IDEOLOGICAL TRAINING GUIDELINES

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TRAINING GUIDELINES FOR WORK STUDY GROUP

Work and Study group*

*Adapted and edited from the ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLES REVOLUTIONARY PARTYIDEOLOGICAL TRAINING GUIDELINES

The fundamental problem, which faces all African Islamic Peoples who are scatteredin every corner of the world, is our lack of political education, our lack ofmass, political organization and our lack of dedicated, Cadre. It is at root, anideological problem. The solution is equally, at root, ideological.

The main task is the ideological training of genuine, servants of Allah.Understanding that there is no limit to man or womans capacity to contribute tohumanity, the aim is to develop each of us to our fullest potential. This can onlybe done through ideological training, hence the necessity for the Ideological

Training.

From the very outset, the process of ideological training is a constant, permanent,

life-long, process and a necessity. Ideological training covers every aspect ofthe Person, It requires practice and perseverance, and can only be appreciatedon a long term basis through the qualitative and quantitative changes in thebehavior and life of the People.

Ideological training must be a continuous and permanent process if it is toachieve its goals. No change or worthwhile lesson can be drawn in the shortterm. Thus, the development of a caring consciousness, which is the primaryobjective of Ideological training, is a continuous process which involvesconstant development of theory and practice.

Ideological training is the means to realize this. It is the tool with which the

People can train themselves to think and act qualitatively different, and toreshape their lives so that the old backward ideas and practices can bereplaced.

Only man and woman with the help of Allah can transform society. This can only beaccomplished through consistent and systematic work. Many of us who want atransformation of Peoples exploitative conditions limit this desire to wishfulthinking. We fail to understand that we must work consciously and collectively inorder to liberate People. We must give time to our sacred cause, just like weregularly give time to work, school, television etc.

Only through consistent struggle for Peoples liberation can we become trulyresponsible human beings. This is why we know that the only way we can make a

genuine contribution to the Peoples progress is by being an active Member of anorganization which sees as its primary task and contribution, the education andorganization of the masses of the oppressed People.

We seek to identify, study and work with others who have a similar understandingof the nature of the tasks which confront us and an equal determination todo what is necessary to liberate and unite people.

JOIN OR HELP BUILD A STUDY CIRCLE!

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All prospective Members must join or help build Work-Study Circle and voluntarilyparticipate in the training process.

Consistent ideological education can insure that the proper directions and form canbe determined and fulfilled. Work and study are the primary means and obligationsof all.

Work-Study Circles are the primary Party unit for training. The overall objectiveof Work-Study Circles is to raise constantly the level of consciousness of thecircle member through collective work-study.

Work-Study Circles are planned sessions which seek to increase the Membersinterest and commitment in order to better enable them to help ensurevictory in our struggle against all forces which seek to exploit and oppressthe masses. Participation in Work-Study Circle meetings and activities is thefirst requirement.

At this level, Members are required to engage in serious study of theRequired Reading Materials.

The function and purpose of the is to train and develop at this stage of ourstruggle; serious, unselfish, hard-working Cadre capable of building anindependent movement dedicated to the masses of the oppressed.

Work-Study Circles are designed to:

1) Imbue the prospective Member with a genuine commitment to serve themasses of People through qualitatively increasing their understanding of andaccepting, practicing and implementing the ideology, objective, political lineand program.

2) Train and prepare serious, unselfish, sacrificing people.3) Develop a strong, undying love for Allah His messenger Muhammad (PBUH) andcommitment to help all oppressed peoples.

4) Inspire prospective members through raising their understanding, to higher andmore productive levels of work.

5) Develop a clear analysis and strong hatred for the oppressor and all that isassociated with the interest of the oppression.

6) Develop a conscientious attitude toward work.

7) Cultivate a strong sense of pride in being African/Afro-Caribbean Islamic people.8) Develop an understanding of and commitment to actively support the juststruggles of other oppressed and exploited Peoples in the world.

9) Imbue prospective members with a strong desire to learn more and use itselflessly to serve the People.

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10) Imbue prospective members with a deep sense of ideological conviction thatproduces an inseparable unity of thought and action, words and deeds, ideas andpractice.

Having finally, through long hard study, practice, commitment and sacrifice;

achieved the honor and obligation of becoming Cadre, there remains an even

longer and harder struggle to maintain ones Cadre status and to continually

develop to higher levels of understanding, practice and commitment.

The Training process of the Work-Study Circles is designed to ensure that members

and prospective Members begin to systematically develop their knowledge in the

following areas:

1) African Islamic History a brief outline of African Islamic history and a

methodology, which will enable us to properly interpret African history,

including a correct historical analysis of the historical, current and future role

which Africa plays in the world.

2) COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM, IMPERIALISM, ZIONISM, FEMINISM, ORIENTALISM

&WHITE SUPERMACY a brief introduction to the political economy of these

exploitative systems, and their historical development and impact on Africa.

All Work-Study Circles must follow a uniform set of procedures and rules which

include:

1) Members must read a minimum of five pages a day and spend an average of

five and a half (5 ) hours per week studying.

2) All Work-Study Circles must be kept small in numbers to insure proper

group dynamics and maximum collective study, discussion, interaction,

ideological struggle and accountability. Work-Study Circles should not have less

than three (3) and no more than thirteen (13) members.

3) Work-Study Circles must meet once a month. Meeting should last a minimum of

three (3) hours and a maximum of five (5) hours

4) Work-Study Circles are organized into three (3) sections:

a. Discussion of Required Reading Materials at least sixty percent (60%) of the

Work-Study Circle meeting time should be spent on this section. Each Circles

Member must take their turn in facilitating the Reading Material Discussion.

b. Discussion of World Geo-Political Affairs no more than twenty percent (20%) of

the Work-Study Circle Session should be spent on this section. The Program

Committee is responsible for ensuring the proper organization and facilitation of this

section. Each Circle member must take their turn in facilitating this section.

Discussion of Party Affairs no more than twenty percent (20%) of the Work-

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Study Circle meeting time should be spent on this section. Each Circle

Member must also take their turn helping facilitate this section.

5) Only primary source material can be used for study in both the Reading

Material and World Geo-Political Affairs sections of the Work-Study Circle

meeting. Each Work-Study Circle Member must take their turn facilitating the WorldGeo-Political Discussion section of the Work-Study Circle meetings.

6) All Work-Study Circle Members must help insure the development and

maintenance of proper Work-Study Circle records, one or two members in each

Work-Study Circle have the overall responsibility.

8) All Work-Study Members must help build by making input to and abiding by the

decisions, policies, rules and regulations. Implementation of the above is the only

procedure for building Work-Study Circles, at this time.

Step 2: Help Build the Work-shop

1) Each Work-shop must organize and coordinate an efficient system for collecting

research and information, developing and distributing mass educational and

organizing materials; recruitment and other organizing activities, programs and

events. It must also coordinate programs and activities to secure and raise

funds, resources and supplies; and to solidify relationships with our

Brother/Sister and Allied Organizations, etc.

2) Each chapter will elect a group amir and amirs for the Administration and work-

shop study.

STEP 3: HELP WORK AND BUILD GROUP

All members are required to work and help build the group. New recruits (less than

six months membership) are only required to do that work related to their Work-

Study Circle.

External Party work, activity, responsibilities and obligations for those

prospective members who have been in Work-Study Circle for more than six

months, include: distribution of propaganda materials and related activities,

recruitment, helping fund-raising, working with the partys Brother and Sister

and Allied Organizations, etc.

Through experience, we have found that work and study, both internal and

external demand the following minimum time weekly from each member.

The amount listed here is only an average. The actual amount fluctuates

depending on the quantity and quality of party work and activity and the

quantity and quality of party members in each area. Of course we know that

party work is all the time.

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To give an even better idea, the party estimates through experience that new

recruits (less than six months ) spend a minimum of 5 & hours per week

in preparation, study, work, meetings and other party activities. Party members

who have been in the party more than six months spend a minimum of 10 hours per

week doing party study and work. Party cadre spends 15 to 16 hours per week.

Party Coordinators spend about 20 hours per week. Central Committee Membersspend about 25 hours per week. All Work-Study Militants who have been in the

Party more than six (6) months are required to spend a minimum of three (3)

hours per week doing external, campus work. Cadre is required to spend a

minimum of five (5 to 6) hours each week.

STEP 4: STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT THE OBJECTIVE,

IDEOLOGY, POLITICAL LINE, PROGRAM AND RULES

STEP 5: COMPLETE THE WORK-STUDY CIRCLE PHASE OF THE IDEOLOGICAL

TRAINING PROCESS

Work-Study members are eligible to become cadre, full members upon completion

of the Work-Study Phase of the Training Process. In order to become cadre, you

must:

1) Have been a member of a Work-Study Circle a minimum of two (2) years.

2) Demonstrate a commitment to the Work-Study Circle, objective and line

and a clear understanding of the necessity to struggle, study and work to helpbuild the group. You must also be disciplined and willing to abide by, help

determine and implement policies, rules and regulations.

