Fred Hampton Speaks

by Anarchist Black Cross Chicago, Fred Hampton

As a start to the Chicago Anarchist Black Cross zine project, we’re releasing a zine series in honor of Black August. Each one will feature the words of a key figure in the Black revolutionary tradition. Many of these are an attempt to respond to frequent requests we receive from prisoners who write to our zine distro. For our very first release, we present four speeches by Chicago’s own Fred Hampton.

This publication was requested by one of the Vaughn 17 who are currently being charged in connection with the uprising that took place at Delaware’s James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in February of 2017. We published and circulated a zine of their writings, which will be featured here in a separate post.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

49 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[mUdd · Rating 5 out of 5]

All power to all people!!!

[James Renaghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much passion and vigour in his speeches, his murder was a devastating setback for the working class.

[Gwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

While not super theory heavy or anything Fred is great at putting Marxist concepts into common speak for people to understand better. Fred is very clear also that you need theory and practices and gives examples of the Party doing just that. A good read for sure. Fred is a great orator.

[Joeybenton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short read, only about 50 pages, of a speech by Fred Hampton. Succinct and to the point. Serves as a good introduction to people interested in the Black Panther Party and Fred Hampton. Rest in Power

[jas · Rating 5 out of 5]

"You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution"

[Jordan Ferrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Judas and the Black Messiah cut together a couple of these speeches, leaving out some of the harsher and more controversial aspects of Hampton's ideology. This book was an interesting historical resource that will certainly give me a better understanding of the Black Panther Party and the ideology it espoused, and it was interesting drawing comparisons between this book's structure and ideology, and "Quotations from Chairman Mao." I think this would be best paired with contemporary speeches from civil rights leaders, as well as Huey Newton's Revolutionary Suicide, rather than viewed in a vacuum on its own.