Malik Shabazz
Malcolm X | El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz | الحاج مالك الشباز
Philosophy
Twenty million ex-slaves must be permanently separated from our former slavemaster and placed on some land that we can call our own. Then we can create our own jobs. Control our own economy. Solve our own problems instead of waiting on the American white man to solve our problems for us. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that on our own land we can set up farms, factories, businesses... [I]n our own land we can establish our own agricultural system. We can grow food to feed our own people[1]
Influence
Black Panther Party
Bobby Seale, the co-founder of the BPP said:
“The fact that Malcolm X had been murdered…drove Huey and I to a point to say that we were going to have to create an organization, reflective of what he was talking about. The fact that Malcolm said that by legal constitutional right, the 2nd Amendment, that every Black man, woman, and person in this country had a right to have a shotgun in their home to defend themselves from unjust attacks by racism was one point that influenced us very much. But what influenced us, even more, was Malcolm’s emphasis that we must have a political organization that felt most immediately with the housing, and the clothing, the shoes, and the food for the people.”[2][3]
This emphasis was reflected in Black Panther initiatives for Food Sovereignty like the Free Breakfast For Children movement.
Dr. Huey P. Newton adds that:
“Malcolm X was the first political person in this country that I really identified with…We continue to believe that the Black Panther Party exists in the spirit of Malcolm…the Party is a living testament to his life and work.”[4][5]
Quotes
Capitalism
"You can't have capitalism without racism"[6]
It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of capitalism needs some blood to suck. Capitalism used to be like an eagle, but now it’s more like a vulture. It used to be strong enough to go and suck anybody’s blood whether they were strong or not. But now it has become more cowardly, like the vulture, and it can only suck the blood of the helpless. As the nations of the world free themselves, then capitalism has less victims, less to suck, and it becomes weaker and weaker. It’s only a matter of time in my opinion before it will collapse completely.[7]
Revolution
Sources
- ↑ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1963-malcolm-x-racial-separation/
- ↑ https://leftpublishedit.medium.com/malcolm-x-the-black-messiah-ebd51771ac4a
- ↑ https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DDC27D8E35BF41CCBF640EDC54727BAB
- ↑ https://leftpublishedit.medium.com/malcolm-x-the-black-messiah-ebd51771ac4a
- ↑ https://www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781609809003
- ↑ Founding Speech of the OAAU in 1964; https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYYcGO-WoAIpzzO.jpg
- ↑ https://blackagendareport.com/interview-malcolm-x-and-young-socialist-1965