READING MATERIAL WORK-STUDY LIST A WORK IN PROGRESS:

AFRICAN AND ISLAMIC HISTORY:

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, By Malcolm X & Alex Haley

MALCOLM X TALKS TO YOUNG PEOPLE, By Malcolm X

MALCOLM X ON AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY, By Malcolm X

MALCOLM X THE LAST SPEECHES, By Malcolm X

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY MALCOLM X

THE FINAL SPEECHES, By Malcolm X

THE END OF WHITE WORLD SUPERMACY, By Malcolm X

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MALCOLM X SPEAKS AT HARVARD, Edited By Archie Epps

THE JUDAS FACTOR: EXPOSED THE TRUTH BEHIND THE PLOT TO KILL MALCOLM X,

By Karl Evanzz

THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOM X, By George Breitman, Herman Porter & Baxter

Smith

CONSPIRACYS: UNRAVELLING THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X, By Baba Zak A

Kando

HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AFRICA, Edited by Nehemia Levtzion & Randall L. Pouwels

CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND THE NEGRO RACE, By Edward W. BLYDEN

GLORY OF THE BLACK RACE OVER THE WHITE RACE (KITAB FAKHR AS-SUDAN ALA

AL-BIDAN), By Al-Jahiz

IN THE HEART OF A WEST AFRICAN ISLAICM REVIVAL (SHAYKH UTHMAN DAN

FODIO), 1774-1804, BY DR Abdulla Hakim Quick

THE INTELLECTUAL ORIGIN OF ISLAMIC JIHAD IN NIGERIA, By Ahmed Mohammed

Kani

DEEPER ROOTS, By DR Abdulla Hakim Quick

A GLORIOUS AGE IN AFRICA, By Daniel Chu & Elliot Skinner

AFRICAN MUSLIMS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA, by Allan D. Austin

AFRICAN AMERICAN ISLAM, By Aminah Beverly McCloud

ISLAM AND THE BLACK AMERICAN, By Sherman Jackson

THE BLACK MUSLIMS IN AMERICA, By C. Eric Lincoln

THE STORY OF THE MOORS IN SPAIN, By Stanley Lane-Poole

THE STORY OF THE MOORS AFTER SPAIN, by Stanley Lane-Poole

GOLDEN AGE OF THE MOOR, Edited by Ivan Van Sertima

THE STORY OF ISLAMLIC SPAIN, By Syed Azizur Rahman

MOORISH SPAIN, By Richard Fletcher

NIGERIA AND SHARIAH, By Ghazali Basri

IBN BATTUTA IN BLACK AFRICA, By Said Hamdun & Noel King

ISLAMS BLACK SLAVES, By Ronald Segal

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SLAVERY AND ISLAM, By Maulana Saeed Ahmad

ISLAM AND THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN NATIONHOOD, By Dennis Walker

AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY EUROPE, Edited by Ivan Van Sertima

AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY ASIA, Edited by Ivan Van Sertima

AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY AMERICA, Edited by Ivan Van Sertima

AFRICA AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, By Leo Wlener

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN CIVILISATIONS, By John G. Jackson

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE AFRIKAN HOLOCAUST, By Dr. John Henrik Clarke

FIFTY DAYS ON BOARD A SLAVE VESSEL, By Pascoe G. Hill

KEBUKA!, By Mwalimu K. Bamani Baruti

COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM, IMPERIALISM, ZIONISM, FEMINISM,

ORIENTALISM &WHITE SUPERMACY:

FOR WHITES ONLY, By Robert W. Terry

WHITE WOMENS RIGHTS: THE RACIAL ORIGINS OF FEMINISM IN THE UNITED

STATES, By Louise Michele Newman

REVEALING WHITNESS: THE UNCONSCIOUS HABITS OF RACIAL PRIVILEGE, By

Shannon Sullivan

WHITE PRIVILEGE, By Paula S. Rothenberg

THE BIRTH OF WHITNESS, Edited By Daniel Bernardi

CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD, CLASSIC WHITNESS, Edited By Daniel Bernardi

TOMS, COONS, MULATTOES, MAMMIES AND BUCKS, By Donald Bogle

PROPAGANDA, INC., By Nancy Snow

CULTURE AND IMPERALISM, By Edward W. Said

THE HEART OF WHITNESS, By Robert Jensen

WHITEOUT, Edited By Ashley W. Docre & Eduardo Banilla-Silva

THE RISING TIDE OF COLOUR AGAINST WHITE WORLD SUPERMACY, By Lothrop

Stoddard

THE ICEMAN INHERITANCE, By Michael Bradley,

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THE SEX IMPERATIVE, By Mwalimu K. Bamani Baruti

CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY, by Eric Williams

HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA, by Walter Rodney

SUDAN THE CHRISTIAN DESIGN, BY Hassan Makki Mohamed Ahmed

WHERE VULTURES FEAST, By Ike Okonta & Oronto Douglas

THE NEXT GULF, By Andy Rowell, James Marriott & Lorne Stockman

ISLAM AND THE RACE QUESTION, By DR Abdul Aziz Kamel

ISLAM AND ORIENTALISM, By Maryam Jameelah

CHALLENGING THE NEW ORIENTLISM, By M. Shahid Alam

SUBVERTING ISLAM: THE ROLE OF THE ORIENTALIST CENTRES, By DR AhmadGhorab

ORIENTALISM, by Edward W. Said

COVERING ISLAM, by Edward W. Said

BLACK SKINS WHITE MASKS, By Frantz Fannon

THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, By Frantz Fannon

A DYING OF COLONIALISM, By Frantz Fannon

THE IDEOLOGY OF RACISM, By Samuel Kennedy Yeboah

RACISM A SHORT HISTORY, By George M. Fredrickson

BREAKING THE CHAINS OF PSYCHOLOGY SLAVERY, By Naim Akbar Ph.D

POST TRAUMATIC SLAVERY DISORDERY, By Omar G. Reid, Sekou Mims & Larry

Higginbottom

THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO, By Carter G Woodson

RACE CODE WAR, By Khari Enaharo

THE PSYCHOPATHIC RACIAL PERSONALITY, By Bobby E. Wright

THE NAME NEGRO ITS ORIGIN AND EVIL USE, By Richard B. Moore

BREAKING THE CURSE OF WILLIE LYNCH, By Alvin Morrow

FALSIFICATION OF AFRIKAN CONSCIOUSNESS, By Amos N. Wilson

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BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE, By Amos N. Wilson

500 YEARS OF EUROPEAN BEHAVIOR, By Nana Ekow Butwelku

SLAVERY: THE AFRICAN ANERICAN PSYCHIC TRAUMA, By Sultan A Latif & Naimah

Latif

THE COLONIZER AND THE COLONIZED, By Alber Memmi

GLOBALISATION OR RECOLONISATION?, By Ali Mohammadi & Mohammed Ahsan

THE THIRTEENTH TRIBE, By Arthur Koestler

CHOSEN PEOPLE FROM THE CAUCASUS, by Michael Bradley

THE SECRET RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BLACKS AND JEWS VOL 1 & 2, by Nation of

Islam

PUBLISH IT NOT, By CHRISTOPHER MAYHEW & MICHAEL ADAMS

THEY DARE TO SPEAK OUT, By Paul Findley

THE POWER OF ISRAEL IN THE UNITED STATES, By James Petras

FAITHFUL TRIANGLE, By Noam Chomsky

A HISTORY OF ZIONISM, By Walter Laqueur

THE CULTURE OF CRITIQUE, BY Kevin MacDonald

ZIONISM: THE MYTH AND THE REALITY, By Ismail Zayid

WALL STREET AND THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLOUTION, By Antony C. Sutton

WALL STREET AND THE RISE OF HITLER, By Antony C. Sutton

DARK ALLIANCE, By Gary Webb

TRILATERALISM, Edited By Holy Sklar

BEYOND CHUTZPAH, By Norman Finkelstein

COINTELPRO PAPERS, By Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Hill

AGAINST EMPIRE, By Michael Parenti

KILLING HOPE, By William Blum

ROGUE STATE, By William Blum

ON THE JUSTICE OF ROOSTING CHICKENS, By Ward Churchill

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BLOWBACK, By Chalmers Johnson

DEATH OF AMERICAN EMPIRE, By Reginald Muatta Ashby

THE PASSION OF THE WESTERN MIND, By Richard Tarnas

HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES, By Susan GeorgeTHE PRINCE, By Niccolo Machiavelli

LATE VICTORIAN HOLOCASTS, By Mike Davis

IRAQ, INC., By Pratap Chatterjee

PIRATES & EMPERORS, By Noam Chomsky

ROGUE STATES, By Noam Chomsky

DETERRING DEMOCRACY, By Noam Chomsky

HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL, By Noam Chomsky

WHAT UNCLE SAW REALLY WANTS, By Noam Chomsky

THE BEST DEMORACY MONEY CAN BUY, By Greg Palsat

THE NEW RULERS OF THE WORLD, By John Pilger

THE GRAND CHESSBOARD, By Zbigniew Brezezinski

THE PAINFUL DEMISE OF EUROCENTRISM, By Molefi Kete Asante

UNTHINKING EUROCENTRISM, By Ellah Shahat & Robet Stam

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