Section 5 - Notes on Revolutionary Theory & Practice Our people’s struggle for self-determination, human rights and liberation will always be at its strongest when it is guided by theory put into action. The theory that guides the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People’s Organization is rooted in the revolutionary black nationalism of Queen Mother Audley Moore, Malcolm X and Robert F. Williams. That revolutionary black nationalist theory was built on by the sisters and brothers of the Revolutionary Action Movement, the House of Umoja, the African People’s Party and the Republic of New Afrika. Our theory has been influenced and sharpened by great thinkers like Harry Haywood, James and Grace Lee Boggs, Akbar Muhammad Ahmad (Max Stanford) and Mamadou Lumumba. This and each following issue of BAMN will include the best in Revolutionary Black Nationalist theory including its latest developments through New Afrikan womanist, queer, and Afrofuturist lenses. We will continue to publish the best of Revolutionary Black Nationalist thought in the interest of self-determination and liberation for our nation.

Against Trump and the Movement Toward Fascism and Genocide Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua Elections have consequences. The President matters! We are not at the proverbial crossroads. We’re far down the path toward fascism and genocide. However, it’s not too late to stop and reverse course. This moment is pregnant with possibilities. Protesters have seized the streets in hundreds of cities in the U.S. and worldwide. Monuments to Confederates and racists are being toppled all over the world. City councils across the U.S. are contemplating transforming the policing function. And a few led by Minneapolis intend to defund or dismantle the neo-slave patrols. Indeed, transforming policing opens a doorway to the reconstruction of the entire racist, capitalist, institutional complex of the U.S. empire. Unfortunately, the presidential

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