--- product_id: 4818210 title: "Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)" price: "£20.63" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4818210-revolutionary-suicide-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) **Price:** £20.63 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - **How much does it cost?** £20.63 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4818210-revolutionary-suicide-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in a dazzling graphic package Tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America's Black Panther Party. From Newton's impoverished childhood on the streets of Oakland to his adolescence and struggles with the system, from his role in the Black Panthers to his solitary confinement in the Alameda County Jail, Revolutionary Suicide is unrepentant and thought-provoking in its portrayal of inspired radicalism. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Review: Review - Huey Newton was not an exceptionally bright man. As he acknowledges his IQ was ranked at 74 (albeit, the ability of the IQ test to really get at the ingenious essence of man is dubious). His philosophy, and philosophizing, is frequently superficial, layman, and lacking depth. To top it off, one would have to be extremely credulous to walk away from this book believing a lot of the things Huey Newton says, ranging from his deep understanding of analytic philosophy, to dialectical materialism guiding his praxis, from his lack of toleration for all drugs, and his ability to keep calm in the face of pressure, I can safely say, I disbelieve all of it. But what I don't disbelieve is that blacks in the United States have grown up under violently racist conditions, treated as barbarians, ignoramuses, and 3rd class citizens, barely worthy of anything tangible outside of slave shackles. Blacks have been and are tar and feathered in a school system that has no patience for them, and ridiculed and sacked in a capitalist market that only exploits racism as a means for paying whites less because a black men will do the work for less than subsistence wages. This is a system that thrives off inhumane forces that quell any chance of autonomy and dignity, and Huey Newton was first and foremost a victim, before he was a revolutionary. The real exceptional fact of Newton's life is that, as he remarks, despite his Fathers three jobs (of which he always losing and being hired on to new ones), and his seven or eight siblings, he had a loving family, and parents who were committed to doing the best they possibly could, with means they never had enough of. Huey grew up in the kitchen; that was his room, and yet for him, this was totally normal. Unsurprisingly given the racist country he lived in, with the exploitative market that surrounded him, where the only sense of gratification can be found in consumption after exploitative production, and a worthless education where he never learned to read, Newton was basically a delinquent, fighting, stealing cars, hustling, etc. Then he had the bright idea to force himself to read Plato, ten times, until he felt he was both literate, and able to comprehend the material, albeit superficially. The spark reading gave Huey, the craving for more, of something better (which is really all philosophy is), turned him into a passionate revolutionary, who although no erudite, warrants nothing but praise for surmounting insurmountable circumstances, and creating the Black Panther Party. Huey actively taught his community, and black communities outside his own city, how to legally arm themselves, learn the law, and defend themselves - as a community - from police brutality, and malfeasance. This book is a memoir of his struggles, before and during the creation of the Black Panther Party, and his constant trials, and stints in jail. Again, as an intellectual, Huey does not rank highly, but as a serious committed revolutionary, of action, focused solely on results, he ranks amongst the highest and most effective, especially given his circumstances. Read this book. Learn some valuable history, and maybe, go out and arm your godamn community with knowledge and.... Review: Great Read! - I enjoyed reading about how the Black Panthers got started and some of the corruption the police and judges (legal system did to them,) according to Huey. I admire him putting his life on the line with putting his ideas into action. I wish it was a better ending for him and the Black Panthers. He had some good ideas about helping the Black community. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #28,445 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #88 in Political Leader Biographies #99 in Black & African American Biographies #554 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,371 Reviews | ## Images ![Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91aj7600yOL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by C***B on August 2, 2012* Huey Newton was not an exceptionally bright man. As he acknowledges his IQ was ranked at 74 (albeit, the ability of the IQ test to really get at the ingenious essence of man is dubious). His philosophy, and philosophizing, is frequently superficial, layman, and lacking depth. To top it off, one would have to be extremely credulous to walk away from this book believing a lot of the things Huey Newton says, ranging from his deep understanding of analytic