• Melon [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    In early 1968, the [Black Panther] party sold copies of Mao's Little Red Book to university students in order to buy firearms. Soon thereafter, they made the book required reading and began adopting the Maoist “serve the people” model of political activity.

    The Black Panther Party could teach people how to read, starting with Mao and Marx.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Is he saying not to read any socialist literature? He runs a magazine that publishes socialist literature.