2005/02/03 by John J. Simon · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Race, History, and American Society #Caribbean history, culture, and politics #Oppression #Resistance (ecology) #Persuasion #Politics #Political radicalism #Indigenous #Autonomy #Subversion #Gender studies #DIDO #History #Sociology #Law #Political science #Literature #Psychology #Art #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.14452/mr-056-09-2005-02_3
openalex publication_date 2005/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The life of Malcolm X, who was murdered forty years ago this month, spanned a trajectory from oppression and victimization to inchoate rebellion and revolutionary autonomy. His was a voyage from resistance to an informed radicalism. It was a journey from which he ultimately gathered political and historical insight which, combined with his tools of persuasion and skills at leadership, made him at the time of his death arguably the most dangerous figure in this country's history to confront its ruling class. For us, forty years later, Malcolm's life is also informative: both about the destructive encounters that Africans, Asians, Latins, and indigenous peoples have had with this country, its culture and its history, and how deeply domestic resistance to that oppression is embedded in the global anti-imperialist struggle.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.