Vol. 5, No. 19

ENN Shc or = — wrt: THE BLACK nNTIEN % Black Commumity News Service PUBLISHED WEEKLY REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOVEMBER 27, 28 & 29,1970 WASHINGTON, D.C. NO DEFINITE LOCATION SITE HA N ™ 4 Cas ‘ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GWEN MOORE, COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR FOR R.P.C.C. , MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 2327 18TH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009 265-4418/19 (202) OR (202) 667-1349 46/47 PHILLY’S FINEST SWINE MURDER AGAIN. On Monday, October 12, 1970, at approximately 1:30 p.m., in the 2900 block of Ringold St., Rizzo's Storm troopers snatched the life of brother Dwight A, Byrd (known to the people as Reddy), Reddy was shot down like a dog in the Streets by Pig John Byrne and his bootlicking pig partner James Winchester. These pigs claim that Reddy attacked the:n with asword, However, it is known that swine Winchester snatched the sword and threw it on the ground min- utes before the murder took place. Reddy was talking to some young bloods in the community when the Storm troopers drove up, They jumped out of the car with their guns drawn, (Earlier these same two pigs had been harassing other people in the community ) Imme- diately they approached Reddy who had a cane in his hand that broke down to a sword. Ignoring the pigs, Reddy started speaking Arabic and Swinging the cane over his head, Racist dog Byrne, became reac- tionary and fired two shots atpoint black range, hitting Reddy in the chest and in the leg. Then in an overkill method, bootlicking Win- chester fired again but missed pig Byrne then lifted Reddy's feet a- bout four feet off the ground, and let them slam back down, Carnall Ball, a brother from the community who was walking down the street saw the pig car and went to find out what the racist pig and his Black running dog were doing in his community. As he ap- proached the scene the shooting took place, Carnall asked the pigs why they had shot Reddy and if it was really necessary to shoot an unarmed man after he was on the ground. Pig Byrne told Car- nall that it was none of his busi- ness and to get out of the com- munity. Carnall replied, ‘‘If it's anybody who should you."’ They then kidnapped Carnall off the street and took him to the pig pen. At the pig pen another lackey pig, trying to bootlick his way to freedom, beat Carnal] while he was handcuffed. During the beat- ing, Carnall’s artificial leg was broken, After being held for three hours, he was released with no leave, it's charges, One of Reddy's friends, Edward (‘Toot’) Strong, who had been a few yards away from him was shot, went to his sister’: (Charlotte) house and toldher what had happened, When Charlotte got to him, Reddy was lying on the ground speaking Arabic, Charlotte pleaded with the low-natured pigs to take her brother to a hospital in a pig van parked near by, The pigs told her that it was for emergencies only, While waiting for an ambulance to come Toot told pig Byrne that he didn’t have to shoot Reddy be- cause again he was unarmed. Pig Byrne became reactionary and punched Toot in his head, Toot Started to defend himself with his hands, but remembering he was un- armed and didn't have a chance he walked away. Pig Byren thensai “Nigger I outa shoot you too’, Stopped walking and the blood thirsty pigs kidnapped him and took him to the Pig Pen. About forty minutes had elapsed and two people had been arrested before the pig van came (not am- bulance) to take Reddy to the hos- pital. The pigs slung his body or a stretcher, and shoved it into the pig van, Charlotte (Reddy's sister pleaded to go with her brother, and she was shoved in the pig van with him. Reddy died 30 minutes later at Temple University Hospital They shot him down like a dog, but his spirit still remains. He had organized the Nigga’s off the block who were gang warring, on dru or just victims of this fascis government. Reddy, twenty two years old, was a respected mem- ber of the community and the pigs shot him down like an animal, Pigs and racist dogs throughout Babylon have invaded and plundered our communities for centuries and thousands of our people have died, It is necessary for all oppressed people and Black people in par- ticular to arm themselves to de- fend themselves because ‘An un- armed people are slaves, or are subjected to slavery at any given moment, Power comes from the barre] of the gun OPENING mente CLEVELAND FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM ‘ The Cleveland N,C.C,F, has ‘implemented @ Free Breakfast for Children Program in continu- ing to meet the basic needs of the people, The location of the Breakfast Program is 2809 East 79th St., downstairs from the Black Community Information Center, We realize that people can re- late to programs which 4re meet- ing basic needs rather than listen- ing to the lying demagogic politi- cians empty promises, The first basic need in order to live is food, The program begins at 7:30 a.m. and continues until 8:45 a,m,Moa- day thru Friday, on Saturday lunch is served from 12 to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday the number of children increased from 18 ‘to 26, Saturday the Revolu- yo oe a ~ tionary film ‘‘Off the Pig’? was shown and the kids sang revolu- tionary songs. Twenty-one dollars in donations for the Breakfast Pro- gram was stolen by the pigs in the June 29th raid of the N.C,C.F, office, but the underhanded tricks of the reactionary force cannot and will not destroy the people's will, the beat goes on and it will con- tinue to go on strong. Location for the other Breakfast Program Will be announced soon, For further information contact 888~5055 /S6 YOUTH MAKE THE REVOLTION NG Oakeley glegd. Ohio Curtis Johnson Convicts at Folsom Prison have announced a work strike begin- ning on November 3rd to ‘'seek an end to the injustice suffered by all prisoners, regardless of race, creedorcolor.’’ Similar pro- uentin oupporters expected at Sar tests are and other state prisons, of the the f Bs on November $rd, with small pic- ket lines at San Quentin and So- ledad, to solidarity with the inmates. The Folsom convicts, in a‘*Man- ifesto of Demands and anti-Op- pression Platform,’ state that all convict labor and assigned activi- ty will stop at 8:30a.m.onNovem- ber 3rd, except for hospital and culinary workers. ‘The administrators of the Cali- fornia prison system,’’ the inmates charge, *‘have restructured the in- stitutions which were designed to socially correct men into the fas- cist concentration camps of mo- The prisoners prisoners will picket at lsom entrance at 10 a express dern America,”’ claim that, instead of being helped in their efforts to learn to live without violence and to accept so- THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 3 STRIKE AT FOLSOM PRISON cially approved values of law and justice. they are treated with hos- tility and brutality, victimized by exploitation, and denied due pro- cess of law, In the manifesto of thirty-one demands issued to the California Department of C orrections, the \dult Authority, the Legislature, and the California and United States Courts, the convicts ask for sig- nificant cha in legal rights, work programs, and prison con- ditions, They call for an end to indeter- minate sentences (such as the fre- quent oné-year-to-life terms), the right to legal representation at parole board hearings, and the es- tablishment of panel to provide legal assistance to in- mates, They strongly endorse a pro- posal by the Black Caucus of the State Legislature (made in a re- Port oa Soledad Prison issued last June), that a Board of Overseers for the state prisons be established to investigate complaints by in- mates *‘against employees charged with acting inhumanely, illegally, lawyers’ or unreasonably."’ The Caucus recommended that the Board mem- bers be nominated by a psychia- tric association, the state bar, and groups of concerned laymen, The inmates complain that guards tear gas convicts while they are in their cells and are not prose- cuted for beating or shooting in- mates, Many of the convicts’ demands deal with the prison work pro- gram, They call for an end to wages of 2¢ to 16¢ per hour, seeking minimum wage scales, an 8 hour day with standard industry working conditions, and workmens’ compensation for on-the-job acci- dents. They ask for unionized yo- cational training programs, geared to realistic future employment op- portunities, and the right to form labor unions. The prisoners also seek an in- crease in visiting hours from the present four per month to 8, and improvements in medical care. For further information, call Lunne Hollander, 863-6065. 128 PAGES OF REVOLUTIONARY ART WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO EITHER KILL OR DIE wt ave - yin 1117 a Oe OP ae — WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO DRAW PICTURES THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE GO OUT AND KILL PIGS EMORY DOUGLAS MINISTER OF CULTURE BLACK PANTHER PARTY Our Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas has a new book in print- ing to be released in the near future, The title is ‘‘We will not hesitate to either kill or die for our freedom,’’ PERSONS FOR ‘DENMARK VESEY'S SLAVE CONSPIRACY OF A STUDY IN REBELLION AND REPRESSION’ FOR OUR FREEDOM Revolutionary Art by Emory Douglas Minister of Culture Block Panther Party Emory illustrates the essence of revolutionary art, ‘‘the people’, in pictures as well as gives the Black Panther Party’s positionon revolutionary art, PLACED COPIES WHO OF ORDERS 1822: WILL RECEIVE THEM AS SOON AS THEY ARE IN STOCK. nesampncscmmmmsmmtes BLACK PANTHER PARTY snows NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION 1336 FILLMORE S. F.,. CALIF, ee = SO ee tet at ew wi THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, A > Fe \ tf Yio t y, mui 2 si x * sit Fe a CLEVELAND SELLERS Orangeburg , N.C. (LNS)--ASouth Carolina jury of nine Whites and three Blacks have convicted Cleve Sellers of participating in whathis attorneys called ‘‘the first one- man riot in history.’’ He was given the maximum penalty of one year in hard labor and a fine of $250. The case grew out of the 1%8 Orangeburg Massacre, where highway patrolmen gunned down three young Blacks and wounded 27 others on the campus of South Carolina State College after the Students’ attempt to integrate’ 4 local bowling alley. Cleve Sellers, a former program secretary of SNCC, was the most prominent Black activist in the area, As a spokesman for Gov- ernor Robert McNair said at the time: ‘‘He’s the main man, He's the biggest nigger in the crowd.’ Sellers was shot in the arm the night of the massacre and arrested at the segregated Orangeburg Re- gional Hospital where he went for treatment. He was charged on five counts ranging from arson to as-. sault with intent to kill. Possible penalties totalled death plus 78) Years. He was held at the State Penitentiary in Columbia on $50, 000 bail, While in his jail cell he was served with a fugitive warrant from Louisiana based on an old civil rights charge there. He also faced trial on charges of refusing induction into the armed forces. The official version of the mas- Sacre was that the students were NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 4 Re : TWO YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRE - CLEVE SELLERS CONVICTED IN ORANGEBURG “whipped up to a frenzy” by ‘‘out- side agitator” Sellers, and that the police only shot to protect their lives in the face of repeated sniper fire from the campus. It is a se- nario that many embattled officials have thought up to justify murder after the fact. No one, including the FBI which had 30-40 agents working on the case for four months, has been able to verify that a single shot was fired at the police, The only policeman injured was struck by a piece of wood. On the other hand, a majority of the student victims were shot in the back and some were even struck in the soles of the feet as they lay flat on the ground attempting to duck under the barrage of bullets. Henry Smith, one of the students who died, was shot five times, beaten with a rifle butt by police and dragged down a hill. During the May 1969 trial of nine highway patrolmen charged with violating the civil rights of the students they shot, Federal Judge J. Robert Martin refused to allow a picture of Henry Smith's body to be introduced as evidence on the grounds that it was ‘‘crude”’ The patrolmen were all acquitted, White Orangeburg was prepared for the Sellers trial. A National Guardunit was on alert, the streets around the courthouse were blockaded off, and a solid row of uniformed highway patrolmen formed a human barrier between the participants in the trial and the many spectators, most of them Black. Defense attorneys tried to get the case removed to federal court on the grounds that Sellers could not get a fair trial in Orange- burg, but they were rebuffed in their effort by Judge Clement Haynesworth, a man whom Con- gress refused to accept as