#OmaliTaughtMe Political Study: Black Power Since the 60’s

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The first African Liberation Day, May 27, 1972, featured simultaneous demonstrations in Washington,D.C., San Francisco, and the Caribbean that drew a total of sixty thousand demonstrators in support of indigenous rule in Africa. This photo is from the Washington, D.C., demonstration.©Washington Post; District of Columbia Public Library.

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Albert Cleage addressing the Walk for Freedom, Detroit, June 23, 1963. Walter P. Reuther Library.

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Amiri Baraka, an effective local black power organizer and mobilizer, addresses an audience at Howard University in Washington, D.C., April 25, 1973. ©Washington Post; District of Columbia Public Library.

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The Black Panther party’s Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C., November 1970. ©Washington Post; District of Columbia Public Library.

Chairman Omali Sunday Study: Origin of Capitalism and The Dialectics of Black Revolution, by Chairman Omali Yeshitela (eBook and Audiobook) and SUPPLEMENTAL: “The Great Debate Continues, Black Marxist vs Black Nationalism?” LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.

Political economy; a Marxist textbook, By John Eton.pdf
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The Dialectics of Black Revolution, by Chairman Omali Yeshitela_eBook 

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The Dialectics of Black Revolution, by Chairman Omali Yeshitela_Audiobook

SUPPLEMENTAL: “The Great Debate Continues, Black Marxist vs Black Nationalism???” LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.

The “New Black Marxist-Black Nationalist” debate highlights a significant ideological contradiction within Black political thought, where the emphasis on class struggle inherent to Marxism clashes with the focus on racial identity and self-determination central to Black Nationalism, creating tension around how to best address systemic racism and achieve liberation for Black people; while both ideologies seek Black empowerment, they differ on the primary axis of struggle, with New Black Marxists prioritizing economic class analysis and Black Nationalists emphasizing racial identity as the key driver of oppression.

Abstract of: Identity and Struggle: An Analysis of the Ideological Contradictions Manifested in the New Black Marxist-Black Nationalist Debate

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Revolutionary Nationalism and the Afro-American