MXGM Self-Defence Manual

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Malcolm X Grassroots Movement March 2013
Closing Notes
Given the cold facts demonstrating the systemic genocide being perpetrated against New
Afrikan people, it is clear that we are in a state of war. In order to survive, and ultimately
thrive, we must move from the passive state of being “in war”, into the active, conscious, and
engaged state of being “at war”. To be “in war” means to be conscious of the aggressions
being waged against us, both by external forces, in our case the US government and
transnational corporations (i.e. capital), and internal forces as a result of the contradictions of
our oppression or at the bidding of our enemies, but to be in a state of active denial and
therefore unorganized to confront them. To be “at war” means to not only be conscious of
these threats but also to be organized to engage, counter, and overcome them.
We believe this handbook provides an outline for how we can move from the position of
being “in war”, to being proactively organized to defend our persons and our rights. We also
believe it provides a conceptual foundation for some of the basic infrastructure needed to
advance our struggle for national and social liberation. However, the structures and
institutions listed in this Handbook are in their elementary forms only vehicles of “survival
pending revolution” 31 . They are suggestions that provide means for us to push back and survive
the genocidal onslaughts being waged against us, but won’t eliminate them in and of
themselves.
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