CLR James was born 123 years ago today in Trinidad and died on 31st May 1989 in Brixton
James met Trotsky and was a leading figure in the early Trotskyist movement.
He wrote Black Jacobins about the Haitian Revolution and perhaps the definitive book on cricket Beyond a Boundary. He was central to the Brixton based journal Race Today in later life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._R._James#Trinidad_and_afterwards
I believe that the examination of the stroke, the brilliant piece of fielding will take us through mysticism to far more fundamental considerations, than mere life enhancing
CLR James Beyond a Boundary
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