Watch the trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah, a movie about the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther Party. Starrin...
Looks kinda good honestly. I wonder if the words "socialist" or "marxist" or "communist" will make an appearance.
Lenin also said, "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." You're probably right though. This will play out more like the opening of State and Revolution - with a blunting of Hampton's revolutionary character and perversion of his message.
That said, it is amusing to see more "radical" publications springing up. I think there is a real anarchy of production going on here. There is a growing revolutionary counterculture, and with it, a growing untapped market for revolutionary cultural products and materials. While Condé Nast is shutting down forums with a revolutionary edge on Reddit, they are allowing glowing praise of Marx to be published in Teen Vogue. We have a growing cottage industry of leftist magazines, podcasts, and film springing up. Some of it is legitimate agitation, while some of it is nothing more than capitalists trying to commodify an untapped market (i.e. Ché Guevara tee shirts). There is a lot of potential for opportunism here, and we should hesitate to embrace any of it, but it is fascinating to watch.
Lenin also said, "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." You're probably right though. This will play out more like the opening of State and Revolution - with a blunting of Hampton's revolutionary character and perversion of his message.
That said, it is amusing to see more "radical" publications springing up. I think there is a real anarchy of production going on here. There is a growing revolutionary counterculture, and with it, a growing untapped market for revolutionary cultural products and materials. While Condé Nast is shutting down forums with a revolutionary edge on Reddit, they are allowing glowing praise of Marx to be published in Teen Vogue. We have a growing cottage industry of leftist magazines, podcasts, and film springing up. Some of it is legitimate agitation, while some of it is nothing more than capitalists trying to commodify an untapped market (i.e. Ché Guevara tee shirts). There is a lot of potential for opportunism here, and we should hesitate to embrace any of it, but it is fascinating to watch.