Rustin the Movie and Rustin the Organizer
Bayard Rustin was an immensely talented mass organizer, despite his later rightward turn. A new movie about Rustin’s life packs a punch but, unsurprisingly, erases his socialist politics.
Written by:
Joel Geier
Joel Geier was a leader of the left wing of the Young Peoples Socialist League during the period depicted in Rustin. Several of his recent articles on the history of the International Socialists political tendency have appeared in Jacobin.