“The peasants and workers of Europe (and eventually the inhabitants of the whole world) paid a huge price so that the capitalists could make their profits from the human labor that always lies behind the machines. That contradicts other facets… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“In a way, underdevelopment is a paradox. Many parts of the world that are naturally rich are actually poor and parts that are not so well off in wealth of soil and sun-soil are enjoying the highest standards of living.… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“From the beginning, Europe assumed the power to make decisions within the international trading system. An excellent illustration of that is the fact that… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
If there is to be any proving of our humanity it must be by revolutionary means — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Ethnic differences exist; of course they exist on the African continent. They are not necessarily political differences, however. They don't necessarily cause people to… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“The peasants and workers of Europe (and eventually the inhabitants of the whole world) paid a huge price so that the capitalists could make… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“In a way, underdevelopment is a paradox. Many parts of the world that are naturally rich are actually poor and parts that are not… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor. — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“Many guilty consciences have been created by the slave trade. Europeans know that they carried on the slave trade, and Africans are aware that… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
“Development means a capacity for self-sustaining growth. It means that an economy must register advances which in turn will promote further progress. The loss… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
