The Fred Hampton Reader

The Fred Hampton Reader is an essential collection of American political theory that shows the brilliance, theorycraft, and revolutionary prowess of Fred Hampton. At 21 years of age, Hampton would go on to become the Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party and found the Rainbow Coalition, effortlessly and unprecedentedly unifying America’s fractured racial groups towards one class struggle. Drawing from Marxist-Leninist theory, he led the Black Panther Party to become the revolutionary articulation of the American masses.This volume compiles Chairman Hampton’s insights, organizing strategies, and political philosophy, contextualizing his pivotal role in developing the American articulation of the mass-line vanguard party. At once a matter of history and a call to action, The Fred Hampton Reader offers vital lessons for today’s struggles, asserting that the real revolutionary force is strongest with its premises authentically rooted in the people. As Chairman Hampton declared, “If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.” Read more