Black Socialist Mt. Rushmore

[Rembrandt Brown]

Who do you have?








I have:

Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Phillip Randolph
Fred Hampton
W.E.B. Du Bois

Resource Guide

The official writings, videos, and more that BSA recommends all Socialists explore, regardless of skin color.

blacksocialists.us

 

[Amajorfucup]

Angela Davis should be on this list as well.

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

Angela Davis should be on this list as well.

I don't know her as well as I should -- Where would you suggest starting?

Just occurred to me that she'd be the only living person on that list, now I'm wondering about the top 4 living black socialists...

 

[Amajorfucup]

I don't know her as well as I should -- Where would you suggest starting?

You cant be black, call yourself a feminist and not be thoroughly informed on who she is. She is the true definition and was one of the earliest and first to call out the farce that is white female feminism. Check out her autobiography, and "Women Race and Class" to catch yourself up on the Goddess.

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

You cant be black, call yourself a feminist and not be thoroughly informed on who she is. She is the true definition and was one of the earliest and first to call out the farce that is white female feminism. Check out her autobiography, and "Women Race and Class" to catch yourself up on the Goddess.

Chauvinists don't have to understand the history of chauvinism and sexism, so I don't see why feminists have to be educated in the history of feminism to claim the ideology. Plenty of people are pro-black without understanding black history. (And I think too many people pretend that black people are just born understanding black history, to everyone's detriment.)

I could do better at understanding history generally. @Gene cisco recently asked me "As a feminist, who are your women in power(if any) who ideally represent what you are talking about and are praiseworthy" and I didn't feel qualified to answer the question. I will say that Angela Davis was the very first name that came to mind, though. But I mainly just know her as a prison abolitionist (which I'm not totally on board with).

But I will check out those materials, thanks.

 

[Amajorfucup]

Chauvinists don't have to understand the history of chauvinism and sexism, so I don't see why feminists have to be educated in the history of feminism to claim the ideology. Plenty of people are pro-black without understanding black history.

Well, i think its idiotic, immature and negligent to claim allegiance to any cause or group without having fully educated oneself on it or vetted it fully. I think its particularly problematic to subscribe to a movement or belief as a black person in this country without knowing or understanding the foremost black authority considering the black experience and our very unique existence within the framework here. You also appear ignorant and ill informed when you openly claim to be something but cant articulate or discuss the material in nuance when engaged. But, its a free country.. do you young fella.

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

Well, i think its idiotic, immature and negligent to claim allegiance to any cause or group without having fully educated oneself on it or vetted it fully. I think its particularly problematic to subscribe to a movement or belief as a black person in this country without knowing or understanding the foremost black authority considering the black experience and our very unique existence within the framework here. You also appear ignorant and ill informed when you openly claim to be something but cant articulate or discuss the material in nuance when engaged. But, its a free country.. do you young fella.

"Fully educated" is an extremely high threshold. Actually an impossible one.

Do you think most progressives in this country understand the history of progressivism? Or conservatives the history of American conservatism?

To paraphrase Kanye West, we all ignorant, I'm just the first to admit it (when appropriate).

I don't think it's smart or fair to argue that no black person can be a feminist without being familiar with Angela Davis. Would it be beneficial? Yes. A requirement? Nah, that's an overstatement issued from a high horse.

 

[durham]

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Ture

 

[Amajorfucup]

"Fully educated" is an extremely high threshold. Actually an impossible one.

Agreed.. Maybe "thoroughly" or simply "well read" would have been better. .

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

 

[Wobble Wobble]

CLR James
Walter Rodney
WEB DuBois
George Padmore

 

[RoomService]

Joe

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

Not a nominee, just someone to watch:

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

Fair or foul: “I wish Angela Davis got the love Beyonce gets.”

This seems like an innocent comment to me. Of course we would be better off if we lived in a society that valued people like Angela Davis over Beyonce. NONAME DELETES TWEET ABOUT BEYONCÉ FOLLOWING BACKLASH The Beyhive was not here for a tweet in which rapper NoName mentioned Beyoncé. NoName...

www.bgol.us

 

[Costanza]

A Precious Legacy - Socialist Forum

The USA has a unique democratic socialist tradition. Let us learn from it and carry it forward as we fight the battles of our own time.

socialistforum.dsausa.org

 

[Costanza]

I actually think it’s good to teach people why King was hated and who would hate him today.

How Charlie Kirk & Turning Points USA Plans to Discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Act

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is preparing to launch a campaign against MLK and the landmark civil rights law he helped enact. Conservative activist and Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk has a lot of opinions on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2015, Kirk called him a “hero.” In...

www.bgol.us

 

[BronxBomber]

Just got back from Ghana.... WEB was a BEAST. I was shocked at how prolific this brother was.

 

[Costanza]

 

[Costanza]

 

[Maweriman]

Marcus M Garvey Jr. Luckily for him -- he was deported -- instead of being assassinated!

 

[Supersav]

Walter Rodney

 

[Costanza]

 

[RoomService]

Can we define the difference between a socialist and a capitalist clearly? I believe many people will be surprised to discover that they don’t align with either the right or left spectrum but rather fall somewhere in between.

 

[Costanza]

Here are some prominent Black Leftists from the civil rights era:

Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, Arthur Kinoy, Paul Robeson, Huey P. Newton, James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hamer, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, Kwame Ture, Bobby Seale, Robert F. Williams, Elbert Howard, Bobby Hutton.