News at Eleven: By the time the CP had established itself

in his old neighborhood, [Claude] McKay looked at the party as cynically exploiting the political desires of Blacks.

McKay's vision, as [Lloyd D.] McCarthy spells out quite clearly through pieces of McKay's prose, poetry, and political writing, was one of Black liberation and socialism. He believed that capitalism and imperialism had robed the Third World--and especially the African diaspora--of its wealth and dignity.

from Green Left: Manley and McKay: reform and revolution in the politics of the African diaspora

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