Today, the world remembers the heroic legacy of Malcolm X on the 101st anniversary of his birth. Although his life was cut short by an assassin’s bullet in 1965, his life and ideas continue to shape generation after generation of freedom fighters. His uncompromising commitment to the cause of Black liberation remains a model in the struggle to overthrow the system of white supremacy that continues today.
Malcolm X was a firm anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist. He understood that the ruling class that so brutally exploits people here in the United States also operated a global empire to loot the wealth of the whole world. His words are as insightful today as they were 60 years ago.