Jus- tice of the Supreme Court. Dick Gregory once succinctly brief) summarized Northern and Southern patterns of racism by saying that up North they don’t care how big you get as long as you don't get too close, whereas down South they don’t care how close you get as long as you don't get too big. Cleve Sellers coolly sauntering into the courthouse arOrangeburg, South Carolina wearing a Harvard University T-shirt is an example of Someone who's just gotten too big for most of the White resi- dents of that town. Especially when he’s backed up by several rows of Black students wearing ‘‘Free Cleve Now’ badges, Judgé Grim- ball ruled that the badges had to be removed because they would “probably influence the jury ad- versely to your client.” The defense protested the fact that all of the restroom doors were marked for ‘‘employees only’. (In most Southern towns, courthouse employees are all White.) Groans were heard from the spectators as the judge made continual references to ‘‘colored persons”. One law-man on the stand was forced to admit that during the bowling alley demon- strations which preceded the mas- sacre he enforced anti-trespass laws against the students but de- clined to enforce civil rights laws against the the owner who had re- fused them service. The state’s case was not im- pressive. Even the highly con- servative Charleston News and Courier noted in its columns that the state’s first witness ‘‘recited his testimony as though he had memorized it’’ As the trial neared its end, the judge directed a verdict of ac- quittal on all but one of the char- ges--that of participating inariot. He said that no evidence had been introduced to justify consideration of the other charges by the jury. Sellers’ supporters were elated and felt sure the jury would acquit on the final charge, There was shock in the court- room when the jury returned after two hours of deliberation with a guilty verdict. Judge Grimball promptly imposed the maximum sentence, Sellers is now free on $5,000 appeal bond, FOR BEING REVOLUTIONARY Point No. 9 of the Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Platform and Program states that ‘‘We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer groupor people from their Black community as defined by the Constitution of the United States. Sharon Williams, a Panther sis- ter, originally from New York and now working out of Los Angeles, went to trial on October 20th for Federal] Violation of the Firearms Act. At the onset of the trial Judge David Williams stipulated that all of the attorney's questions for the jury would be directed thru him so he could decide which questions the jury would actually be asked. The 12 jurors who were finally picked were not from the Black community nor were they Sharon’s peers. The only thing that were, was hand picked by rederal nigger fascist David Wil- liams. Sharon's attorneys also filed two motions for a continuance before SHARON WILLIAMS the actual trial proceedings began. The first motion requested that a continuance be granted until the District Court of Appeals could! make a decision on a motion filed arguing that the Federal Firearms Act is unconstitutional on its face, At this point, the attorneys also pointed out thatthe California state gun law contradicts the federal gun law, After this motion for continuance was denied, the at- torneys filed a The second motion requested time to get ade econd, position from Sharon's attorney in New York that could be entered into the case in Sharon's The ‘deposition would have stated that charges against Sharon in New York have been pending for 1 1/2 years and during that time the charge has been changed several times, Also, it would have stated that as far Sharon knew she wasn't indicted for a crime pun- ishable by more than a year inpri- and every other as fon, This motion motion thedefense attorneys filed during the trial was denied, In a very shot time and without much deliberation, Sharon was convicted she refused to becaus oppression uw: whis sy nd all Black people have exhausted all legal means of fighting fascist represssion, Now, the people must take the courts in their own hands and mete out rev- olutionary people's justice to their oppressors. Se accept the tem, Sharon a BLACK PANTHER PARTY Southern California Chapter behalf, BEHIND THE WALLS This article is the composition of Freddie Massey, 4 patient at Cuyahoga County Nursing Home in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been handicapped since birth due to negligence on the part of the doc- tors who delivered him. He has however, developed an awareness of the decadent conditions we are all subjected to. Haye you ever gone behind the walls of an oppressive institution? If you have then you know what I'm going to talk about, If not, then let me relate to you what it’s all about, First, when youhave to live behind the walls as | have you really find out what people are generally like, especially when you are Black. You are ina world created by the power structure for just one thing, exploitation. In the nursing home they throw in a rent-a-pig preacher that prea- ches the submissive gospel while the system still has its foot on your neck. This is part of the brain- washing process to keep your mind from being liberated. Unless you have guts and determination they will try to keep you from having a revolutionary consciousness. I realize that my brothers and sis- ters who are doctors and nurses are basically interested inthe care of disabled Black and oppressed people. They could use their pro- ficient knowledge to train other people how to,adequatély care for the disabled,therefore using their professional techn{que to meet the peoples needs rather than for the profit motive. Black patients should be cared for in their Black communities and arealhome made for them so they could live like human beings. This would make disabled persons feel asif they are a part of this society rather than outcasts, as this capitalistic sys- tem forces them to become, I'm not talking about taking patients out for a-few days of enjoyment but the provision of a home where the patients can live and function THE SELLING OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY SHARON WILLIAMS CONVICTED THE suaRDIAN civic AGUE! Presently in Babylon there exist bootlickers who have trans- gressed like man’s technology and become arepressive tool of the pig power structure, The Philadelphia Guardian Civic League headed by H, Edward Harrell is composed of these type modern day bootlickers who are honorary members of the Chief Pig Rizzo's ‘Divide and Conquer"’ squad, The Guardian Civic League has been endorsed, publicized and made prominent by the oppressive power structure, The pigs use the League as a tool to try to con- trol the community, exploit the community resources, and make niggas suffer peacefully. Recently in an effort to relm- plement the age old pig tactic of divide and conquer, the Guardian Civic League issued a statement in full support of the ‘Destroy and ill missions’’ carried out by Rizzo’s dogs on August 31, 1970 against he Philadelphia branch of Black Panther Party, In ex- change for the statement, the League of lackeys got to use & pig department bus to Be to New York to show off ther ‘‘negro” pride in a parade, However, after too many years of suffering the masses of people have reached the level where no- the .is the most historic event in this thereby becoming 4 part of community and a part of the ev day struggle for human righ I feel that a good home for the chronic and handicapped musthave avery good medical team, The ay: team could be composed of a phy-— sician and nurses who have had special training inhandling chronic illnesses and rehabilitation, phy- sical therapists, occupational — therapists, dieticlans and quali- fied social workers on the staff, — : There should be enough medical — equipment available so that all patients receive adequate and safe care, Sufficient nutrition on in all daily meals, The basis of a nursing home is -) P ‘the nursing staff consisting of RNs LPNs, aides and orderlies. There must be a sound basis for com- munication between workers and patients. This is important be- cause no two patients arethe same nor are two workers the same, The patient has no choice to de- termine his destiny as long as he is behind the walls, The people should start laying the framework to create a homelike environment thereby eliminationg the repres- sive institution concept. This in itself is an idea that the people could embrace and control. We could take our lumpen brothers and sisters and with revolution- ary love begin to transform this oppressive institution, As long as capitalism exists there will con- tinue to be exploitative institu- tions. I believe that the Black Panther Party's call for a Rev- olutionary People’s Constitutional Convention will help disabled “people and all oppressed people here in Babylon. I know that this country and I wish all of the peo- ple going to Washington, D.C, on Nov. 27-29 all the revolutionary love in the world, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Cuyahoga County Nursing Home Cleveland, Ohio Freddie Massey thing will deter them from gain- ing their freedom, The only pa- rade the people want to see is one of the pigs to thelr deaths. DEATH TO THE PIGS! Black Panther Party Philadelphia, Branch \ i f 3 Rn ee Representatives from more than IS organizations met on Wct, 25 to form the National United Com- mittee to Free Angela Davis, and in 4 press conference the following day, the new defense committee announced both legal actions and a demonstration to protest the con- Citions under which Angela is being held, Angela has been held in the Women’s House of Detention since her arrest on Oct. 13. Except for 20 hours in a dormitory, she has been in solitary confinement, guarded 24 hours a day, and with restricted reading materials and visitors. On Oct. 24, she began a hunger strike, not so much to dramatize her own conditions but to protest the conditions under which all inmates are held. The press conference, held at the office of the National Confer- ence of Black Lawyers, was at- tended by Alice Graham, Co-chair- man of the NCBL, Fania Davis Jordaan, sister of Angela, and co- chairman of the Free Angelacom- mittee, Margaret Burnham, NCBL member who is one of Angela’s attorneys, Yoruba, minister of information of the Young Lords Party, Victor Martinez, former member of the prison rebellion's negotiating team and representing the Inmates Liberation Front, and Masai Hewitt, Minister of Edu- cation of the Black Panther Party. The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCLB) announced its plans to file a Federal law suit on behalf of Angela, challeng- ing the Corrections Department's order imposing solitary con- a ta eileen aiideeentenes ee oe ANGELA DAVIS finement, restricted reading, and limitation of visitors to lawyers and immediate family. They were also sponsoring the demonstra- tion--an indication of the growing recognition on the part of radical lawyers that legal means alone are not sufficient. Fania Davis Jordan, reading a Statement prepared by the Free Angela Comm, declared: “After the vicious manhunt for Angela Davis, where all the re- pressive agencies of the govern- ment were used for her capture, NO_ONE KNOWS ME... NOT THE JUDGE NOT THE JUR Ya No one knows me...Not the judge, not the jury. Not knowing me, no one can Say that I am vicious or that lam a beast. The systemis soracist that a black man will always be wrong. Charles H. Connelly, a Black man accused by racist pigs, convicted by racist pigs, for killing a racist pig, is condemned to die in the electric chair, He joins many other Black men, who because all other avenues to freedom are closed, have picked up the gun to strike death blows to those who oppress us. Brother Connolly is accused of killing pig Thomas Kelly, atrigger- happy racist, one of the many em- ployed by the oppressor class, to patrol our communities and to kill anyone who threatens the vested in- terests of the oppressors. Pig Kelly was shot dead when he and his racist cohort, Thomas C. Newstrom, unlawfully stopped the the victim of an extensive, vicious manhunt for several months be- cause he had removedhimself from the clutches of the unhumane, bru- tal Illinois State Penal system, by overpowering his pig parole officer after the pig parole officer had threatened to send him back to prison for allegedly having agunin his possession, On his capture, the two Pigs never had the opportunity to murder this brother. Inhis quest for freedom and knowing the true nature of the fascist pigs he moved to defend himself. After having been captured 4nu imprisoned for defending himself, he again attempted to escape the brutal system of American Justice by overpowering two guards at the Criminal Courts Building. Charles Connolly has shown that he will not relinquish struggling until he is either free or dead, Speaking before pig Judge Robert Dowing, who condemned him to die in the electric chair Brother Con- nolly echoed the feeling of thirty million Black people, when he said ‘*no one knows me, not Walsh (pig CHARLES CONNELLY prosecutor), not Mr, Weeksman (defense attorney), not the judge, not the jury. Not knowing me, no one can say I am vicious or that I am a beast, The systemis soracist that a Black man will always be wrong.”’ After turning deaf ears on the truth as spoken by a Black man struggling for his freedom, the judge stated, ‘‘the evidence clearly established that you are lent (inclined to fight) person, a ruthless, bloodthirsty, individual who does not care for human life, especially if it gets in your wa: . I am satisfied that if giventhe oppor tunity, you will kill again, if given a trucu- the weapons. We Say right -on, pig Judge Dowing, because twenty to thirty million truculent niggers who don’t about the human life of our oppressors, there ire give adamr niggers who don't’ care bout the human life of our oppressors, and who will kill anyone who gets in the way of our freedon, The people have understood that the only way to obtain their free- dom is to take it. ALL POWER TO Bleck, Panther Party Llinois Chapter THE PEOPLE her condition now in prison is a continuation of the Nixon-Agnew- Reagan policy to destroy her and make her an example to everyone who would speak out and organize against the’, racist andrepressive Policies. ‘Angela Davis’ life is in jeopardy. New York is already notorious for its outrageous and inhumane prison conditions. The recent murder of Julio Roldan, a member of the Young Lords Party, and the treatment of the NY Pan- ther 21, are examples of that. PO a aE OO ay a care Oe eee THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 5 THE PEOPLE ORGANIZE TO FREE ANGELA (FROM LNS) In a call for action around the country, Fania emphasized: ‘No time should be lost in taking im- mediate action on behalf of Angela Davis. This attempt to destroy her can only be answered by a massive national movement to free Angela Davis,’ She called for national demons- trations to protest ‘this racist at- tempt to destroy this heroic Black communist.’ The committee also called for people to send telegrams to NY Commissioner of Corrections, George McGrath, demanding the immediate end of Angela's solitary confinement. McGrath has said that the Wom- en’s House of Detention does not have facilities for solitary con- finement, implying*that this meant Angela was not in solitary, Her attorney, Margarett Burnham, pointed out this was true--the Women’s House of Detention had had to prepare a special room, formally a clinic, in which to isolate the Black revolutionary, out of fear of her revolutionizing the other inmates. The process was useless anyway, she indicated, Disruption protests and strikes had been occuring in the House of Detention long before Angela's presence, due tothe notorious con- ditions there. Masai Hewitt, speaking for the Black Panther Party, said thatthe conditions under which Angela is being kept ‘are what brought about the incident in Marin’, and said that the continuation of this kind of treatment of prisoners--as is evident in the treatment of the Young lords and the Panther 21 will bring about many, many more Marins, because the spirit of Jonathan Jackson still lives.’ Yoruba, YLP Minister of Infor - mation, said that the Young Lords, though exhausted from their week- long protests and seizure of the People’s Church following the murder of YLP member Julio Roldan in the Tombs prison, would be present at the demonstration for Angela on the 26th. ‘We have to fight against the conditions of the prisons with bars and con- crete as well as the prisons in the streets, "he said, Victor Martinez said that in- mates and former inmates would also be taking part in the protest, that they had already been in- formed, and those inside and out- side would be participating and lending their support. F The immediate future for Angela is the Women’s House of Deten- “tion as lawyers fight against the extradition order--already signed by NY Gov. Nelson Rockfeller through a Writ of Habeus Corpus. A hearing will follow the filing of the writ on Nov. 5. In the mean- time, the people will be acting out their part in the streets. The National United Committee to Free Angela Davis is located at 555 N. Western Ave, Los Angeles Calif (phone 213-234-1946). A NY De- fense office is at 29 W. 15th St., NY, NY (phone 212-281-5043), Checks can be sent there. FREE ANGELA | FREE OUR SISTERS! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! CONCERNING THE BRUTAL MURDER OF JULIO 34 years old, amem- of the Young found murdered Julio Rolden of the cadre in his cell in the On Friday, October 16, 1970-- ber Tombs. i revolutionary man--Julio Rol- brutally murdered by pigs who were much den was and cowardly less of men than the manthat they murdered, We feel deeply the sor- row of Brother Julio’s family and loved ones--we know the depth of this sorrow from our previous revolutionary experiences-<ar we, the revolutionary brothers in jail feel a complete solidarity with brother Julio’s family and loved with the action being brothers ones and also taken by brother Julio’s and sisters, However, this letter is not specifically to the family or his loved ones-—-but to all of his brothers and sisters--all of our brothers and sisters out there in Babylon--in prisons--caged and uncaged, We write this to all of Julio’s and to all of our revolutionary brothers and sisters because we wish to see the immediate end of these repressive murders of our comrades and only you, our bro- thers and sisters, can give apro- per revolutionary epitaph to julio. We are in a struggle--a life ind death struggle with the pigs. We have no alternative, it’s either victory or death, We, as Julio did, know those moments, as Che “When death is a concept a thousand times more real, and victory a myth that only a revolutionary can dream’, But what about this victory, [tis a vic- tory that can only be won by rev- Guevara said, y bloodshed, not put into olution--t Theories that are practice become dreams--empty dreams. We must change our cou- rage around--it is essential for i revolutionary to be able to in- terpret reality, Reality is the pov- erty, racism, oppression andfas- cism of Babylon, Reality is Viet- nam, Reality is a colonialized Puerto Rico. Reality is the ghet- tos and (El) Barrios of Babylon, Reality is White law and order and 90% of the prisoners in pri- sons being Black and Puerto Ri- can, Reality is Julio Rolden. Demonstrating, picketing, marching, singing, rallying, peti- tioning or screaming will not change this reality. Only revolu- tion will change it. Babylon does not sing and rally in Vietnam, in the ghettos, in the barrios, or in their prisons. All this was done by reactionary force and vio- lence, The duty of a revolutionary is to make revolution. We must change our courage around, it is not enough for us to be willing to die to change conditions. Too many of us have died, Now, we must be completely willing and ready to kill to change conditions, One of the first laws of a revy- olutionary life is that no one sur- vives it alone, The group interest is the interest of each one and and is ROLDEN Young Lords stand guard over Julio‘s casket. —e < vice versa, We think that Julio would not ask for mourning or sympathy but revolutionary justice, You must, we all must, get out of that demonstration and rally rut and begin to really deal with the problem and its reality in a revolutionary manner, Revolu- tionary violence is the most im- portant weapon that we have. The cog in the machinery must be destroyed. We must as revolu- tionaries, create our own objec- tive conditions, Avenge ourselves of this 400 year old living hell. End the horror of the prisons of Babylon--caged or uncaged The duty of a revolutionary is tomake revolution, We must make Julio's death meaningful and continue his work, DARE TO STRUGGLE--DARE TO WIN! HIS) REVOLUTIONARY RADES IN JALL COM- —— THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 6 FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS RALLY IN VENTURA Ventura’s first public rally to free all political prisoners was held October 10 at the Plaza park much to the dismay of local ru- lers. Almost 150 people, mostly youths, listened to Don Freed, CUPP, Tamu Ushindi, Soledad brothers Defense Committe; Ron Ridenour, CUPP; Jacobo Rod- riquez, Cherano moritorium; and Michael Barton, University of Cal- ifornia at Santa Barbara student, Isla Vista rebel and peace and freedom candidate, speak of the two sided swordof America’s imperil- ism the wars abroad and the war at home. Richard Handley, chair- man of the Concerned Citizens for Peace and the Ventura chapter of CUPP (Committe United for Po- litical Prisoners) moderated the day. Fresh Air, a rock band in the Ventura area played and Jo Wilkinson, a Los Angeles poli- tical folk singer, sang about peo- ple’s movements. The people heard how officials tried to pre- vent the meeting from occurring. They wanted CUPP to pay $124 for the use of the public park, $12 for cleaning park, $40 for no parking signs around the area so the police could have a clear view, and $72 for ‘‘plainclothes- men."’ Officials (Department of Recreation in conspiracy with City Council) insisted that the police would be there only to protect the rally from any ‘‘outside reactioa- aries super patriots,’’ were the words used. CUPP pointed out, however, that the four spies in the audience (pictures were acquired for every - one’s use) with their guns stick- ing out were there to intimidate | and add more names to the end- less list. Shell Oil Company loaned their piglets office space across the street so that the clear view could be recorded on film. The people gave the spies the people's power salute and the ral- ly tied in local repression with thar against the Black Pan- ther Party, the Soledad Brothers, Reis Ti jerina, Alfredo Brian, and the millions more behind bars both inside and outside of jails. Freed introduced the ‘theme ifor the day ‘There are direct correspondences between the fact that its the same people who are roasting women and children to death with napalm in Vietnam and poisoning, polluting,, rapping and destroying the atmosphere andthe earth of our country and who are putting people in jail, who are breaking down doors in the mid- dle of the night, and who ar? try- ing to impose the guns, and on the campuses impose grades, ieir world view on a4 population which outnumbers them tento one He spoke ofthe rulers who scan- dalize the world concluding, *'S we are determined to fight,’’ for as Thoreau bern to die for Spiro mubert Humphrey, or Richard Ni- xon.”” Finally, who are they? people who think that not only the earth belongs to them , sources of the earth, and the alr- ways, and the air, and the water, and the energy and the yift out- right, as Frost called it, or the Continent itself and the rest of the world. Who are they, these who play god, after the millions of corpses, after people who have used technology to maim and mur- der? It’s not only a crime against Bobby Seale, and the Black Pan- ther Party, and the people who are in prison, and the people oncamp- uses who must bend to those grades because they know behind the grades are the guns, it’s not only a crime against them its a crime against the past, and its 4 crime against the future, all the people yet unborn who deserve tocome into a world where they are not ,o~ COUpn wo bake mete dast KesP, of NOl-, with said, ‘‘We are not Agnew or es These butthe re- men luted air, or findthemselves draft- ed into the last war of nuclear weapons, or be pent up like cat- tle in the last ghetto or barrio. It's a crime against the unborn. ‘And it’s not a question of history judging them, it is our position to judge them in the name of thepast and in the name of the future. The numbers of political prisoners stretch out endlessly, There is no debate necessary any longer whe- ther there are concentration camps in America, The peniten- tiary System is the concentration camp system in this country. There they are, the Blacks andthe Browns, and some Whites just as though they were on the front lines in Vietnam. And the prisons are becoming to the 70’s what the universities were in the 60's and we need to link up with those prisons by supporting the Panther bussing program, toget communi- cations between families and friends of prisoners. And through CUPP toget signatures onthe Free Bobby Seale petition (Ventura’s chapter has already collected 300 names in a hostile area of 50,000 people.) everywhere, on the campuses, in iA And to have teach-ins churches, unions, organizations. Freed called on all of us to stop monster, to do whatever is non-violently this necessary, ever, to stop the nieans of pro- duction on campuses and every- where until this corrupt, hendious system is brought to a final halt and the new life, a true life for us all is born. He also illustrated how the real pigs are the ones who call the police and into the streets and campuses, the politi- administrators, the yr how- irmies cians, the