philosophy, to dialectical materialism guiding his praxis, from his lack of toleration for all drugs, and his ability to keep calm in the face of pressure, I can safely say, I disbelieve all of it. But what I don't disbelieve is that blacks in the United States have grown up under violently racist conditions, treated as barbarians, ignoramuses, and 3rd class citizens, barely worthy of anything tangible outside of slave shackles. Blacks have been and are tar and feathered in a school system that has no patience for them, and ridiculed and sacked in a capitalist market that only exploits racism as a means for paying whites less because a black men will do the work for less than subsistence wages. This is a system that thrives off inhumane forces that quell any chance of autonomy and dignity, and Huey Newton was first and foremost a victim, before he was a revolutionary. The real exceptional fact of Newton's life is that, as he remarks, despite his Fathers three jobs (of which he always losing and being hired on to new ones), and his seven or eight siblings, he had a loving family, and parents who were committed to doing the best they possibly could, with means they never had enough of. Huey grew up in the kitchen; that was his room, and yet for him, this was totally normal. Unsurprisingly given the racist country he lived in, with the exploitative market that surrounded him, where the only sense of gratification can be found in consumption after exploitative production, and a worthless education where he never learned to read, Newton was basically a delinquent, fighting, stealing cars, hustling, etc. Then he had the bright idea to force himself to read Plato, ten times, until he felt he was both literate, and able to comprehend the material, albeit superficially. The spark reading gave Huey, the craving for more, of something better (which is really all philosophy is), turned him into a passionate revolutionary, who although no erudite, warrants nothing but praise for surmounting insurmountable circumstances, and creating the Black Panther Party. Huey actively taught his community, and black communities outside his own city, how to legally arm themselves, learn the law, and defend themselves - as a community - from police brutality, and malfeasance. This book is a memoir of his struggles, before and during the creation of the Black Panther Party, and his constant trials, and stints in jail. Again, as an intellectual, Huey does not rank highly, but as a serious committed revolutionary, of action, focused solely on results, he ranks amongst the highest and most effective, especially given his circumstances. Read this book. Learn some valuable history, and maybe, go out and arm your godamn community with knowledge and.... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Read! *by S***R on January 15, 2026* I enjoyed reading about how the Black Panthers got started and some of the corruption the police and judges (legal system did to them,) according to Huey. I admire him putting his life on the line with putting his ideas into action. I wish it was a better ending for him and the Black Panthers. He had some good ideas about helping the Black community. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Revolutionary Suicide *by R***Y on August 14, 2023* I didn’t know much about the Black Panther Party or Huey P. Newton before reading this book – only what I was “taught” in school. And I don’t think Huey P. Newton was mentioned at all. He was an amazing human being. He was functionally illiterate when he graduated from high school and taught himself to read using Plato’s Republic. Not Dick and Jane – Plato! After that, he read widely and formed a lot of the Black Panther’s philosophy from the books he read – Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and the like. He was very intelligent and a great strategist. In many ways, Black people’s interactions with the police have actually gotten worse since that time. The Black Panthers openly carried firearms in public. Can you imagine if Black people tried to do that today? They also carried law books with them and would read from them to police officers when police officers were trying to wrongly arrest somebody something or otherwise violate a person’s rights. If a Black person tried to pull out a law book today during a police encounter, it would not go over well. The policeman would get mad and the situation would escalate. But back then, it actually worked sometimes. Sometimes the Black Panthers would come across a policeman stopping a citizen and they would stand at a distance with their weapons to let the police know that they were being watched. Today, people do the same thing by pulling out their cell phones to record these situations. It’s sad that over forty years later, the police still need bystanders to hold them accountable for their behavior. I learned a lot about Newton and the Black Panthers from reading this book. I still have more to learn and plan on seeking out more books about this topic and time in history. Highly recommended. ## Frequently Bought Together - Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - To Die for the People - Assata: An Autobiography --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4818210-revolutionary-suicide-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4818210-revolutionary-suicide-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-04*