Meditations on Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: The War for the Cities

“Those who rule america are locked in battle with us, in a war for the cities. This war will decide america’s fate, and our own. America seeks to maintain control of the cities so that it can maintain its life. We seek control of the cities to use them in making a new life for ourselves. America wants to remain a nation, and we want to build a nation. America wants to suppress the new life, the creativity and independence which stirs within us. We intend to destroy the US as a nation which oppresses and exploits others, because this is the only way we can survive the present, and grow beyond survival to develop new ways of life.“ - James Yaki Sayles