teachers’, and of course those who own the means of production (like Shell Oil Co.) Freed concluded with three to protect political prisoners; 1.) use of counter - steps individ- ) intelligence: 2 ualism which stops us together. Personality is with identity, he said, ‘‘We are powerless as individuals butcom- bined we are powerful," 3.) “Power to the imagination” create new tools and aid through money, writing, speaking, organizing. The participants in the audience gave Freed a warm salute whenhe end- ed his talk . He quoted from John Brown, and suggested that ‘*‘The price of repression is always greater than the cost of freedom”’ be our new Slogan, Tamu Ushin- explained the development of racism fostered by prison officials in Soledad, and every prison, and how it’s used to divide prisoners just as it is in the factories, of- fices and schools. She related the Story of the guardmurdering three active and conscious Black pri- soners and how the officials called their assassinations ‘“‘justifiable homocide."” A_ pig was killed minutes after that prosouncement and hall the prisoners went ona Z eee Sa ee » eARON, RIDRNQUR yoo deo by hunger strike (Whites, Blacks and Browns together). George Jackson Flecta Drumgo and John Clu- tchette, all politcally aware brothers were charged with the pig Killing and are prohibited from having even a usual police state type trial. Now sevenmore Blacks are charged with another pig kill- ing. The Soledad Defense committe is asking the people to protest this frame-up by putting all the pub- lic pressure possible onthe courts and the rulers, CUPP’s coordina- tor, Ron Ridenour, spoke about the local repression andsome Panther cases, He explained how Shell Oi} and its partners ingovernment are trying to frame Bobby Seale and kill him, ‘‘legally’’ in a desperate attempt to complete genocide a- gainst the Panthers and silence the rest of America, Repressive le- gislation is another side of the coin to stop Americans from changing their country If its on the law books (preventive detention, no- knock laws. inciting to riot laws) then alot of people will say right on. After all, aren’t we supposed to obey the laws? This is just what occurs in all fascist states, the le- galization of murder, of genocide, of obedience to whatever the capi- talist rulers desire. There is another tradition in the U.S, Ri- denour said, that is violence and self-defense,’’ Violence is in the hands of pigs, the National Rifle Association, andthe millions of honkies who raped this land, ripped it from the Indians. the Mexicans, and created slavery in America. We Whites know about violence. The Panthers only employ the great tradition of self- defense, the protecting of one- self and his property, the exer- cise of the fourth amendinent of the Constitution, the right to keep and bear arms, *‘CUPP is now directing all its energies to free Bobby Seale. We demand he be freed and mand amnesty for all prisoners.”’ Jacobo Rodriquez interrelatedthe movements of all peoples fighting for survival against a common op- pressor, ‘‘Allthese people some of de- them are in prison, some of them are free not entirely free, how- ever, because noone is free if your people aren't .’’ He spoke of Al- fredo Brian, 16 year old Chi- cano, was shot twice by pigs and once on the ground had three more bullets pumped into his body. ‘They're holding him in the old County jail. They hope to try him as an adult, Rodriquez said, “We see the police prostitutes. They prostitute them- They have pret- good pimps though like Agnew who is pigs, as selves to the man, Nixon, Murphy, Reagon, They have the guns now butthe time willcome wien we will have the guns and we are ready to die, not for money or some status, but for La Cau- sa. “It is high time the.people took ove r the jails and freed all It is high time that we put the Reagans, the Ni- the prisoners. xons behind bars."’ Michael Barton concluded the ral- ly with a message from the war zone in Isla Vixta, He saw the arson trials of the Bank of Ameri- can defendants as a ‘‘crude frame- up.’* He pointed to hiscandidacyor the 13th Congressional District as an alternative to “honky politic- jans and their culture,"’ for the people Isla Vista whoare build- ing their own institutio credit services and other parallel structures to this exploitative system, He also at- tacked the ‘‘jive politicians of the one party system"’ who propose to treat symptoms instead of root causes, The meeting ended in high spirits and peacefully, much to the chagrin of the local pigs, “such asa union, food The people of the Winston-Salem community are beginning to see the methods of the fascist pigs and their attempts to harass and destroy the National Committee to Combat Fascism, By carry- ing two of the brothers; Brother George and Brother Grady, ser- vants of the community down to their pig pen, Sunday, October 25, for of all things ‘‘putting up pos- ters’’ in our community. Now Bro- thers and Sisters get this! When we see that the capitalist of the music industry flood our commu- nity, ‘‘each week’’ with posters of rock and roll shows and dan- it appears to be alright, but for the Brothers of the National Committee to Combat Fascism it's a crime. There bit of contradiction, one-sideness, and inconsistency here, The only crime the Brothers committed was to be members of the Vanguard Party which teaches the oppressed mass- es the correct procedure of re- sistance to the oppressive power Structure. The pigs of Winston-Salem try to drain the funds of the N.C.C.F. by constantly harassing and ar- resting the brothers. Taking all the cash for bail bonds, so they will not funds to continue programs like Free Breakfast for hungry children in the commu- nity. The people of the community will not permit this. Because the people of Winston-Salem are ces seems to be a have be~- ginning to relate to the N.C.C.F and the Free Breakfast Pro- gram and all other programs are MEXICAN BROTHERS FACING FIRST DEGRE On Oct. 13th, between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. aa incident occured in the Rivoli Bar Front St. in Toledo, Ohio, A fight broke out between thre: Mexicans and eight racist Whites, which left one white racist doz dead, The fight started with an argument (the reason being unknown). The Whites then left and a few minutes later came back with five others. A scuffle broke out, one of the Mexi- can brothers pulled out a knife and Stabbed 29 year old, Frederick L. Ot, of 2011 Caledonia St. He died later in Riverside Hospital emer- gency room of wounds to his chest and ipper left arm, Arrested were Brother David Vasquez 20 ind his brother Manuel Vasques 22 both of the Front St. address, and brothe 7 Pedro Ruiz 20, of 916 Vinro “ They're being held without bond tn the ‘Toledo Dig.pen for Lirst dearest. the peoples programs. will do what is necessary to; these acts of aggression aggressive pigs of Winston: “at The Minister of Defense of Black Panther Party, Huey P. ion, teaches the people that munity control of pigs is thes swer to ending pig brutality fp communities. And we wil community control of Polic 7 implementing this oursell dispense of pigs who oce community like a foreig The pigs are not in ourcommu to help us, they are not ir community to protect us, th ; not in our community to serve r in fact they do a disservice to s So why are they here? To op ess wy us, he Minister of Dfense of the: Black Panther Party also teaches the people the only way to get) community control is to get Pt 6 litical power. And political po grows out of the barrel of a gum So what is clearly needed is @) immediate implementation of Huey” P, Newton's plea to arm youl against the racist, and fascist: tacks of the gestapo pig force ® Winston-Salem and the Unite States. - The people of Winston-Sslems Point No. 7 of the Black Pants Party's Platform and Programw™s be implemented along —_ complete 10 Point Platform #83 Program of the Party. “a ‘at e, ALL POWER TO THE FEUER Russell and Andy 5 E RAILROAD murder. The White pig 2e¥S . said it was only one man 2012 in the fight, but the Mexican BESET who came in and reported » to which they were wil ° ait that eight whites were Hie These three brothers 3® right to defend themselves an unjust attack, Had it beens other way around, these a would have little or 80 m= Placed against them and set The Mexican “ come together to help 0 brothers get out on . a fair trial, They will Bot three of their people ua ished. Justice must bet and it is the duty of See that this occurs. se - ALL. POWER T) Conrad C via : Se) | | \Ck NTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 I RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1048 PERALTA STREET OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA this country of racist America must abide by these rules as functional members of this Party. CENTRAL COMMITTEE mem- bers, CENTRAL STAFFS, and LOCAL STAFFS, : cluding all captains subordinate to either national, state, cad local leader- ip of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY will enforce these rules. ¢ of suspension or other disciplinary action necessary for violation of these rules will depend on national, state or State area, and local committees and staffs where said rule or rules of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY WERE VIOLATED. Every member of the Party must know these verbatum by heart, And apply them daily. Each member must report any rules to their leadership or they are counter - ire also subjected to suspension by the BLACK THE RULES ARE: ber can have narcotics or weed in his pos- narcotics will be ex- shooting N inty member can be DRUNK while doing daily Party 4. No Party member will violate rules relating to office work, general meeting f the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, and i I the , k NTHI f LTY ANYWHERE, rt r will USE INT, or FIRE a weay kind necessaril r accidentally at anyone ther army force other than a weapon in his possession while DRUNK or loaded off narcotics or weed. er w nmit any crime against other people at all, and cannot steal or n a needle or a piece of thread, PANTHER MEMBERS will give nly name, address, and will sign nothing. Legal first aid must be understood by all Party members, int Platform and Program of the BLACK I 1 understood by each Party Ist De Known an and Local » National ywn by all members t i i be 4 y “rs will operate under the jurisdiction So that it will Newspaper, iper and will be know yy all Chapter 1andat for ry respective offices eac la ld be ther \ll others are to sell papers and do Political mmuni including Captains, Section Leaders, ust submit weekly quarters. 1. All Branches must implement First Aid and/or Medical National Foreign ponents of the BLACK . \ r Subscriptions \N THI t submit a monthly Financial Report 3 MONTHS: (13 $2.50 $9.00 to the Ministry of Finance, and also the Central Committee. 6 MONTHS l $5.00 $12.00 23, Everyone in a leadership position must read no less tha ONE YEAR $7.50 $15.00 two hours er day to keep abreast of the changing politica] No Chapter or Branch shall accept grants, poverty funds, ey or any other aid from any government agency without contacting the National Headquarters 25. All Chapters must adhere to the policy and the ideology laid down by the CENTRAL COMMITTEE of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. x \ll Branches must submit weekly reports in writing to their respective Chapters TATE/ZIP # UNTRY PLEASE MAIL CHECK MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BLACK PANTHER PARTY OR MONEY ORDER TO Box 2967. Custom Howse, San Francisco, CA $4126 ee Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby , has now been incarcerated for _ over 14 months. On November 17th, he will go to trial in New Haven, Connec- : for murder, conspiracy to commit der, kidnapping, conspiracy to com, kidnapping and binding.ErickaHug- , the deputy Chairman of the Con- nec State Chapter of the Black Pan- _ ther Party who has been incarcerated _. at Niantic, Connecticut State Prison | for Women since May, 1969, will also go on trial the same day for the exact ume charges. Chairman Bobby and Rave accused of the torture and ; of another Panther, Alex Rack- ¥ on April 19, 1969 in New Haven two days after Bobby spoke at Yale). In what wil! prove to be a tragedy ‘Of errors for the pigs, the geniuses of m (the FBI in conjunction with Comnecticut State pigs) will bring ost a year and a half of treach- 8 Manipulating to a climax, obvious conspiracy against the ip of the Black Panther Party i have disposed of the other co- 6 in warious ways, Lonnie to murder Alex Rackley, He was acquitted of kidnapping result- ing in death, conspiracy to kidnap, and binding with criminal intent. Frances Carter was released afley a year and charged with a lesser offense because of insufficient evidence, After 16 months of imprisonment, Peggy Hudgins, Rose Smith and George Edwards were ye- leased by Judge Mulvey in conjunction with state’s attorney Murkle, after they pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of aggravated assault. (Landon