Interview with Hilbourne Watson on theory, imperialism, global capitalism, and Caribbean thinkers

Listen above to a special two part-interview series that I conducted with Dr. Hilbourne Watson for "The East is a Podcast". Also see his academia page here.

In the first part of the interview he briefly provides his thoughts on a number of topics: historical materialism, liberal internationalism, imperialism, globalization, racialization, patriarchy, intellectual production, and identity politics. He also discusses briefly his writings on the anglophone Caribbean. 

 In the second part Watson provides some of his impressions on the intellectual and scholarly contributions of some of the towering twentieth century-radical thinkers and political economists with roots in the region (such as Frantz Fanon, C.L.R. James, Aimé Césaire, Walter Rodney, Eric Williams, Oliver Cromwell Cox, Norman Girvan, and Gordon Lewis). He also provides some thoughts on the Cuban revolution, black nationalism, pan-africanism, contemporary Haiti, and on what he sees as important works in Caribbean studies today and in regards to those by women scholars.