Intercommunalism

Intercommunalism is an ideology which was adopted by the Oakland chapter of the Black Panther Party after its turn away from revolutionary nationalism in 1970. Intercommunalists believe that most forms of nationalism are obsolescent, because international corporations and technologically advanced imperialist states have reduced most nations down to a series of discrete communities which exist to supply an imperial center, a situation called reactionary intercommunalism. They also believe this situation can be transformed into revolutionary intercommunalism and eventually communism if communities are able to link "liberated zones" together into a united front against imperialism.[1] According to Huey P. Newton the development of intercommunalism was necessary "because nations have been transformed into communities of the world."[2] Intercommunalism is a lesser-known aspect of the Panthers' legacy as much of its development occurred at the height of the party's suppression and reorientation towards survival programs.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Newton & Erikson 1973, p. 25–28.
  2. ^ Newton, Huey P. (December 2009). To Die for the People (Illustrated ed.). San Francisco, California: City Lights Publishers. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0872865297.
  3. ^ "Intercommunalism: The Late Theorizations of Huey P. Newton". 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ Narayan, John (April 2019). "Huey P. Newton's Intercommunalism: An Unacknowledged Theory of Empire". Theory, Culture & Society. 36 (3): 57–85. doi:10.1177/0263276417741348. ISSN 0263-2764. S2CID 149064484. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ Narayan, John (7 September 2017). "The wages of whiteness in the absence of wages: racial capitalism, reactionary intercommunalism and the rise of Trumpism". Third World Quarterly. 38 (11): 2482–2500. doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1368012. ISSN 0143-6597. S2CID 148611750. Retrieved 2 August 2021.