![]() ![]() ![]() The full phrase in English goes “Arise ye wretched of the earth / For justice thunders condemnation / A better world’s in birth!” The book’s title is taken from Eugène Pottier’s 1871 “Internationale,” the song considered the anthem of left-wing parties worldwide and used as the official national anthem of the Soviet Union until 1944. His analysis of the problems facing colonized societies culminates in the total rejection of European values through a cathartic violent struggle against the oppressors. ![]() Inspired by Marxist and Leninist ideas, Fanon adapts the notions of class struggle and social justice to the racialized colonial context. The book also marks a turn in Fanon’s thinking from his earlier preoccupation with the problems of Blackness and Black oppression to a wider, global take on the struggle between Western countries and their colonies. Written at the height of the Algerian War of Independence, Wretched of the Earth presents an analytical exploration of the inner workings and various stages of the decolonization process, as well as an impassioned apology for the need for violence in the anticolonial struggle. ![]()
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