Part 2
Part 2
Primitive accumulation," as described by Marx, was Africans and other oppressed people's bodies, lands and resources
The Chairman notes that Karl Marx described the birth of capitalism as the “primitive accumulation” of capital. The Chairman quotes Marx:
“The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and looting of the East Indies, the turning of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black skins, signalized the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production. These idyllic proceedings are the chief momenta of primitive accumulation.”
Marx said that primitive accumulation played “in political economy about the same part as original sin in theology.” The Chairman shows that what Marx called the primitive accumulation was not a “theory” or economic process. It was African and oppressed human beings ourselves and our civilizations, culture and independence that have been destroyed for more than 500 years.
African and oppressed peoples were locked into a process that pushed us backwards into poverty, oppression, powerlessness and misery, while the same process catapulted Europe forward into wealth, education, democracy and power at our expense. Capitalism is seen by Europeans as being “progressive,” but what is progressive for Europeans is oppressive for us.
Despite Marx’s acknowledgement of the process primitive accumulation, the Chairman points out that Marx came to the wrong conclusion about this question. Marx had the worldview of a middle class white man in 19th century Europe. He could not see that primitive accumulation reflected the real conditions of the majority of humanity.
Marx was wrong. He could not see that African and other oppressed peoples make up the pedestal upon which capitalism sits. The rape of Africa is the cornerstone of imperialism’s stolen wealth, making African workers the leading force in the struggle against capitalism—not white workers located inside of Europe.
"The road to socialism is painted black"
The Chairman says, “The road to socialism is painted black.” The essence of class struggle in the whole world is not between white workers and the white ruling class. It is concentrated in the struggle against colonialism. This is why the African People’s Socialist Party is the party of the African working class and why African workers lead the worldwide struggle to defeat parasitic capitalism and imperialism.
Only the Party was able to scientifically analyze the material basis of white opportunism as lying in the fact that all white people exist on a pedestal of African oppression. White people have always attempted to solve their contradictions with their ruling class at the expense of colonized peoples not in solidarity with them.
Based on our theory, the Party successfully formed the African People’s Solidarity Committee under the Party’s leadership with the job to take African Internationalism into the white communities, winning other white people to recognize their interest in standing in solidarity with the movement for the liberation of Africa and African people everywhere.
Uhuru!
Part 2
Primitive accumulation," as described by Marx, was Africans and other oppressed people's bodies, lands and resources
The Chairman notes that Karl Marx described the birth of capitalism as the “primitive accumulation” of capital. The Chairman quotes Marx:
“The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and looting of the East Indies, the turning of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black skins, signalized the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production. These idyllic proceedings are the chief momenta of primitive accumulation.”
Marx said that primitive accumulation played “in political economy about the same part as original sin in theology.” The Chairman shows that what Marx called the primitive accumulation was not a “theory” or economic process. It was African and oppressed human beings ourselves and our civilizations, culture and independence that have been destroyed for more than 500 years.
African and oppressed peoples were locked into a process that pushed us backwards into poverty, oppression, powerlessness and misery, while the same process catapulted Europe forward into wealth, education, democracy and power at our expense. Capitalism is seen by Europeans as being “progressive,” but what is progressive for Europeans is oppressive for us.
Despite Marx’s acknowledgement of the process primitive accumulation, the Chairman points out that Marx came to the wrong conclusion about this question. Marx had the worldview of a middle class white man in 19th century Europe. He could not see that primitive accumulation reflected the real conditions of the majority of humanity.
Marx was wrong. He could not see that African and other oppressed peoples make up the pedestal upon which capitalism sits. The rape of Africa is the cornerstone of imperialism’s stolen wealth, making African workers the leading force in the struggle against capitalism—not white workers located inside of Europe.
"The road to socialism is painted black"
The Chairman says, “The road to socialism is painted black.” The essence of class struggle in the whole world is not between white workers and the white ruling class. It is concentrated in the struggle against colonialism. This is why the African People’s Socialist Party is the party of the African working class and why African workers lead the worldwide struggle to defeat parasitic capitalism and imperialism.
Only the Party was able to scientifically analyze the material basis of white opportunism as lying in the fact that all white people exist on a pedestal of African oppression. White people have always attempted to solve their contradictions with their ruling class at the expense of colonized peoples not in solidarity with them.
Based on our theory, the Party successfully formed the African People’s Solidarity Committee under the Party’s leadership with the job to take African Internationalism into the white communities, winning other white people to recognize their interest in standing in solidarity with the movement for the liberation of Africa and African people everywhere.
Uhuru!
