2020-02-12 12:39:59

Feminist Scholar Barbara Smith on Identity Politics & Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President

Democracy Now! speaks with the legendary African-American feminist scholar Barbara Smith. She is a founder of the Combahee River Collective and of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.

Barbara Smith recently wrote a column in The Guardian newspaper titled I helped coin the term identity politics'. I’m endorsing Bernie Sanders Her latest book is Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith.

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