A review by averyjpub
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This book in an autobiographical look into the life of Huey P Newton and the formation of the Black Panther Party. It was inspiring to see the the formation of the Black radical ideas that shaped the nation in ways this nation tries to ignore to this day. It was a step by step guide on how we too, can bring about revolutionary change that centers and moves the people. I think the most important part of this book for me was the disappointment I experienced reading some parts that felt entirely irrelevant and other parts that reminded me that even with the right ideology HPN was first and foremost a human being as fallible as the rest of us. Movements tend to lionize leaders and HPN laid his life out in such a way that he showed he wasn’t above making mistakes and that he still had so many areas in which to grow his praxis such as around women and gay rights/inclusion/politics. I appreciate beyond words the gift of organizing Huey left in these pages and I’m ready to help continue to move some mountains. A must read for all organizers.