TY - JOUR AU - Agozino, Biko PY - 2019/09/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Race-Class-Gender Articulation and the Fifth International JF - Journal of World-Systems Research JA - JWSR VL - 25 IS - 2 SE - Forum: Samir Amin's Call for New International of Workers and Peoples DO - 10.5195/jwsr.2019.959 UR - http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/959 SP - 280-288 AB - Agozino supports Amin’s call for a Fifth International, but offers suggestions to make it more inclusive. He argues “It is not enough for the Fifth International to call on Workers of the World to Unite without questioning the extent to which racism, imperialism and patriarchy divide the working class and weaken the struggle to end exploitation.” Although the First International addressed class exploitation in articulation with the struggles against the oppression of nationalities and racial groups and against gender oppression, “[t]he departure from the race-class-gender articulation or intersectionality model that Marx envisaged by the organizers of subsequent internationals may be part of the reasons why the organizational aim was not sustained.” Agozino calls for more intentionality in constructing the leadership of the Fifth International than is in Amir’s proposal. While Amir was attentive to the inclusion of African leadership, he paid less attention to the inclusion of women or indigenous peoples. And while Amin seemed concerned with creating a manageable process through the delegation of a small number of leaders, Agozino says it is “better to allow a million leaders to emerge from local to the global levels.” ER -