“I don’t want to read leftist theory it’s all written by old white men” FANON IS RIGHT THERE
I understand not wanting to read theory because it’s exclusive, elitist, or just plain hard to understand, but I’m begging you to please give Fanon’s work a read if you can. Especially if your argument for not reading theory is the quote above.
Honestly there is so much theory that is not written by old white men.
I’d also recommend Davis for leftists theory written in an accessible way by a woman of colour.
Additional theorists:
- CLR James
- José Carlos Mariátegui
- George Padmore
- Huey Newton
- Che Guevara
- Angela Davis
- Ho Chi Minh
- Alexandra Kollontai
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Mao Tse-tung
- Walter Rodney
Just some of the ones accessible on marxists.org for free. This small list doesn’t even include momentous figures like Castro, Lumumba, and Sankara or other writers like Federici, Shakur, Butler, or Lorde.
- Amilcar Cabral
- Julius Nyerere
- Safiya Bukhari
- Bell Hooks
- AbdulRahman Mohammed Babu
- Sanyika Shakur
- Dhoruba Bin Wahad
- Mumia Abu Jamal
- Paulo Friere
- Amié Césaire
- Robin D.G. Kelley
I will add more to the list and links later.