Unity and Struggle: 3 (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles) Paperback – 1 Jan. 1979

I found Mandela and Paulo Freire inspiring but Amilcar Cabral is without doubt the finest leader of the 20th Century that I am aware of, these writings reveal why. Enjoy, be inspired, let him enter your being then go out and transform the world;))

I highly recommend this for socialist activists and organizers, or for anyone fighting against colonialism in this time of solidarity with the Palestinian people. A “must read”.

This is a review of Amilcar Cabral’s Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings (Monthly Review Press, 1976)Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973) was the leader of national liberation struggle in ‘Portuguese’ Guinea (Guinea—Bissau) assassinated by agents of Portuguese imperialism on the eve of the Carnation Revolution and independence of the colonies. He is considered an important anticolonial thinker, one of the few African political leaders who combined practical action with theoretical inquiry. Not ambitious as a theorist, Cabral did advance theory although he could not systematically develop it under the circumstances of guerrilla war. His theories are explained in articles, addresses and speeches that touch upon socio-economic and political issues important for a country seeking political independence.According to Cabral, the yoke of colonialism can be thrown away only by a concentrated effort combining the armed, political, and ideological struggles. Radical nationalism shall not lead to isolationism, seclusion, negligence of international experience. Cabral believed that national liberation struggle should take account of all achievements of progressive revolutionary thought and practice and creatively apply them in given historical conditions. Therefore, Cabral-led African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde made great strides in the social transformations in the liberated areas, won over the population, gained international support for its cause, and was ultimately victorious.This book is a follow-up to Revolution in Guinea: Selected Texts and Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral published by Monthly Review Press in 1969 and 1973 correspondingly. The texts collected in this edition amount to some two-thirds of the French edition put out by François Maspero in 1975. ‘Unity and Struggle’, ‘Struggle of the People, by the People, for the People’ and ‘National Liberation and Culture’ are probably the most interesting pieces.

My Gun Club was in need of a third copy. I highly recommend this book for all Africans & people of the African Diaspora. I'm from Rio de Janeiro; & my Family from Cape Verde has inspired me to learn about Amílcar Cabral. If you liked "Unity & Struggle" please purchase "Resistance & Decolonization" also.

I came to read this book years after I should have. A South African this book is almost a bible among those who resisted apartheid. Reading it now, so many years after the end of apartheid, I find it has meaning to so many human rights struggles across the world. And even for those of us who live in the United States it is pertinent and timeless.

I read this book over 10 years ago and almost forgot how important Cabral was to the African Liberation movement. Here is an extraordinarily well written roadmap on how to organize and implement a successful revolution. A must read.