the name of the magazine derives from the book "the black jacobins: toussaint l'ouverture and the san domingo revolution" by c. l. r. james in which james ascribes the black haitian revolutionists a greater purity in regards to their attachment to the ideals of the french revolution than the french jacobins. according to creative director remeike forbes, the logo was inspired by a scene in the movie "burn!" referring to nicaraguan national hero josé dolores estrada, but it represents toussaint louverture, the best-known leader of the most successful slave revolt in human history.