"Fueling Development is a timely and important contribution to both Black and Caribbean scholarship. Combining rigorous scholarship and the innovative methodologies of the Black Radical Tradition, Zophia Edwards asks searing questions that offer important insights concerning Trinidad and Tobago's political economy and the relationship between race and class in Caribbean postcolonies." - Brian Meeks, author of After the Postcolonial Caribbean: Memory, Imagination, Hope "Drawing from and carrying on the Black radical tradition, Zophia Edwards develops the concept of liberation unionism to make sense of seemingly confounding developmental achievements in colonial and postcolonial Trinidad and Tobago. At the heart of her theoretically insightful and meticulously researched history is the agency of working people, compelling and shaping the state to address the needs of the masses. Fueling Development reminds us of what organized labor movements can be: Black-led, broadly inclusive, internationalist, and societally transformative." - Moon-Kie Jung, author of Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy: Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Presents
