Radical or revolutionary consciousness . . . is the perception of oneself as unfree, as oppressed__nd finally it is the discovery of oneself as one of the oppressed who must unite to transform the objective conditions of their existence in order to resolve the contradiction between potentiality and actuality. Revolutionary consciousness leads to the struggle for one__ own freedom in unity with others who share the burden of oppression.
The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.
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The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.
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