Frantz Fanon "The Wretched of the Earth" Charles Brown The "wretched of the earth " is a phrase from the Internationale. "Arise ye prisoners of starvation/ Arise ye WRETCHED OF THE EARTH." But also, Fanon was explicitly a Marxist. John Paul Sartre, a semi-Marxist, was his intellectual comrade. Charles Brown Detroit Workers of the West, it's our turn. >>> "Sven Buttler" 09/16 10:12 AM >>> Dear LBOers, Does anyone know in how far Frantz Fanon was influenced by Marx when he wrote his book "The Wretched of the Earth"? Warm regards Sven Buttler