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[BEST OF] Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 159 minutes

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Aug 1, 2019

Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss the one and only Malcolm X. In this episode, we honor the life, legacy, and radical clarity of Malcolm X, one of the most fearless and honorable figures in the struggle for Black liberation. From his early years shaped by systemic racism and incarceration, to his rise as a powerful voice within the Nation of Islam, and finally to his global awakening and revolutionary vision in the last years of his life—we trace the evolution of a profoundly courageous man who refused to be silenced. We dive into his speeches, his politics, his personal life, and the enduring impact of his message: one of dignity, self-determination, and uncompromising truth.

Find Chuka and his work here: http://www.chukaejeckam.com/

If you liked this episode, check out our other episode on Fred Hampton featuring Chuka here: 
http://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton

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0:00.0

And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat or a Republican nor an American.

0:07.0

I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy.

0:12.0

You and I have never seen democracy. All we've seen is hypocrisy.

0:23.9

We don't see any American dream.

0:27.2

We've experienced only the American nightmare.

0:34.6

And the generation that's coming up now can see it.

0:36.6

And I'm not afraid to say it.

0:39.3

If you go to jail, so what? If if you blank you were born in jail if you black you were born in jail if you black you were born in

0:51.2

the north as well as the south stop talking about the south

0:56.5

long as you south of the canadian border you're sound this is why i say it's the ballot or the

1:10.6

bullet it's liberty or it's dead this is why i say it's the ballot or the bullet.

1:11.6

It's liberty or it's dead.

1:14.6

It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.

1:17.6

America today in a unique situation.

1:32.3

Historically, revolutions are bloody.

1:35.3

Oh yes, they are.

1:37.3

They have never had a bloodless revolution.

1:41.3

Or a non-violent revolution.

1:43.3

That don't happen even in Hollywood.

1:50.0

You don't have a revolution in which you love your enemy.

1:55.0

And you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system of exploitation to integrate you into it.

2:02.6

Revolutions overturn systems.

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