Resistance
Vision of the Vanquished, or The Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 08/13/2010 - 13:26
This book (222pg) edited by the well known Indigenous Scholar Miguel Leon-Portillo is one of the rare books to tell the story of the rape and genocide of mexico from, not only the perspective of the victims, but actually in their words. The book contains several extracts from rare Aztec testimonies of the genocide of mexico, with short introductions by Leon-Portillo to explain the background and peculiarities of the given text.
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
RevSocialist اش... — Wed, 08/11/2010 - 17:09
This book (277pg) by Kenyan marxist Ngugi wa Thiong'o takes place after the end of the Mau Mau struggle. The book follows certain people and shows how they were affected by the "state of emergency" that the british colonialists declared during the Mau Mau struggle.
The Forest by William J Pomeroy
RevSocialist اش... — Wed, 08/11/2010 - 14:49
This book (220pg) by amerikan communist William Pomeroy is about the post-WWII armed struggle of the Filipino resistance group Hukbalahap (aka Huk) against the puppet Filipino governments that were simply the local running dogs of amerikkkan imperialism, and many of who were actually colonial officials during the period of amerikkkan colonial occupation and also during the fascist japanese occupation.
Johan Padan and the "Discovery" of the Americas by Dario Fo
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 04/30/2010 - 15:53
This play (109pg) by Dario Fo was written in the unconventional style which Fo himself first made popular, i.e. "narrative theatre" (teatro di narrazione). In such narrative plays, there is only one person, and there is no action or dress or background or anything like that, but just a narrator-actor telling a story, very similar to the popular storytelling which influenced Fo's style so much.
A Ride on the Whirlwind by Sipho Sepamla
RevSocialist اش... — Sat, 04/24/2010 - 13:59
This novel (241pg) by Black South African writer Sipho Sepamla, was written about the 1977 Soweto Uprising (they normally call them "riots" because the participants weren't white). It discusses both the students' movement which led the uprising, as well as the armed resistance groups which operated in South Africa during the period of white-rule (and now, thanks to the heroic sellout of Mandela, there is Black rule over economic apartheid, with the white torturers and murderers still free, and white ownership of an vastly unproportionate amount of land still continuing).
Declaration of War by the Revolutionary Peasants and Workers of the Mau Mau Resistance
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/20/2010 - 10:53
Declaration of War in Kenya
by The Revolutionary Peasants and Workers of the Mau Mau Resistance
When the war was declared in 1952
Our country was turned into a huge prison.
Innocent people, men, women and children,
Were herded into concentration camps,
Under all kinds of harsh repression.
Kenyan patriots were arrested and killed,
Thousands of others were subjected
To slow death in Manyani
And Mackinnon Road concentration camps.
KAU leaders were arrested
And taken to Kapenguria
Where they faced a Kangaroo court.
The Betrayer by the Revolutionary Peasants and Workers of the Mau Mau Resistance
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/20/2010 - 09:41
The Betrayer
by The Revolutionary Peasants and Workers of the Mau Mau Resistance
Long ago the British came upon us
With weapons of war
And they successfully fought us
And drove us out and took our land.
Go away, go away, you whites,
The time is soon coming
When you will be crying for mercy.
There is a great wailing
In the land of the African people
Because of land hunger.
The wise and even the foolish,
Who among you does not see
The overcrowding in our land?
You whites are like beasts in sheep's clothing
The Trial of Joan of Arc by Bertolt Brecht
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/13/2010 - 09:03
This short play (41pg) by Brecht is a beautiful play about one of the most well known resistance figures of Europe, Joan of Arc. She is often portrayed as insane, which is not surprising since any one who fought against british [brutish] imperialism was subject to demonization and dehumanization. In reality, Joan of Arc was an intelligent, brave, strong peasant girl, who began fighting against british imperialism and occupation when she was only sixteen. In the play you can see her intellect, and the court dialogue is kept very close or the same as what she said.
Senora Carrar's Rifles by Bertolt Brecht
RevSocialist اش... — Wed, 02/24/2010 - 20:13
This is a beautiful play (30pg – it takes place during the Spanish Revolution), and it is basically a theatrical presentation of the argument between advocates of non-violence, and advocates of real change, and real struggle (i.e. advocates of armed resistance).
Gandhi and the MYTH of non-violence
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:10
I was never a big supporter of Gandhi, or non-violence, but I did respect Gandhi for his resistance to British colonial rule. But after reading this pamphlet I have lost all respect in Gandhi and now actively dislike him for more than his stupid policy of non-violence. Even when I was a child I always liked the idea of the Sepoy Mutiny and Boxer Rebellion which were very violent. This pamphlet, which was put out by the Socialist Alternative (australia), argues very well against Gandhi’s actions, policies, and reactionary views.
