Dues5.1 ‘History as nightmare’: The critical reception of Lonely Crusade5.2 ‘This illusion of manhood’: Lee Gordon, rage and impotence5.3 ‘Sure, I ‘longs to the Party. But I is a nigger first’: the Communist Party in Lonely CrusadeChapter six: Invisible Man: Un-American Activities6.1 ‘Beautiful absurdity’: Ellison, responsibility and identity6.2 ‘Riding race again’: the Communist Party in Invisible ManConclusionBibliographyIndex

Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: RADICAL ALLIANCESChapter One: ‘Towards Soviet America’1.1 Determinations and determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern1.2 Swearing allegiances: Garveyism and Communism1.3 Trials on trial: Yokine2.1n and ScottsboroChapter Two: The Liberator (1929–1935)2.1 The Liberator: the black bourgeoisie and revolutionary tradition2.2 The Liberator: interracial solidarity and internationalism2.3 The Liberator: black cultural politicsChapter Three: Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares3.1 ‘Poor Richard Wright’: the black protest novel3.2 A room of one’s own?: Bigger, rage and consciousness3.3 ‘Russian folks’: The Communist Party in Native SonPART II: BETRAYALS AND DEFEATChapter Four: ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’4.1 Popular Front: remaking African American culture4.2 Peace and war: shifting prioritiesChapter five: Lonely Crusade: Union Dues5.1 ‘History as nightmare’: The critical reception of Lonely Crusade5.2 ‘This illusion of manhood’: Lee Gordon, rage and impotence5.3 ‘Sure, I ‘longs to the Party. But I is a nigger first’: the Communist Party in Lonely CrusadeChapter six: Invisible Man: Un-American Activities6.1 ‘Beautiful absurdity’: Ellison, responsibility and identity6.2 ‘Riding race again’: the Communist Party in Invisible ManConclusionBibliographyIndex

Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: RADICAL ALLIANCESChapter One: ‘Towards Soviet America’1.1 Determinations and determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern1.2 Swearing allegiances: Garveyism and Communism1.3 Trials on trial: Yokine2.1n and ScottsboroChapter Two: The Liberator (1929–1935)2.1 The Liberator: the black bourgeoisie and revolutionary tradition2.2 The Liberator: interracial solidarity and internationalism2.3 The Liberator: black cultural politicsChapter Three: Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares3.1 ‘Poor Richard Wright’: the black protest novel3.2 A room of one’s own?: Bigger, rage and consciousness3.3 ‘Russian folks’: The Communist Party in Native SonPART II: BETRAYALS AND DEFEATChapter Four: ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’4.1 Popular Front: remaking African American culture4.2 Peace and war: shifting prioritiesChapter five: Lonely Crusade: Union Dues5.1 ‘History as nightmare’: The critical reception of Lonely Crusade5.2 ‘This illusion of manhood’: Lee Gordon, rage and impotence5.3 ‘Sure, I ‘longs to the Party. But I is a nigger first’: the Communist Party in Lonely CrusadeChapter six: Invisible Man: Un-American Activities6.1 ‘Beautiful absurdity’: Ellison, responsibility and identity6.2 ‘Riding race again’: the Communist Party in Invisible ManConclusionBibliographyIndex