The Black Liberation Army was the armed wing of the Black Panther Party, dedicated to striking against US imperialism and white supremacy from the inside, with the aim of establishing a socialist Black People’s Republic.
This book is a combination of two of their internal political education works: their Study Guide and Political Dictionary. This work is believed to be in the public domain. It’s derived from Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army Vol. 1, compiled and published by Rookery Press.
Neither Nobody Owns Land or Rookery Press claims any copyright and encourages comrades of good conscience to reprint, redistribute, recirculate, and make this work accessible by any means necessary.
This work is formatted so it may be reprinted from any home printer, and easily bound by hand for guerilla distribution.
Author(s): Black Liberation Army
Publisher: Nobody Owns Land
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 145
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Black Nation
I. The Nature of Black Revolution
II. Wither New Afrika
III. Strategy
Nation Building — The Black (New Afrikan) Communes
The Nature of Alienation
Voluntary Poverty
The Black Commune
1) Economic self-reliance/survival programs
2) Establishing human Human Relations
3) Political Base
Voluntary Poverty and the Black Guerrilla
IV. Proletarian Revolution — NO!
The Revolutionary Black Lumpenproletariat
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Criticism and Self-Criticism
I. Causes of Error
II. Negative Criticism
III. How to Conduct a Criticism Session
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Combat Liberalism
Dialectical Materialism at a Glance
I. Materialism and Idealism
II. Dialectical Method
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Democratic Centralism (Operating with a Central Committee)
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
The Class Structure in Society
The Bourgeoisie (The Ruling Class)
The Monopoly Sector
The Lieutenant Sector
The Petit-Bourgeoisie (The Middle Class)
The Proletariat (Working Class)
The Peasants (Small Farmers)
The Lumpen-Proletariat (The Bottom Class)
The Political Spectrum
SUGGESTED READINGS:
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
What's it all about?
I. Dictatorship as Synonymous with State
II. Principles of Historical Materialism
III. Democracy
IV. Political Democracy
V. Anarchism: Or, is a Dictatorship of the Proletariat Necessary?
VI. Communism
Conclusion
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Marxian Political Economy
Some Basic Principles
Where and How Does Capitalist Exploitation Take Place?
The Theory of Surplus Value
The Power of the Giant Monopolies
The Distribution of Surplus Value and Alienated Labor
Profit
Interest
Rent
Taxes
Depressions
Inflation
War Economy
Conclusion
Socialism
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Terrorism and the Black Revolution
Political Dictionary
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