I first heard about Robin D. G. Kelley when I read Policing The Planet last summer. Little did I know then about his transformational effect — Freedom Dreams has become one of my favorite books, tracing through history and daring us to imagine radical futures. A necessary read for socialists (and not)

Fantastic and inspiring until the last chapter

Might be my favorite Robin Kelley book. This looks at Black radical movements - but it's not whether they failed or succeeded, it's the vision behind them that counts.

Essential reading for anyone hoping to change the world for the better; to be inspired by thinkers and activists of the past and remove the ceiling on our dreams for a brighter tomorrow.

Encyclopedic, a great jumping off point or a reference to revisit. Not *quite* a bookend to Black Marxism…well written and a keeper.

The greatest book on leftist grassroots organizing and resistance ever written.

Like a great party where you are surprised to run into people from a completely different circle of friends than the ones who invited you, Freedom Dreams briefly introduces organizations and activists, explaining why you would want to get to know them better, and then dishes enough dirt to keep the chatter bubbling. There were a lot of names and acronyms I've come across before but this is the first time I've seen some of these groups really examined, like RAM for instance, or Flo Kennedy. Of course the wildest stuff in here is the chapter on Surrealism. I am very thankful for this book.