ABSTRACT
The introduction to The Communist International, Anti-Imperialism and Racial Equality in British Dominions outlines the main arguments contained within the book. It highlights historiographical debates in the history of the Comintern, particularly the strength of Moscow’s control over affiliated communist parties, its perceived Eurocentrism and the importance of anti-imperialism and racial equality to international communism during the interwar period. It argues that by looking at the Comintern’s priorities, one can better understand when and why the Comintern intervened in the development of some communist parties and not others. It also highlights the study’s implications in those debates and in the histories of the communist parties analysed in the book, the Communist Party of South Africa, the Communist Party of Canada and the Communist Party of Australia and summarizes some of the main findings of the study.
