Ture Calls on All Blacks to Organize

Black Power leader Kwame Ture, formerly Stokely Carmichael, called upon Blacks to acquire political consciousness to organize the overthrow of capitalism--what he called "a backwards, stupid, vicious system doomed to fall."

"Capitalism doesn't allow free thinking," Ture said, adding, "Capitalism misleads people. It makes them think there are just ends." And since man has an inclination toward justice, he can easily fall prey to capitalism, he added.

Unity

Ture stressed the need for Black organization and political education during a speech delivered to about 300 at the Kennedy School Forum yesterday.

Addressing the Blacks in his audience, Ture said, "Your entire life is tied up to the destiny of your people." The audience applauded warmly. Ture stressed the importance of a political education and told Harvard Blacks that as the intelligentsia, they must educate the masses.

"Don't allow your young to be educated by the enemy," Ture said. He added that the youth should learn the skills of the enemy, but not the ideologies.

Ture said the biggest enemy of Africans in this country is the Democratic Party. He added that President Carter has done nothing to advance the position of Blacks.

Ture also called the media another enemy of the Black cause. "The American media has reactionary values," he said.

Ture said Blacks have always helped elect Democratic officials and have received nothing in return. He advised Blacks not to "go back to the '60s," but rather to deal with the America of 1980.

Ture is a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, a group which works toward Pan-Africanism--the total liberation, independence, and unification of Africa under scientific socialism.

Ture has served as national chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Ture was the originator of the term "Black Power".