Williams and Rory Hithe are still fighting ex- tradition in Denver, Colorado), The main witness for the prosecution will be pig agent, George Sams, who has already admitted to torturing and killing Alex Rackley but who will tes- tify that he committed the murder on direct orders from Chairman Bobby, Sams will also add that Evickahad fa] knowledge of all that took place, New Haven, Connecticut, the scene of the railroad of Chairman Bobby and Erickaprobably has the most racist jury system in the world. There are twenty seven towns in New Haven County thag are responsible for rhe choice af candi. dates from which the jury will he chosen The jury committees (one from each town) use a process of “‘random samp- ling’’ toemploy ils members. The selec- tion discriminates against Black people, workers, and women, Almost all of the committees automatically exclude teach ers, nurses, doctors, lawyers and wo- men who have minor children, Also, the average juror has been living in the same place for at least a year. Two re- quirements of all the committees is that the juror bea registered voter and never have been prosecuted for or gonvicted of a “criminal offense’’. In view of all these factors surrounding the jury se- lection, pigs picked an ideal place to yailroad Bobby and Ericka, two revolu- tionaries. On October 6th, a pre-trial motion was filed to dismiss the charges on the grounds that the pre-trial publicity has been prejudicial to the defense case, Several of the establishment! news media were subpoenaed to testify and they were told to bring articles and texts of broad- casts which related to the Black Panther Party, the trial of Lonnie McLucas, or to Chairman Bobby and Ericka,Tive cir- culation figures quoled indicated that at least three ofthemajpr media reached the entire cowwy at all times, Police Chief James Ahern was also subpoe- naed to testify about ie sensational press releases issued by his office on this case. Naturally, the pir denied that any press statements related to this case had gone through his office. On the same day, a motion was filed that the defense be given access to all witnesses which might possibly aid their case, and about which the state may be aware while they are nol, The motion was denied and no further discussion on it will be allowed, The pre-trial motions are continuing and are just the beginning of the enact- ment of the pig conspired fate of death in the electric chair for Black Panther Party Chairman, Bobby Seale and New Haven State Chapter deputy-Chairman, Ericka Huggins, if Bobby Seale and Bricka Huggings are sentenced to the electric chair, the mas- ses of people throughout Babylon and throuwshoul the world will cut off all the electricity and thé IS mperiatisis won'l see no light for days, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE nile To understand what is happening in the Middle East you have to Know what the Palestinian libera- tion movement is really fighting for, not what Israeli propaganda would have us believe--for exam- ple, that the Palestinians want to wipe out the Jews and drive them into the sea, The following is part of a statement by Al Fateh, the largest Palestinian revolutionary group, about what they want the Palestinian state to look like, and especially about the role that Jews will play in that state. The statement was drafted at the Second World Conference on Palestine, sponsored by a coali- tion of Palestinian liberation groups. The conference was held in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2-6, as heavy fighting began to break out between the commandos and King Hussein's troops. Representatives of revolutionary groups from around the world, including radical] American Jews, attended the con- ference, J . * . THE PALESTINE REVOLUTION AND THE JEWS It is almost a year since the Palestine Liberation Movement, Fateh declared officially and for the first time. a political program spelling out the ultimate objective of the liberation Struggle. The de- claration stated: ‘‘We are fighting today to create the new Pales of tomorrw; a progressive, demo ine cratic and non-sectarian Palestine in which Christian, Moslem and Jew will worship, work, live peace - fully and enjoy equal rights.’* The Statement further added, ‘‘Our Pa- lestinian revolution still stretches its welcoming haad to all human beings who want to fight for and live in, a democratic, tolerant Pa- lestine, irrespective ofrace, color or religion,’ The statement was repeated, ex- Fateh ré- plained and amplified by presentatives in every inter-na- > 4 ~ - Palestinian children burned by fascist napalm, tional gathering attended by a Fateh delegation, The official spokesman of Fateh Abu Ammar, was quoted by several journalists as saying that ‘‘ozce we defeat the enemy aad liberate Palestine we will create a home for all of ret? Abu lIyad, one of the leaders of Fateh, stated in a long inter view with the editor of Al-Taleea that the Palestinian revolution coa- demns persecution of human beings discrimination y 1atFateh would anywhere if they faced persecution at the hands and fight with them whenF ateh students pr Frankfort, Germ Zionist Germar f Matzpen (the Socialist Organization) inGermany were threatened in the same incident. PALESTINI Difficulties and Limitations; at this early f the revolu- Palestinian victim of napalm tion to make a clear and defini- tive statement about the new lib- erated Palestine. Realism rather than romantic daydreaming should be the basic revolutionary ap- proach. We do not believe that victory is around the corner, The revolution does not underestimate the enemy or its imperialist allies. What will happen during the years f hard struggle for liberation can- not be easily predicted. Will the attitude of Palestinian 1 or become more re- ceptive and flexible? A further drift to the right, the stcpping up in the Al- rerian O,A,S, tradition--followed of anti-Arab terrorism by voluntary mass exodus on the eve of liberation would pose a completely different problem and would be quite regrettable. On the other hand, joining the revolution and workir g with it will lay firmer ground for the new Pa- lestine, The revolution is striving hard to achieve the second al- ternative, Guerrilla operations are basi- cally directed at the military and economic foundations of the Zion- ist settler-state, Whenever acivi- lian target is chosen, every ef- fort is made to avoid the loss of civilian life--though one wouldfind it hard to distinguish civilians and non-civilians in this modern spar- tan militaristic sociery where every adult is mobilized for the war, Hitting quasi-civilian areas aims at the psychological effect of shocking the Israe) ~ into re- alizing that the racist-militaristic State cannot provide them with se- curity wien it is conducting geno- cide against the exiled and op- pressed Palestinian masses, In the Dizengoff street bomb (Tel Aviv), Fateh guerillas delayed the operation three times to choose i place (in front of a building under construction) and time (12:30 DEMOCRATIC STATE IN PALESTINE a.m.) to maximize noise but to minimize casualties. The result: few were injured, but thousands were shocked and made to engage in serious rethinking. In conclusion, despite alluncer- tainties, there is the hope, the vision and the behavior of the Pa- lestinian revolutionaries, designed to achieve a better future for their oppressed country. Answers must be thought out andfound for myriad questions relating to this future. Even if the answers are tentative, they will start a dialogue which provides theroad towards maturity and fulfillment. 1. The Country: Pre-1948 Palestine--as defined during the British mandate--is the territory where the democratic, progressive state is to be created, The liberated Palestine willbe part of the Arab homeland and will not be another alien state within it. The eventual unity of Palestine with other Arab states will make boundary problems less relevant and will end artificiality of the present status of Israel, and pos- Sibly that of Jordan as well. The new country will be anti- imperialist and will join the ranks of progressiverevolutionarycoun- tries. Therefore, it willhaveto cut the present life-links with, andthe total dependence on, the United States, Therefore, integration within the area will be the fore- most prerequisite It should be quite obvious at this i a we P Son Shan” Z re ee me CRS pa bE forcibly exiled from it will have the right of Palestinian citizen - ‘Ship. This guarantees the right of all exiled Palestinians to re- turn to their land whether they have been born in Palestine or in exile and regardless of their present nationality. Equally, this means that all Jew- ish Palestinians--at the present Israelis--have the same right, provided, of course, that they re- ject Zionist racist chauvinism and fully agree to live in the new Pa- lestine as Palestinians, The revo- lution therefore rejects the sup- position that only Jews who lived in Palestine prior to 1948 or prior to 1914 and their descendants are acceptable. After all, (Moshel)Da- yan (minister of defense) and Yigal ) Allon (deputy minister) were born in Palestine before 1948 and they-- with many of theircolleagues--~are diehard racist Zionists who ob- viously do not qualify for a Pa- lestinian status; whereas new- comers may be anti-Zionists and work ardently for the creation of 4 new Palestine, Ih the interview referred to ear- lier (published in Al-Taleea, June 1969) Abu lyad, one of the of- ficials of Fateh, reasserted that not only progressive Jews but even present Zionists willing to aban- don their racist ideology will be welcome as Palestinian citizens. It is the belief of the revolution thatthe majority of Israeli Jews will change their at- Napalm victim displays burns. stage that the new Palestine dis- cussed here is not the occupied West 1k or the Gaza strip or both. These are areas occupied by the Israelis since June, 1967. The homeland of the Palestinians usurped and colonized in 1948 is no less dear or important than the part occupied in 1967, Besides, the very existence of the racist oppressor state of Is- rael, based on the expulsion and forced exile of part of its citi- zens, is unacceptable to the rey- olution even in one tiny Pales- tinian village, Any arrangement accommodating the aggressive settler-state is unacceptable and temporary. Only the people of Pa- lestine--its Jews, Christians and Moslems-~--in &@ country that com- bines them all is permanent, 2, The Constituents All the Jews, Moslems and Christians living in Palestine, or titudes and will subscribe to tne new Palestine, especially after the oligarchic state machinery, ecoa- omy and military establishment are destroyed. 3. The Ideology The Palestinians in the process of and at the time of liberation will decide on the system of government and-on the political- economic-social organization of their liberated country, (t should be repeated at this juncture that the term Palestin- ians includes those in exile and under occupation and Jewish set- tlers.) \ democratic and progressive Palestine, however, rejects by eli- mination a theocratic, a feudalist, an aristocratic, 4: authoritarian, or a racist-chauvinist form of gov- ernment, It will be a country that does not allow oppression or ex- Ploitation of any group of People continued on next page SPE Gera os a nn nr re ne ort * Ts ‘ e a a ~ el a * +e coe ys ae the requisite climate for its fu- ture system of government--i.e., ke a people's war of liberation brings out new values and attitudes that serve as guarantees for demo- re racy after liberation. a ¥ os any other group or individual; “state that provides equal oppor- tunities for its people in work, hip, education, political deci- -making, and cultural and ar- tic expression. ‘This is no utopian dream, for very process of achieving the y Palestine inherently produces Witness changing attitudes to- ward collective work in refugee " camps in Jordan and Lebanon, Palestinians and other sisters and brothers joining them volunteer work and livelihoods. They are not exploited or enslaved labor. The values of human life change. Unlike Israeli napalm raids and indiscriminate killing, Palestinian guerrillas kill sparingly and se- lectively. New forms of human relations emerge. No master-slave relation can be attained among fighters for the international dimensions of their problems and discovery of who backs the oppressor and who Supports the oppressed creates new responsibilities to the inter- national community, especially to the supporters of liberation and democracy. Therefore, Palestinians after liberation will not accept subjuga- tion from anybody and will not reintroduce oppression against any group, for this would be a nega- tion of their raison d’etre and an abdication of their revolutionary existence, This is quite obvious in Pales- tine refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. After twenty-two years of oppression, humiliation and manipulation, by secret police and local exploiters, the camps have awakened to the revolution. In the process, the exiles have broken their bonds, have thrown out the secret police and its spies and al- lied exploiters and have instituted democratic self-management. Medical, educational and social Services are being provided loc- ally through the revolutionary org- anizations in a self-help fashion that has brought back dignity and self-respect. Crime rates in these camps have drastically gone down to 10 per cent of their prerevolu- tlonary magnitude. Self-discipline has replaced the police. The new militia is providing the link be- tween the revolutionary avyant- garde and the mass base, Demo- cratic checks are built in, These Palestinians will not accept op- pression and subjugation from any- body and will not enforce it on anybody. Newsmen and other foreign visi- tors have discovered that nowhere in the Arab world can they find equally mature and tolerant peo- ple vis a vis the Jews than in the camps of Jordan and Leba- non, and especially among the Ash- bal; the fighting lion cubs. These young Palestinians (8-16 are almost totally free of any anti- Jewish biases, Theyhave a clearer vision of the new democratic Pa- lestine than that held by bourgeois city dwellers. These young people are the liberators of tomorrow. They will complete the destruc- tion of Israeli oppression and the rebuilding of the new Palestine. If the democratic and progres- sive new Palestine is utopia, then the Palestinian guerrillas and camp dwellers are starting to practice it. years) TWO MISCONCE PTIONS Several interpretations of the Democratic Palestine have sprung up in different quarters. These require clarification and some corrections. An attempt will be made presently to discuss two of these that seem to be quite vital. 