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RBG Black and Brown Power: Lessons from Our Revolutionary Icons

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Dr. Khallid Abdul Mahammad, Robert F Williams, Malcolm X , Che Guevara , George Jackson, Fred Hampton Sr., Black Panthers, Huey Newton, Marcus Garvey, Dhoruba Bin Wahad , Herman Ferguson Maxwell Sanfrord Amiri Baraki, Chairman Omali Yeshitela;These are our revolutionary icons and guides.

Other notables:

Dr Mutulu Shakur, The Honorable Sonny Carson, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Martin Luther Jr., Minister Malcolm X, Kwame Toure/formerly Stokely Carmichael, Dr. Amos Wilson, Dr Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Na’im Akbar, Dr Ben, Dr Asa Hilliard, Dr. John Jackson, Dr. Chancellor Williams, Dr. Mulana Karenga, Dr. Oba T’ Shaka, Rev. Khandi Paasewe, Dr. Molefi Asante and many, many more..And of Course RBG Street Scholar

RBG Street Scholars Think Tank has the interest of posting political information and analysis that carries forward the best tradition of fighters against racism & oppression and for revolutionary change. We embrace and draw lessons from all revolutionary political figures and traditions, but we think Malcolm X and Che Guevara are two of the best. RBG Street Scholars Think Tank represents/rides for our brothers on the best traditions of revolutionary change. Enough with America’s fetish for locking everyone up and get-tough-on-crime policies that criminalize our youth and have re-constituted slavery! Enough with police brutalization and terror in our communities! Onwards to Black Nationalist-PanAfrikanist Revolutionary Social paradigm and praxis. A Social theory comprised of a future where we elevate PEOPLE OVER PROFIT !!! It’s no lie when we say our people are inside modern day slavery-we challenge anyone to to deny our position based on the evidenced presented in this Think Tank.

El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz AKA Malcolm X AKA “the prince of Harlem” was a soldier for human rights and the best and outspoken voices to criticize white spremacy/racism in Amerikkka’s . He was unquestionably the best orator/Mcee of the entire 20th century. His father was killed by a white racists mob and his own death was a result of traditional Cointelpro tactics that pitted oppressed against oppressed successfully. Malcolm X’s grasp of history, white spremacy/ racism and human rights are a shining example for us as we fight the Battle of Ideas; we can only hope to develop our analysis to the extent that he had developed his by the end of his life. We particularly focus our studies on the end of his life, as he was evolving into an Afrikan Internationalist Revolutionary via his work with the OAAU (which he planed and developed, bt was assinated before full implementation . We intend to carry the torch.

“We have to realize what part our struggle has in the overall world struggle.” - Malcolm X Speaks p.88

“The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal.” Malcolm X Speaks, p.93

“If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Malcolm X Speaks, p.93

“And you don’t see any anti-Castro Cubans around here - we eat them up.” - Malcolm X Speaks, p.102

“Why does [police brutality] exist? Because our people in this particular society live in a police state.” Malcolm X Speaks p.66

“Any occupied territory is a police state; and this is what Harlem is. Harlem is a police state; the police in Harlem, their presence is like occupation forces, like an occupying army. They’re not in Harlem to protect us; they’re not in Harlem to look out for our welfare; they’re in Harlem to protect the interests of the businessmen who don’t even live there.” Malcolm X Speaks p.66

“As the oppressor always points out to the oppressed, ‘The odds are against you.’” Malcolm X Speaks p.68

“They system in this country cannot produce freedom for an Afro-American. It is impossible for this system, this economic system, this political system, this social system, this system, period.” Malcolm X Speaks p.69

“It’s impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can’t have capitalism without racism.” Malcolm X Speaks p.69

“If you find [a white person] and you happen to get that person into a coversation and they have a philosophy that makes you sure they don’t have this racism in their outlook, usually they’re socialists or their political philosophy is socialism.” Malcolm X Speaks p.69

“I’m not a racist. I’ve never been a racist. I believe in indicting the system and the person that is responsible for our condition.” - Malcolm X Speaks p. 71

Malcolm X at an Oxford Debate:

MALCOLM BOOKS

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements by George Breitman

Last Year Of Malcolm X: Evolution Of A Revolutionary by George Breitman

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X: As Told To Alex Haley by Alex Haley

Malcolm X On Afro-American History by Malcolm X

Malcolm X: The Last Speeches by Malcolm X

Ernesto Guevara de Serna AKA Che Guevara AKA “Che” embodies the selfless socialist revolutionary, a martyr for our cause that stands as a symbol for our potential as internationalist revolutionaries. We recognize him as one of the primary fighters against the Stalinist regimes’ model of socialism. His execution at the hands of the C.I.A. stands as a reminder of what they do to us when we become recognizable figures, the way that they relate to us.

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Speaks