"In 1938 C.L.R. James, the great Trinidadian Marxist, published two books.<i> The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution</i> was an account of Haitian Revolution that is now widely recognised as a classic. <i>A History of Negro Revolt</i>, republished as <i>A History of Pan-African Revolt in 1969</i>, was a much smaller volume looking at Black struggles for freedom in Africa, the Caribbean and the United States from 1739 to early 1938. As Robin D.G. Kelley observed in his introduction to the new edition of the book, first published in 2012, it "has remained one of the best kept secrets among a handful of Marxists and black militants. It never sold many copies, but everyone familiar with James's ideas or the resurgence of Pan-Africanism in the 1960s knew of its influence. The late Walter Rodney, the great historian and Guyanese revolutionary, once called it 'a mine of ideas advancing far ahead of its time'." --https: //www.newframe.com/archive-clr-james-icu <p/> "James's survey of Black struggles includes a number of references to struggles in South Africa, including the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU). New Frame is delighted to be able to publish James' account of the ICU with permission from PM Press." --https: //www.newframe.com/archive-clr-james-icu