Dope + Capitalism = Genocide – Danny Shaw
Our speaker, Danny Shaw, will discuss this Black Panther slogan.
Danny Shaw teaches Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Race, Ethnicity, Class
and Gender at the City University of New York. He holds a Masters in International
Affairs from Columbia University. He has worked and organized in seventy different
countries, opening his spirit to countless testimonies about the inhumanity of the
international economic system. He is a Golden Gloves boxer, fighting twice in Madison
Square Garden for the NYC heavyweight championship. He teaches boxing, yoga and
nutrition and works as a Sober Coach, keeping young people out of the military and prison
industrial complex. He is the father of two young Life Warriors and mentors many through
the nutritional, ideological, social and emotional landmines that surround us. He is the
author of six books and numerous articles.
About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his
work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.
