On Lumpen Ideology by Eldridge Cleaver, Journal Article.

Title: On Lumpen Ideology by Eldridge Cleaver, Journal Article.
Date: 1972
Creator: Eldridge Cleaver
Description: A journal article originally published in The Black Scholar in 1972. In the article, former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver writes about Black liberation and the lumpenproletariat. Marx and Engels identified the lumpen as the underclass devoid of class consciousness. Cleaver, however, argues that the class can be organized and used in the movement.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Black power; Resistance; Economics
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP)
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.28
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0763
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Originally published in The Black Scholar, Nov.-Dec. 1972.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson