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published on February 25, 2022
Elizabeth Portella

https://doi.org/10.5840/radphilrev2022221122
The Weapon of Theory Reconsidered
Anti-Colonial Marxism and the Post-Cold War Imaginary
In this article, the author argues that anti-colonial Marxism has been obscured and distorted by the contemporary post-Cold War imaginary. The author analyzes the historical-political context in which the narrative of Marxism and decolonization develop during and after the Cold War. Focusing on the writings of Frantz Fanon, Am¨ªlcar Cabral, Thomas Sankara, and Ernesto ¡°Che¡± Guevara, the author reconstructs the ¡°principles¡± of anti-colonial Marxism, attempting to ameliorate the scholarly deficit of theoretical literature on the anti-colonial Marxist tradition. In conclusion, the author argues that the ¡°revolutionary theory¡± of these thinkers remains relevant to persistent, present-day conditions of neocolonialism and capitalist imperialism, becoming increasingly relevant with the progression of catastrophic climate change.