Only the People Make Revolutions: The Political Thought of Huey P. Newton

By John Narayan

Huey P. Newton has always been something of an intellectual enigma. Famous for co-founding the Black Panther Party in 1966 in Oakland, California, as a revolutionary leader he undertook armed resistance against the racist state. His role as a political theorist, however, remains unexamined.

Today, revolutionary theories of the Black Power movement are being reappraised by a new generation of scholars. Here, John Narayan reclaims Newton's place as one of the most neglected Neo-Marxists of the twentieth century.

By exploring Newton's unpublished archives, Narayan shows how he linked the oppression of Black Americans with the logic and machinations of a newly formed, US-enforced, global capitalist empire, long before others did, providing powerful insights into the nature of anti-racism and anti-imperialism which resonate deeply in today's age of capitalist crisis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745351689
• ISBN13: 9780745351681
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 160 Pages