Bold, engrossing, and richly detailed, this book cuts through the mythology and obfuscation, revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement, and its disastrous unraveling. The authors analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black people across the country risked their lives for the revolution, why the Party grew most rapidly during the height of repression, and why allies abandoned the Party at its peak of influence. cities and powerful allies around the world.īlack against Empire is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. Martin Jr. In the face of intense repression, the Party flourished, becoming the center of a revolutionary movement with offices in 68 U.S. Davey D welcomes One City One Book selected authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. Many come from small independent publishers, with titles like Soldiers, Spies, and Statesman: Egypt’s Road to Revolt by Hazem Kandil, Black Against Empire by Joshua Bloom and Waldo Martin, The Limits to Capital by David Harvey, Traces of History by Patrick Wolfe.
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