Eldridge Cleaver: post-prison writings and speeches

by v, Robert Scheer

Cleaver

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays

Hardcover

First published February 1, 1969

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an essential read for anyone who's ever read Soul on Ice or been interested in Cleaver's opinions. This collection runs the gamut, from his more militant "The Land Question and Black Liberation" to the more complex and thoughtful interview with Playboy magazine in '68. It all validated even more my opinion that Cleaver represents a movement that was much more complicated than our history book and period criticism admit.

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Universal and common themes. In an effort to focus on the goal of his activism, I'm trying to avoid too much biography on Cleaver. However, it is inevitable to learn the facts between his past rape convictions. I'm trying to work on dealing with the appreciation of the moral insights affecting humanity from the body of a man who once viewed rape as an act against an oppressive society.

[Laura]

debo confesar que dudaba en leer a este autor, ya que mientras leía Mujeres Raza y Clase de Angela Davis ésta menciono que era un violador y que justo lo afirmaba el mismo, y después que se paso al partido republicano contradiciendo sus ideales , lo cual me hizo ruido porque ambos lucharon a favor de los derechos de los afroamericanos y pues tenían sus diferencias, bueno lo que rescato son aquellos detalles que solo la comunidad afroamericana conoce , es decir, musica, escritores, localidades etc menciona algunas en sus escritos.
me lleve una multota por no renovarlo jeje

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cooked on this for a while but this is a really fascinating look into Eldridge Cleaver. Standouts are the Playboy Interview, The Land Question and Black Liberation, Affidavit #2: Shootout in Oakland. But the whole thing is great. Learned a lot, this was my first Cleaver but I'm excited to crack open my copy of Soul on Ice. I can see why this guy helped radicalize a generation.

[Seth Shimelfarb-Wells]

Haven’t finished them all but the Nat Hentoff interview is insane. Cleaver handles himself so well and it’s so interesting to read such glaringly violent optimism…even if it wasn’t all figured it out yet. Fuck COINTELPRO. The essay about him meeting Huey for the first time is also incredible. I rec this so much more than soul on ice

[eleanor]

Incredible read which provides great insight in Cleaver’s inner workings, naturally
highlights why he was such a strong revolutionary figure.
The passage on Israel aged incredibly poorly and I personally have trouble reconciling the serial rapes of black and white women with everything else, though I acknowledge it’s all related.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing new as I still remember most of what went on back then but It was interesting to find that my feelings are so different today from back then. I was stupid and biased , Thank God we learn with age or most of us do.

[Pablo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lectura necesaria para comprender la parte más ideologica de los planteamientos de los Pantera. Si bien la traducción es un poco floja (Ed. Siglo XXI, 1970), cumple de forma de permitir entender lo planteado.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eldridge Cleaver was involved with the Black Panthers and advocated black supremecy and seperation from the whites.