1, The call for a non-sectar Palestine should not be confused with a multi-religious, a poly-re- ligious or a bi-national state, The The brutal destruction of napalm, new Palestine is not to be built around three state religions or two nationalities. Rather it will sim- ply provide freedom from religious oppression of any group by another freedom to practice religion without discrimination, No rigidi- fication of religious lines is de- sired by the revolution, No hard and fast religious distribution of po- litical offices and important jobs is envisioned, Abu Ammar reiterated several times that the president of a lib- erated Palestine could be a Jew, a Moslem or a Christian, not be- cause of his religion but onthe ba- sis of his merit as an outstand- ing Palestinian, Furthermore, re- ligious and ethnic lines clearly cross in Palestine so as to make the term bi-national and the Arab- Jewish dichotomy meaningless, or at best dubious, The majority of Jews in Pales- tine today are Arab Jews--euphe- mistically called Oriental Jews by the Zionists. Therefore, Palestin combines Jewish, Christian and Moslems well non- Arabs. 2. The new tine Is NOT a substitute for lib- and Arab as as democratic Pales- eration, Rather, it is the ultimate objective of liberation. A client state in the West Bank and Gaza, an Avneri-styled de-Zionized or ‘'!pasteurized”’ Israel or a Semi- tic Confederation are all categor- ically rejected by the Revolution. (Uri Avneri is a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and publisher of the largest circ- ulation weekly magazine inIsrael). Theyare all racist blueprints to delude the Palestinians and other Arabs and continue Israeli hege- mony and Palestinian subjugation, They all assume the maintenance of the basic aggression that led to the forced exile of Palestinians and the oppression of the masses. The sine qua non of the new Pa- lestine is the destruction of the political, economic and militarist foundations of the chauvinist- racist settler state, The maintenance of a techno- logically advanced military ma- chine through a continuous flow of Western capital and exchange of population has led the expan- sionist Zionist machinery to per- petuate one aggression after the other, Therefore, liquidation of i Oe OR as A if FA TEH SLA TEME INE... continued from last page such a machinery is an irreplace- able condition for the creation of the new Palestine, When the ma- chinery of the Nazi state was liquidated, the German people were liberated together with other na- tions that were oppressed by Nazi Germany, such as Poland, Hun- gary, Holland and France. The Germans were not liquidated, THE TRANSITION, AND AFTER It is quite logical to expect spe- cific transitional collective ac- commodations immediately after liberation, and even a fewremain- ing in the normalized permanent state, i.e., some collective or group privileges besides the pure individual privileges. Jews, or non-Jews for that matter, would have the right to practice their religion and develop culturally and linguistically as a group, beside their individual political and cul- tural participation. It seems quite logical, for example, to have both Arabic and Hebrew as official lang- uages taughtin government schools to all Palestinians, Jews or non- jews. ‘The right of free movement with- in the country and outside it would be guaranteed. Palestinians desir- ous of voluntarily leaving the coun- try would be allowed to do So. Immigration would be restricted in a transitional period for the re- turn of all exiled Palestinians de- sirous of return. In a normal per- manent state, however-~subject to agreed upon regulations and the absorptive capacity of the coun- try--immigration would be open without discrimination, Freedom of access, visits, extended pil- grimages and tourism would be guaranteed--subject of course to the normal regulation--to all Jews, Moslems and Christians of the world who consider Palestine a4 holy place worthy of pilgrimage and meditation. haf Countries after. the LS: Several well-intentioned critics maintain that even if the creation *‘ of the democratic Palestine is pos- - sible, it will not survive for long. Their basiccontention is that the - population and cultural balance will heavily favor the Jews in the new 3 argu- Palestine. This--in their ment--will lead either to an ex- plosive situation or to the domi- : nation of the new Palestine by the Jews and a possible reversion to 1 a neo-Zionist state in disguise. The argument is looks quite plausible given the pre- sent set-up and the European di- chotomy of the ‘‘Arabs’’ as a back- ward group and the "“*"Jews’’ as a modern one. As for population, the Jews in Palestine today number 2.5 million compared to 2.6 million Pales- serious and tinian Arabs (Christianand Moslem in theoccupied territories before 1967 and after it, in exile. Birth rates and net natural growth rates are higher amoag Arab Palestinians than among the Jews in Palestine. Immigration, however, has been the major cause of growth in the Jewish ranks. Nevertheless one must consider the fact that 250, 000 Jews have permanently left Palestine (emigrated) since 1949 in a period where relative secu~ rity prevailed, Most of the emi- grants were European Jews, whereas most of the new immi- ‘grants were Arab Jews who found it very difficult to stay in their creation and TBRE-NEW PALESTINE VIABLE survival of the aggressor settler - state of Israel. The of will inevitably increase the tempo of emigration, especially of those process the revolution beneficiaries of a racist state who will find it very difficult to adapt to an open pluralistic society. Pa- rallel to that development will be the increasing modernization of the Arab countries and toleration of all minorities including the Jew- ish citizens. rateh is already en- serious negotiations with to allow gaged in several Arab countries Jewish emigrants toreturn, to give ther back their property, and to guarantee them full and equal rights. These factors are expected, on the whole, to maintain relative pop~ ulation balance in Palestine. The pace of social and education- 41 development is increasing rap- idly among the Arab Palestinians well, It is estimated that the number of university graduates a- mong the Palestinians in exile ex- ceeds 50,000. Palestinians have successfully played the role of educators, pro- fessionals and technicians in sey- eral Arab countries, especially those in the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa, Arab Palestinians faced this cultural challenge in pre-1948 Palestine and managed in the relatively short period of thirty years to compete effec- tively with the Jews in agricul- ture, industry, education and even in the field of finance and banking. Armed with this spirit of 4 vic- as torious revolution, hopefully in comradeship with a significant number of Jews, the Arabs of Palestine will become effective and equal partners in the building of the new country. Integration of Palestine within the Arab region will add to its economic and political viability. The present Arab boycott will ob- viously be replaced by economic aid and trade, a goal which the settler-state of Israel complete- ly failed to achieve, remaining thus an American ward and protege dur- ing its entire existence. CONCLUSION The democratic, non-sectarian Palestine still lacks full clarity and elaboration, but this is the best that can be done at this stage of the arduous liberation struggle. Through armed struggle the Pa- lestinians have outgrown their bit- terness and prejudice in a rela- tively short time. A few years ago, discussing this proposal would have been considered as a com- plete sell-out or high treason, Even today, some Arabs find it dif- ficult .o accept the proposed goal and secretly--or publicly--hope that it nothing more than a tactical propaganda move. is Well it is definitely not so, The Palestinian revolution is deter- mined to fight for the creation of the new democratic and nonsec- tarian Palestine as the long-term, ultimate goal of liberation Anni- hilation of the Jews or of the Palestinian exiles and the creation of an exclusive racist or theo- cratic state in Palestine, be it Jewish, Christian or Moslem, is totally unacceptable, unworkable, and cannot last. The oppressed Palestinian masses will fight and make all needed sacrifices to demolish the oppressive exclusive state, The Israeli racists are greatly irritated by the idea of a demo- cratic Palestine. It reveals the contradictions of Zionism and bares the moral schizophrenia that besets world Jewry since the crea- tion of Israel, Israeli Jewish pro- fessor Loebel and French Jewish writer Ania Francos were threa- tened and molested by Zionists for their sponsorship of a demo- cratic Palestine as the ultimate goal of liberation, The Zionists are stepping up their campaign to discredit the idea especially a- mong the Jews. Their effort has been in vain. The forces of logic and the effect of years of persecution in exclu- sive societies at the hands of ra- cists are opening the eyes of Jews and others in the world to the only permanent solution that will bring a lasting peace and justice to our Palestine: building a pro- gressive, open, tolerant country > for us all, (Reprinted from LNS) ae nt THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 11 A A lt ee eng ener an cent oe eee ee ' ; ! , << —— — ——~ws eae we ee ee _~— ~~ «= fs —— ae we we oe me ee | e THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 12 1121A PST NOV 2 70 LB126 MC275 VIA RCA M WUE8604 MWR13 URNX (BQ) S PYONGYANG 261 ETATPRIORITE REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE’S CON- STITUTIONAL CONVENTION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1048 PERALTA ST OAKLAND CALI- FORNIA U.S.A, WE EXTEND OUR WARMCONGRATU- LATIONS AND MILITANT GREETINGS a TO THE REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND THE ATTENDANTS OF THIS CONVEN- TION THE PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES INCLU- DING THE BLACK PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE VIGOROUSLY FIGHTING AGAINST THE RACIALISM AND THE AGGRESSIVE POLICY OF THE US IMPERIALISTS AND FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION PRESS RELEASE: AMERICAN SERVICEMEN’S UNION 10 INVESTIGATE DEATH OF PUERTO RICAN MARINE New York, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1970 On October 20, 1970 the body of Pyt. Antolin Flores, a Puerto Ri- can Marine, was found hanging in an outside area at Camp Le- Jeune, North Carolina, The Marine Corps sent Flores’ parents atele- gram in which itis claimed thatthe “self in- served in hanging was flicced."" Antolin had Vietnam for months be- fore being sent to St. Albans Na- val Hospital in New York apparently eight witl Stomach ailment. He was en- gaged to be married in June , A Antolin saidthar he had had an arg Marine who knew iment with se- veral brig guards Antolin Flores’ parents authori- zed the American Servicemen's Union to 2 full investiga- tion. A pathologist was contacted by the A.S.U, He discovered that the vital organs had beenremoved conduct from Antolin’s head, throat, chest and abdominal regions. The doc- tor also noted that there was a bruise near the right temple and that it was impossible to conduct chemical tests because the body had been embalmed by the Marine _ Corps. Flores’ parents had not zi- ven the Marine Corps permission to conduct or embalm their son’s body. Tom Soto, and an autopsy \.S.U. organizer who was at the autopsy pieces were missing from .