Course Description

The world today is confronted with many dangers—an insatiable capitalist system that devours lives and resources, sows imperialist wars, and attempts to reverse the many advances made in the past decades against the system of white supremacy and racial discrimination. But in the uncertainty of the coming period lies revolutionary potential. The mask of benevolence has fallen from the face of the current system, giving urgency to the building of something new, a future forged through organized struggle, solidarity, and internationalism. The Black liberation struggle, the heart of the revolutionary struggle in the United States historically and today, shows us that even in the face of overwhelming oppression, the seeds of revolution are always present.

This course is not an academic exercise; it is a workshop for revolutionaries. We will immerse ourselves in the history of the Black liberation struggle, not as spectators but as participants in its ongoing development. Rising from the rebellions of Africans enslaved on the brutal plantations of the Americas, the Black liberation struggle has continued to confront the forces of empire, propelling revolutionary movements forward and igniting hope across continents. The movement for true liberation teaches us that the exploited have always dared to imagine and fight for a future beyond the narrow, suffocating logic of profit and plunder.

But history is not enough. To honor the revolutionary spirit of this struggle, we must sharpen our analysis of the current moment. What does it mean to organize for liberation in a time of escalating inequality and imperialist violence? How do we build movements capable of breaking the stranglehold of capital and empire? And how can we root our actions in the principles of solidarity, multinational unity, and the unwavering pursuit of justice?

This course is a call to action. The future remains unwritten, and it is ours to shape, armed with the lessons of those who dared to resist and the vision of a liberated world.