Frantz Fanon

Brief piece on Frantz Fanon and his influence on anti-colonial and national liberation struggles, from The Trap.

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[fr3shboiijo]

what is the name of the movie shown here?

[cobrolchain2]

@fr3shboiijo The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

[redakaaaa]

this film is sheer colonial propoganda. Fanon was not a terrorist, he was a respected intellectual supported by amongst other Jean Paul Satre. long live Fanon. Shame on this filth.

[cobrolchain2]

@redakaaaa You're correct on that, which is why I didn't include the part where they compared Fanon's ideas to Pol Pot.

[khan0890]

is this from the power of nightmares?

[cobrolchain2]

I believe so, the programme went under a couple of different titles.

[docflyte]

I appreciate this video, not because i Algerian form Algiers, but because it makes a difference between a terrorism and fighting for freedom, ben Mhidi (an Algerian martyr who was arrested in battle of Algiers, says to the journalists about bombing and killing innocents : Give us you bomber (french) we will give our Bags (they usually use a bags fulfilled with a handmade bombs)

Regards

[docflyte]

@vivascargill1 Exactly, The Great Larbi Ben Mhidi

[vivascargill1]

i always hated sartre I think he was a coward he managed to miss even demonstrations--Fanon is important but if one has to pick non-algeriams then Alleg and Audin are more important that Fanon they were ready to die for algeria Audin did. Beware leftist intellectuals bit homage to those ready to die

[vivascargill1]

@docflyte you  mean the great Larbi ben m'hidi

[redword2007]

@fr3shboiijo

The Battle of Algiers.

[DJpopel]

The wretched of the earth is the ONE book that the white man DOES NOT WANT YOU TO READ.

(Im white by the way)

GLOBALSLAVEREVOLT 2011

peace

[mikezephyr]

for sure, it's an easy assessment when things are starkly black and white (no pun intended, of course!), like say the nazi occupation of poland, or the occupation of any number of african countries in the 20th century- violence meets counterviolence.

But my trouble is what about those enjoying the comfortable standards of living in the current political era, right now? How can you convince revolutionary action to people awash in convenience and illusions?