\nto- lin’s right hand. Antolin Flores’ parents believe that their son was murdered, The \,S,U_ is conduct- ing an investigation at this time and is calling onthe Department of De - fense to finance and provide all facilities needed for a full in- vestigation by us as authorized by Antolia Flores parents. A.S.U. organizer Tom Soto said: ‘The A.S.U, condems this death as a racist lynching. We say that *it is another act in the long his- s present also discovered that tory of repression against the Puerto Rican people andall people of color by American Imperialism, Antolin Flores’ murder must be ‘ avenged. 1 2330 KORG THE KOREAN REVOLUTIONARY THE KOREAN PEOPLE FOLLOW WITH DEEP INTEREST THE EVER- MOUNTING STRUGGLE OF THE PRO- GRESSIVE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT THEIR JUST STRUGGLE, US IMPER- LALISM IS THE COMMON ENEMY OF PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE HALF THE US IMPERIALIST AGGRESSORS THE SOUTHERN OF OUR FATHERLAND FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND ARE CAR- RYING OUT MOST REACTIONARY CO- LONIAL MILITARY FASCIST TERROR RULE IN SOUTH KOREA, THE OCCU- PATION IMPERIALISM AND ITS AGGRESSIVE POLICY ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL MISFORTUNES OF THE KOREAN NATION, THE MAIN OBSTACLE HAM- PERING THE UNIFICATION OF OUR COUNTRY AND A CONSTANT SOURCE OCCUPIED OF SOUTH KOREA THE LUMPEN-- MUSIC AS A TOOL FOR LIBERATION The Lumpen is a revolutionary Singing group, that has taken the ideology of the Black Panther Party and put it into musical form Singing the ideology does not dis- credit it in any way. The bro ers simply throughtheir crear i method of making designed re- volution. Black other op- pressed people have always clung dearly to their through their music they were able people and music, because to express their desires for li- beration from oppression, Black people while held in chattel sla- “Swing low , Sweet Chariot” the underground railroad moving tonight. There were thersongs that were transmit messages to other s] while the master would remain ig- rant itv i c i ite Music today is tied uy lations, the blues while rhythm make ar you end up dancir from crying, dancing while | are ripping off brothers and sis- ters in the Streets of Babylon, and across the globe. We know music plays an important role in our cul- ture, and we don’t mean to stop singing or changing the soun all, We dig singing and we dig the sound, but the words are what we're changing to fit our situation today, We like the beat of James Grown we say the Temptations sound great, but if we try to relate what they are saying to our conditions we'd end up in a ball of confusion. If we run around saying ‘‘It’s my thing and I can Jo wnat I want to do,’’ We would never be free or singing ‘‘Cloud9”’ to help the Mafia launch a new era of drugs, ain’t no way. We know those brothers can’t Sing what they want to because the music industry is controlled by the Mafioso thugs, all of it. vy when we hear the Tempt- ing ‘‘Old Man River,"* tell m to keep the sound, but to rrow the words frv.a the Lumpen ing ‘'Old Piz Nixon.”’ Ihe Lumpen sing not to make revolution stimulate action. We know actionis supreme uly through correct revolu- freedom is supreme The Lumpen are revolutionaries the rew out of the oppressive Cc itions in Babyoon, They are t lumpen proletariat, the have- not like they sing in their songs ‘*Revolution is the only solution.”’ JOBBY MUST BE SET FREE! Ministry of Information Black Panther Party Oakland , California STATEMENT FROM ALAMEDA MDM The action of brother Bobby Evans, Corporal USMC, is a his- torical one for both theG, 1, move- ment and Black Liberation struggle here in Babylon, It is the first time that a Black man in the military has filedfor discharge under the program andplatform of the Black Panther Party. It is an open sign of ther discontent and hatred among the pigs military forces, As we come closer to the day of total rebellion, the military v be called upon to take on more of pig role here in is it is now dolng around the world, But with people like Brother Bobby in the Military, we know whcih way America, just the guns will be pointing. SEIZE THE TIME! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! THE MILITARY MUST BE OURS! Alameda Movement for a Demo- cratic Military UNIFY OUR OF WAR IN KOREA THE KOREAN PEOPLE WILL SURELY COUNTRY BY KOREAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES IN- DEPENDENTLY ON A DEMOCRATIC | BASIS WITHOUT ANY INTERFER- ENCE OF OUTSIDE FORCES AFTER FORCING US IMPERIALISM TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH KOREA WITH THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLES OF PEOPLE I WISH YOUR THE CURSED BY US LIBERATION COLL 1038 25 THE WHOLE WORLD INCLUDING THE REVOLUTIONARY IN THE UNITED STATES CONVENTION GREAT SUCCESS IN ITS WORK TO ABOLISH RACIALISM AND EX- PLOITER SYSTEM OF US IMPERIAL- ISM AND ACHIEVE FREEDOM AND COMMITTEE FOR THE PEACEFUL UNIFICATION OF THE FATHERLAND REVOLUTIONARY YOUTH DEMAND THEIR BASIC NEEDS The So. California Chapter of the Black Panther Party serves Free Hot Breakfast to over 1,300 children a week. To sustain the breakfast, we get food donations from the businesses in the com- munity itself. Last week, the El Segundo Dairy Farms donated five gallons (equivalent to $5.00) of milk and said that was all they could afford to give for the year, When the children who attend the breakfast at Stockwell commu- nity cencer heard about the ridi- culously inadequate donation from he dairy, they decided to visit the dairy and talk to the manager themselves. So 35 children went to the dairy ind began marching and demand- ing milk for their breakfast. The children told the manager that they receded at least 12 gallons of milk a day and that he makes at least 100 times the cost of those 12 llons a day from the Stockwell Community alone, The manager couldn't deal with the reality of 35 children demanding milk so he LT TSE asked them to come back a few — hours later and talk to the owner, The kids departed with loud cries of ‘All Power to the People.’ When the children returned a few hours later, they were greeted by seven carloads of pigs. This time the breakfast program co- ordinators told the children to re- main in the van, while they went inside, The owner refused to give any more milk or make an addi- tional committment. To avoid sub- jecting our children to theharass- ment brutality of armed dogs the co-ordinators decided it would be best to leave. However, we know that not for too many times will the revolutionary youth stand silently by and let the avya- ricious businessmen deprive them of their basic needs, and ONLY ON THE BONES OF OUR OPPRESSOR WILL OUR FREE- DOM BE FOUNDED, BLACK PANTHER PARTY So. California Chapter FOR US T@ WITH OUR- TREE BROTHERS AND SISTERS Sisters and Brothers in Babylon: For 400 years the Black colony in America has been the victim o: racist kidnappings, genocide and slavery. We have suffered in relative silence, but we will suffer no longer, The buying, selling, beatings, and bombings are going to Stop, now! Today we are still subjected to Same subhuman treatment, the methods have moved to overkill lever . Revolution is the only way to bust the piz's shac- the only kels. No loager will we remain the peaceful domesticated flunkies of Nixon’s racist, fascist military machine. For too long, we have attempted to work through the op- pressor’s system's. Itis clear that there is no justice in Babylon other than that of an armed peo- ple. We will use any means neces- sary to win back the dignity and freedom which is the birthright of every human being on earth. Therefore, I am filing for dis- charge from the United States Ma- rine Corps on point 6 of the plat- form of the Black Panther Party. My continued participation as a member of the pig occupation for- ces would constitute an act of treason to my race and humanity. It is my intention that my act- ion will serve as an example tothe rest of my brothers and sisters who are still being held in mili- tary boadage. The enemy has been exposed. kt is now time for us to return to our stand with our true brothers aad sisters, ALL POWER TO THE PROPLEI DEATH TO THE PIGS! Corporal Bobby Evans, USMC iG i THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 13 4 . > ‘ A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE | NATIONAL GUARD | (A MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SUPPLEMENT) | FINAL PART | { her. claiming the shots were fired at them. | The murder touched off two nights of j 4 rebellion. A state of emergency and { dusk-to-dawn curfew were declared by the f mayor just before 550 National Guardsmen, | : supplementing police from Lima and 12 ; ' surrounding counties. were sent in to occupy the black community. On the night of the : shooting, some 200 people marched | | peacetully from the southside blackgg : community to the downtown area. Police drove them back with teargas. Afterwards, : several «policemen shot and some ! wounded. The following day representatives ! of the black community, at a meeting with eny Officials where the mavor appeared with a j revolver cipped to hi belt demanded } of two police officers responsible . lor the 4 nul si investigation of the siaving. and removal of all National Guard 24.000 gular sold ind National Guardsmen were ordered by President Nixon reuk a postal strike in New York, Over halt were used to seab by sorting and carrying mail. The strike was precipitated by low wages which toree four out of five postmen to have : a second job, and demands for better working condition After tour days of protest against President ! Nixor invasion of Cambodia on the Kent State University campus in. Ohio, 1500 National Guard troops opened fire without warning, killing four students and wounding many more. News reporters, students and : other eye-witnesses strongly asserted that no student was armed and no shots were fired ! other than those trom the Guardsmen, some | of whom fired in the air while others took 4 THE RACIST MILITARY INVADE OUR COMMUNITIES AS IT DOES IN Fon bekine 6 Taner Poe 3 VIETNAM AND THE REST OF THE WORLD and had been without sleep for several days / 1943 A rebellion broke out in Detroit on Belle Isle, Numerous instances of what the National j a recreation area. Looting began in the black Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders wrt . Satie aicidiy spread eantdi-wis trimediately called “lack of fire discipline” accounted for May 196] Racial Disturbance: Anniston. 4 answered by use of lethal force against blacks. most of the 43 deaths. June 1967 C apreaarenttoehestine f White forays into black residential areas by vay ieee at ae ci ceige ' cars were met with sniping. By the time 1969 The National Guard was sent against Berkeley Petes 2: STDS Pee ; federal troops arrived, 25 blacks and 9 whites residents and students to prevent them from September 1957 School . were dead. Thousands were arrested and many using a vacant parking lot as a community a F ptember 195 chool integration: Little Rock severely beaten. park. Large numbers of Guardsmen proved to si dt - : ; ~ ; ¥ August 1965 Civil disturbance: Watts : be Maky in the line of duty. although one man ‘ 1944 General Walsh, President of the NGA, was killed and many were injured by buckshot October 1965 Vietnam Day Committee: a condemned professional military officers as and tear gus. Many Guardsmen returned to Berkeley and Oakland i “Brahmins,” “Bourbons” and “Samurai” and Berkeley for a solidarity demonstration on November 1965 Vietnam Day Committee: of? charged that they had “undiluted and July 4 Berkeley and Oakland undisguised hate of us.” He also charged there 1970 A black Woman in Lima. Ohio. seeing police December 1965 Civil disturbance: Vallejo ay was a conspiracy to destroy “a yreat citizen beat a 17 vear old youth. grabbed a police March 1966 Civil disturbance: Richmond yy force.” revolver and fired it into the air. Police killed March 1966 Civil disturbance: I os Angeles 1945 National Guard demobilized. —— Se ee VII. The National Guard Helps Enforce Integration, ae Racism, and Suppress Campus Dissent QuTCcH FASTER: ‘ 1957-1965 Because of the numerous uses of the National : ' Guard during these years, Military Intelligence \ . will merely list, from official government ; ’ sources, the occasions on which the Guard ' ; was called up, with background information , only on the best known incidents ’ 1965 The attempted arrest of a black man sparked ' six days of rebellion in the Watts ghetto of Los Angeles which resulted in 34 deaths, over ‘ 1000 injuries, and nearly 4000 arrests. Many of those arrested were incarcerated in jail for months without bail, charges, lawyers, or other Constitutional rights. More than 13,400 . ‘ National Guardsmen were called in to . : suppress the rebellion. An ACL U report found . hundreds of instances of police and Guard . brutality. ; ’ 1967 A racial rebellion erupted in Detroit after a ’ crowd gathered at the scene of a mass arrest ’ of black citizens. Looting began and several \ 4 ye > o,. ' fires were set. State police and National , OO Se ae ae ees ; Guardsmen were called in- AS incidents oO! RACIST MILITAKY INVADE BLACK COMMUNITY OF NEWARK N.J. (1967) ; looting and fires increased, the Guard was continued on next page . ; were mobilized, ' nationalized and paratroopers ~ a ~ i ——3 ws =o ew eee ee ' ' / ! § ' i | j j | ' \ ' { ' ' [ | ; ! ' ' | F ; June 1966 June-July 1966 September October 1966 October 1966 October 1966 Florida June 1967 Georgia December 196] Idaho August 1961 [iinvis August 1965 July 1966 September 1966 April 1967 July 1967 Indiana September 1965 July 1966 July 1967 Kansas July 1963 Kentucky April-May 1959 Maryland June-July 1%64 July 1967 Massachusetts August 1965 Michigan May 1964 August- September 1966 July 1967 Minnesota December 1959- January 1960 Mississippi January 1957 January 1957 August 1957 August 1957 October 1957 October 1957 March 1958 June 1958 June 1958 December 1958 February 1959 March 1959 Civil disturbance: Los Angeles Civil disturbance: Los Angeles Civil disturbance: Los Angeles Civil disturbance. San Francisco Civil disturbance: Oakland Civil disturbance: Berkeley Civil disturbance’ Tampa Breach at peace Albany Teenage riot: Coeur d’Alene Civil disturbance: Chicage Civil disturbance. Chicago Civil disturbance: Cicero Tormade (prevent looting) Belvedere Civil disturbance: Cairo Civil disturbance: Indianapolis Civil disturbance: Gary Civil disturbance: South Bend Auto-race mot: Garnett ne. Hazard Industrial disp Racial disturbance: Cambridge Civil disturbance: Cambridge Ciwil rights demonstration Springtield Industrial dispute Hillsdak Racial disturbance: Benton Harbor Cwil disturbance: Detrou Industrial dispute: Albert Lea Civil disturbance: Benton County Civil disturbance: Prentiss County Civil disturbance: Marion County Civil disturbance: Simpson County Civil disturbance: Parchman Civil disturbance: Prentiss County Civil disturbance: Lamar County Civil disturbance: Prentiss County Civil disturbance: Sharkey County Civil disturbance: Hancock County Civil disturbance: Lauderdale County Civil disturbance: Lauderdale County THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 14 NATIONAL GUARD March 1959 August 1959 May 1961 June 1962 June 1963 November 1963 January 1964 June 1965 September 1965 April 1966 June 1966 Nebraska July 1966 September 1966 New Hampshire September 1964 June 1965 New Jerse) July 1967 July 1967 New York July 1964 New Mexico May 196] continued from last page roo | a! . * Civil disturbance: Quitman County Civil disturbance: Parcl:man Civil disturbance: Meridian Civil disturbance: Harrison County Racial demonstration: Jackson Civil disturbance: Lincoln County Civil disturbance: Jackson Civil disturbance: Columbia Civil disturbance: Natchez Civil disturbance: Claiborne County Civil disturbance: Jackson Civil disturbance: Omaha State lair incident Teenage riot: Hampton Beach Motorcycle riot: Weirs Civil disturbance: Newark Civil disturbance: Plaintield R riot: Rochester Sabotage of microwave station, statewide June 1967 North Carolina July 1967 Ohio July 1965 July 1965 July 1966 September 1966 June 1967 Oregon September 1962 September 1963 September 1964 September 1965 Rhode Island July 1960 Utah May 1961 Washington September 1965 Wisconsin August 1966 July 1967 July-August 1967 resent As this Civil disturbance: Rio Arriba Civil disturbance: Durham Civil Disturbance: Bussel’s Point Teenage not: Geneva Race riot: Cleveland Race riot: Dayton Civil disturbance: Cincinnati Labor Day riot: Seaside Labor Day riot: Seaside Labor Day riot: Seaside Labor Day riot: Seaside Jazz festival: Newport Sabotage of microwave towers, known locations, Cedar Mountain Lindover Civil disturbance: Washington Ocean Beach Civil disturbance: Wauwatosa Civil disturbance: Lake Geneva Civil disturbance: Milwaukee Military Intelligence Supplement shows, National Guard troops have beet directed throughout their history against Indians, Mexicans, blacks, the poor, working men and women and their families, students, and in general, anyone who sought to better the conditions National under which he lived. The Guard has enforced racism, exploitation, poverty, war, and hunger by means of terror, brutality, scabbing and mayhem, At the same time, the Guardsmen who have been the instrument of this fascisti¢ rule have come trom the same families they have oppressed, whose jobs and dignity they have stolen and whose lives they have taken. These Guardsmen have been tricked and lied to, The purpose of understanding your histery is to change it. Whatever happens, don't shoot. Just organize. Two things stand out in the history of the National maintain their lucrative positions. But the vast majority, in the tinal analysis, really Guard: (1) The Guard has been used to protect the interests of a tiny minority of the people against the interests of the vast majority at the point of a gun, despite the fact that the vast majority of Guardsmen have the same interests as those they are used against. (2) Guard officials have used any and all means available to maintain the existence of an obsolete, outrageously expensive and unnecessary force so as tO commissions sd prestigious hold the power, as long as they use it.» —— — = he , gf s i o, THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970 PAGE 15 f Ef 1S! OE | ts 1 semanas | 1 1 | mace 1 PT | 1 | | CE | ff | AN | | 1 1 Mecca | 1 1s Mamma | 1 | mma | tT eee, ££ ( 3. We want an end to the robbery by the CAPITALIST of our Black : Se ee. Community Ae L October 1966 cat N We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are | ae N demanding the overdue debt of: forty acres and two mules. Forty acres i Black Panther Party and two mules was promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor N { . 4 ) = and mass murder of black people. We will accept the payment in currency N { ae ‘ ‘ which will be distributed to our many communities. The Germans are now ‘ ‘ é Platform and I rogram aiding the Jews in Israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Ger- ' i N mans murdered six million Jews. The American racist has taken part in ; , \ the slaughter of over fifty million black people; therefore. we feel that this } - q N is a modest demand that we make ; a : ’ W h at We W ant 4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. N ’ e We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent housing to { z N our black community. then the housing and the land should be made inte ! 7 N a e e 1eve cooperatives so that our community, with government aid, can build and ' j make decent housing for its people N \ ; yee ; ’ ay Seas ; 5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this N : 4 | es estatatahs x. Ue rir traret “8 “3 sraratereteterats ‘ decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true { a | N ratatatatete , x Ox history and our role in the present-day society. ' ta N é x We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowl- L 4 ; edge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position N , tetetatens in society and the world, then he has little chance.to relate to anything N } oS else y ‘ a ; t XN : Ox “6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service. : NX a We believe that Black people.should not be forced to fight in the mifi- N . ete tary service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We N BLN will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like black N £52525 people, are being victimized by the white racist government of America. | N x We will protect ourselves from the force and violence of the racist police i N : and the racist military, by whatever means necessary. te oor e OX 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER N : ook of black people. N ‘ We believe we can end police brutality in our black community by or- | j N “™ ganizing black self-defense groups that are dedicated to defending our i | 4 N 4 black community from racist police oppression and brutality. The Second Fj Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives a right to bear N ‘ j : arms. We thefefore believe that all black people should arm themselves N . for self-defense Nee é 8. We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county ; / N yo beta tatetateteisiatetaigs Pm Vereene and city prisons and jails. ‘ } OOO oe ao ih § Fra Oo red Creare m ~~ Wa XL We believe that all black people should be released from the many N i raetocene sroretere 2 ee, jails and prisons because thy have not received a fair and impartial trial N hy 's @.@.¢. ' aN ee 9. We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by | _— Bar 2S a jury of their peer group or people from their black communities, as s SWE, defined by the Constitution of the United States. ji ; re $ > We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constituticn \ iy o stotatelaceranees K =. sta’ 505 so that black people will receive fair trials. The 14th Amendment of the N (3 ¢ LS. — regtas ‘ COS U.S. Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peer group. A peer 1, N M tatetateteloee o55 C505 o is a person from a similar economic, social, religious, geographical, en- ‘> N ef LPP PEL LOL state pene wrererere vironmental, historical and racial background. To do this the court will be ut Wa OIG KOK KOO forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black ae ry RO KD 0600.08 S defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries N 3 x OKO statute Me é that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black N : Reeves SO patatae we serene 10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. : S xO CPI, tetetetate SS rete And as our major political objective, a United Nations-supervised plebis- N | a 56% *, Veet terate roreteretoters os cite to be held throughout the black colony in which only black colonial N , 3 atate x Sisce tetetatee ee org subjects will be allowed to participate, for the purpose of determining the \ |Z siege aratarates etaretateeees % will of black people as to their national destiny. : , ee ee, Saas 4 oe oo 4, * ; = S 3X alatatate ORK, < When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one a N COCR OeEe EEO, ems KOKI, people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with i N x 20.6 OOO 0 Oe ee Meee another. and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and N re sere ake ere gre ee oN, equal station to which the laws of nature and naturg's God entitle them, a N , ia I v2 ——" Spe Se NCL ENE decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare ‘ \ 18 404040. Osbe OOO eae, ie CE KK KO the causes which impel them to the separation ' » RR AM. seo eaeeiatatetetatatatatutataten We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; | ' iy N x 920,000.00, 0.0.0. 0.0. 0.0.0 Oe that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; y By N SO KK gt60.0.6.0-0.0.0-0:0, 0.0.0. 0.0.0) that among these are life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to : OOK 00,0 CORK KK secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their N h CoO IIH HK KK I IK just powers from the consent of the governed; that, ey any form - N ( at . aa . . sovernment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people ' ‘ Huey P. Newton Minister oJ Defense a alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its x i NJ Black Panther Party foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as : ‘ : to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Pru- N 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our dence. indeed. will dictate that governments long established should not N ' Black Community. be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience N ; hath shown..thal mankind are more disposed to:suffer. while evils are : : We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to deter- sufferable. than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they , ; mine our destiny are accustomed But. when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pur- ' ‘ suing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under ab- i é N solute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such govern- N } , 2 We want full employment for our people. ment, and to provide new guards for their future security. N r We believe that the federal government Is responsible and obligated to ' fs we every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that uf . , S the white American businessmen will not give full employment. then the ; ' N means of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed in N ; ’ the community so that the people of the community can organize and em N a : ploy all of its people and give a high standard of living \ ’ | & . 111 ea ttt ieee EAL LEY EE SSE EEE SS 8 LE 8 ES SEO 8 EEE TD See ee ; } ¢ 4 : . 2 4 ee { ' . ' 6 ‘ om . a +e ciecemaets denciate RETA Bay on ne PEOPLE DEATH 10 THE PIGS ALL POWER 10 T # 4 ” ,