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The American Nightmare: 20th Century U.S. History, Red Scares, & Fred Hampton

Revolutionary Left Radio

CHAPTER

The Contradiction Between Malcolm X and the White Establishment

Malcolm X was simultaneously of a real threat to the white establishment, but also a bit of a gift because when he before he starts weaving in interracial solidarity and starts taking note of anti imperialist struggles. And so you can put that on the TV screen, show tens of millions of white people, "This is the real face of the civil rights movement" That could really scare white people into even disowning the more peaceful MLKs, right? So it's very interesting to see how every time these figures cross that line and start basing their stuff on multiracial class solidarity is when they are ultimately targeted for death.

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