Max Sawicky wrote:
> For what it's worth, I think Louis and Ken are
> mostly right on Malcolm X and JH and Rakesh
> mostly wrong.
>
> Like Jesus, everybody thinks they own him.
And everybody thinks he (they? are you trying to teach me bad English?) can use him, but only after he was crucified for the wrong reasons.
> But the real Malcolm ought to be of some
> current as well as historical interest. As
> LP emphasizes, his development is key.
For those who saw "The Battle of Algier" which follows the gradual radicalization of an average man will undrstand this point. It is the linking of seemingly non-political issues surrounding daily life with an awarenss of the larger awareness of revolutioanry struggle that makes figures like Malcomb X important.
Henry