What are you thoughts on Kwame Ture? Is his philosophy perfect or have you found flaws in his ideology? I’ve been listening to his lectures and can’t find fault with anything he’s said. Also, was Kwame Ture an atheist?

I’ve been reading Kwame Ture since I was 13 years old, he had me running around saying I was a Socialist before I knew what Socialism was. LoL!!I don’t have any disagreements with Ture worth bringing to the surface, but if I had to critique him I would say that he had a tendency to idealize the masses of the people. He asserted that “Humans have an instinctive love of justice.” I wanted that to be true, but in my works and in my...

Was Spartacus a prime example of white underclass rebellion within their culture and is the haitian revolution under Jean Jacques Dessalines a prime expamle of the oppressed rebellion against the foreign culture (White Oppressor) ?

You playing fast and lose with your comparisons.You are correct that Spartacus was fighting against exploitation coming from members of his own culture and Race, while Dessalines was fighting oppression imposed by an Alien Culture and Race.Kwame Ture states that exploitation (by your own Race/Culture) can be overcome through reforms, and even uprisings, the exploited don’t need to destroy the very culture, infrastructure, and society to secure...

What did Gil Scott Heron mean when he said: ” The Revolution will not be Televised “

In an relatively recent interview Gil stated that the poem’s message that a mental or internal awakening is required before you can have social or political change.But of course, I know better than Gil; so Imma tell you what he really meant. LoL.TRWNBT was first a mockery of the petty consumerism and celebrity culture that had engulfed the Black community after the subversion of the Black Liberation Movement in the 50s and 60s. In the 70s...