On the Martial Races: Intercommunalism and the Militarized Proletariat
An analysis on the military situation of New Afrika and Black Americans connecting "Intercommunalism" (1974) by Huey P. Newton with its modern implications.
After the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Black men enlisted into the Union army in massive droves. The United States Colored Troops composed 10% of the Union forces and despite modern revision regarding the “progressive” role that the Union Army, let there be no doubt about the role that the USCT played in helping win a war that the North was getting ready to lose. Any rigorous analysis of history and military science proves that the USCT is the reason based on pure casualty numbers alone which denotes significance sacrifice to liberate enslaved Africans in America. The USCT occupies a role that should be viewed as the progenitor of the New Afrikan People’s Liberation Army.
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