MALCOLM X -- MARTYR IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
By Joseph Hansen
The assassination of Malcolm X February 21 was a heavy blow to the freedom struggle in the United States and with it the struggle for socialism throughout the world.
The political identity of those who plotted the assassination has not yet been established. On February 16, however, Malcolm X charged at a public meeting, reported in the February 20 issue of the American socialist weekly, The Militant, that the bombing of his home two days earlier had been ordered by the Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad, He said that Raymond Sharrieff, supreme captain of the Fruit of Islam, the Black Muslim defense guard, had threatened him in a public telegram, He accused the Black Muslims of having friendly relations with the t