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bookworm_077's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Beautiful written, very informative
gibles0207's review against another edition
5.0
4.5. Very good book, I usually don’t like autobiographies but this one was written much better than others. Loved how he broke down the ideology of the party and how it was applied. Entertaining and informative.
Edit: wrote the first part drunk, honestly pretty good but I genuinely think that Newton and his Black Panthers are so inspiring and their ideas about bringing about social change have a lot of merit in a society with such concentrated bourgeois power and a people blinded into apathy by the founding ideals that were never actually followed (America). I especially like the survival programs(mutual aid) and the idea of revolutionary suicide. Obv like meaning and existence is very confusing and I won’t say I’ve figured it out for myself but the idea of following through with your principles/ideologies in the face of death is pretty dope and in a sense is the most one person can do to create the society that they lived in.
Edit: wrote the first part drunk, honestly pretty good but I genuinely think that Newton and his Black Panthers are so inspiring and their ideas about bringing about social change have a lot of merit in a society with such concentrated bourgeois power and a people blinded into apathy by the founding ideals that were never actually followed (America). I especially like the survival programs(mutual aid) and the idea of revolutionary suicide. Obv like meaning and existence is very confusing and I won’t say I’ve figured it out for myself but the idea of following through with your principles/ideologies in the face of death is pretty dope and in a sense is the most one person can do to create the society that they lived in.
adforperu's review against another edition
5.0
The memoir of Black Panthers founder Huey P Newton. Newton writes in such a matter-of-fact way; he's not trying to win the reader over, he mostly doesn't play to his ego, he doesn't shy away from the negative aspects of this personality and history (or he simply doesn't recognise them). A large portion of the book follows his upbringing and what it meant to be a black person in America at that time. He sets up the foundations of the Black Panther party, the history of which I knew very little of. There's no lengthy diatribes throughout the book, Newton was a very clever and measured man who could leave his emotions at the door for the good of the party. There are many flaws to his character, and perhaps his stubbornness and tunnel vision helped the demise of the party more than he'd care to admit, but his ideology and the party's 10 point program of a better society is not as radical as some may lead one to believe. His writing of his trial is especially enthralling and given my lack of prior knowledge of the man, I was on the edge of my seat throughout. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the Black Panthers or purely just as the story and a complex and nuanced human being.
applesaucecreachur's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I think this is the first book I've read by a true radical, and it both fulfilled and evaded my expectations. Huey P. Newton's words challenged me. They presented the perspective of a Black man driven by love, pain, anger, and hope. He spat the law's own venom back at it and fearlessly paid the price.
Revolutionary Suicide is not entirely applicable in today's world. Still, it further affirms that we must remain rooted in community, humility, action, and the embodied knowledge of the oppressed to remake us. It also made reading sound like, really, really romantic.
Revolutionary Suicide is not entirely applicable in today's world. Still, it further affirms that we must remain rooted in community, humility, action, and the embodied knowledge of the oppressed to remake us. It also made reading sound like, really, really romantic.
libbyajt's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed this book. I learned so much. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn the history as it happened not as the history books say.
Pg 202 man tries to resolve the certainty of death through reversal by bringing it under control which is a form of the will to power. But since each man eventually gives up his life, death can be controlled only through the ongoing life of the people.
Pg 202 man tries to resolve the certainty of death through reversal by bringing it under control which is a form of the will to power. But since each man eventually gives up his life, death can be controlled only through the ongoing life of the people.