Page comments Comment by 'E.E.W. Clay' on Conversation: How Black freedom struggle shapes America Telling, in this short invitation to this immensely important "Conversation"is the description of the middle and later 20th century struggles-these having been largely precipitated in the very early 20th century organization and agitation by W. E. B. Du Bois himself, in groups he helped lead. Moreover, a head-on challenge to emerging industrial capital, demanding that full equality, social, educational, economic and civil rights be accorded to the people of color and women. Also, attending these struggles, was the growing demand for socialism in the United States of America, shown by Du Bois's socialists brothers and sisters like Mary White Ovington, William English Walling and Charles Edward Russell(all named in Du Bois's famous application letter to the C P U S A in 1961). In the 21st century, we demand real solutions to racism and imperialist empire-as Du Bois wrote in 1961-which is incapable of meaningful reform-we demand equality, peace, jobs and socialism for the workers of all colors and backgrounds. To quote Du Bois-"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:54:07 -0500 E.E.W. Clay