Start the new year by joining the Free State Liberation Book Club, Session II! Elite Capture by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is a short, conversational book that discusses one of the most influential facets of today's political landscape: identity politics.

"Through a substantive engagement with the global Black radical tradition and a critical understanding of racial capitalism, Táíwò identifies the process by which a radical concept can be stripped of its political substance and liberatory potential by becoming the victim of elite capture—deployed by political, social, and economic elites in the service of their own interests.

Táíwò’s crucial intervention both elucidates this complex process and helps us move beyond a binary of “class” vs. “race.” By rejecting elitist identity politics in favor of a constructive politics of radical solidarity, he advances the possibility of organizing across our differences in the urgent struggle for a better world."

Elite Capture is available as an affordable paperback or ebook on Haymarket Books, DSA Salina's vendor of choice, as well as to borrow for free as an ebook or audiobook on Hoopla.

The Free State Liberation Book Club will meet at the McKenzie Center on Tuesdays, January 21, January 28, February 4, and February 11 from 5:30 - 7:00 PM.