Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern

by J. Sakai

Settlers is a uniquely important book in the canon of the North American revolutionary left and anticolonial movements. First published in the 1980s by activists with decades of experience organizing in grassroots anticapitalist struggles against white supremacy, the book soon established itself as an essential reference point for revolutionary nationalists and dissident currents within the predominantly colonialist Marxist-Leninist and anarchist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629630373
• ISBN13: 9781629630373
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: PM Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A must read for the American revolutionary

Every leftist should read this book. It's a great look at the history of the American leftist and the concessions they make with the bourgeois class whilst never truly advocating for revolution. It talks about how the fall of communism in the U.S. has more to do with settlers wanting their share of imperialist spoils rather than anything the cold war or Macarthyism has done. Even if you are not white, this book will make you cringe at your own praxis because it is influenced by settler ideology more than any American leftist would probably like to admit. There's a reason why this book is often mentioned as a must-read as I heard so many people say before I finally picked it up. It does take some careful reading. It's not as dense as some history books, but as history books go, some paragraphs may need repeat reads.