Vol. 2, No. 15-17

““ » . ‘ cif’ . , SER 7, 1968 * _% ~ Black Community News Service OLUME 2, NUMBERS 15-17 “i SATURDAY, DECEMBER | 1968 THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 23 30.chmc SAM FRANCISCO, CA 94126 YBLISHED ~2 Cleaver’s Free! “MN PIGS AND PRISON ; on > >. Se eee » tee ite bepea AGE 2 Editor’s Note: Our national and international news story are missing from this issue because of theft of new releases by CIA & FBI Pigs. J * > . Continuations of articles on ethnic racims in next issue Raymond Lewis Deputy Minister of Information Bobby Seale & David Hilliard back from Montreal Pg. 11 Bigs Attempt to Murder Panthers Pg. § Black Panther Ten-Point Program Page 15 Pocket Lawyer of Legal First Aid Page 13 Freedom Vigil for Eldridge Cleaver Pages 8-9 Oakland Pig Expose Page 10 > THE BLACK PANTHER BY THE , BLACK PANTHER PARTY EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE BLACK PANTHER Political Frvener Minister of Delense HUET NEWTON Choermon BORSY SEALE Editar Menestor of Information ELDRIDGE CLEAVER Manogng Edite Deputy Minister of infermatian RAYMOND LEWIS Revolutionary Arint end Layout Miniver of Culture EMORY DOUGLAS Aes) Revolutionary Artiat MATILABA Poltecal Editer JAY WHITE Editorial Assistants BILL SHERMAN BRENDA PRESLEY Student Editors (BSU, Cokland Technical 4.5.) GREGORY HARRISON Distribution Meneger VIRTUAL MURRELL Cireutetion SAM NAPIER CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY Minister of Defense HUEY P. NEWTON Chairman BOBBY SEALE Minister of Information ELDRIDGE CLEAVER Notional Hdg. Coptain DAVID HILLARD Field Marshals UNDERGROUND Minister of Education GEORGE MURRAY Minister of Finance MELVIN NEWTON “Minister of Foreign Affairs "Minister of Justice Prime Minister STOKELY CARMICHAEL Communications Secretary KATHLEEN CLEAVER Minister of Culture EMORY DOUGLAS The editorial and production cost of THE BLACK PANTHER News- paper have increased considerably. We would like to continue increasing weekly circulation and our national and interna- tional news coverage. To do this we need your aid. Please send us news items, general information, and contributions. Help us distribute and get new subscriptions to The Black Panther newspaper. Submit to: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION BLACK PANTHER PARTY BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94126 Photo Credits: WENDY CADDEN, DON BECKOM, RICHARD BROWN ee ELDRIDGE CLEAVER: TAKES REVOLUTION UNDERGROUN EDITORIAL: By BROTHER DYNAMITE The blood hounds of the racist America ment are searching every crack and cc United States for Eldridge Cleaver. The ture’s pigs are getting untold amounts as to the whereabouts of Eldridge, are getting anonymous phone call ling tips from snitchers and Negro are running around in a chaotic, mad, state of mind, Eldridge has been reported’ Burbank, Canada, Cuba, and Sweden, ‘‘all a time,”’ This is totally ridiculous. Late Friday night, Chairman Bobby Seale and of Staff David Hilliard left San Francisco for the Western Hemispheric Conference on Viet Nam in Mon- treal, Canada, It was obvious to the Panthers that they were being followed across the United States by pig agents who were stupid enough to think they were being led to Eldridge Cleaver. SEE PAGE3 ELDRIDGE CLEAVER MINISTER OF INFORMATION BLACK PANTHER PARTY “T'll Re in the Middle of the Black Community — with Guns all Around Me” PAG! rHE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECI MBER 7, 1908 Pounce BOMB N.J. PANTHER OFFICE ” Lal Where is Eldridge Cleaver? ii hat is he doing? Per- by Charles Buesey Panthers led 4 machine-gun attack ha $s the answer 2p . . as f , > on one of their watering holes and x p 2 e ver to the se que stions can be found in the rhe bomb! ¢ the Black resting grounds, We all know that essays y om the Minister of Defense Huey P, Ne wton. Panther Party New Jersey Head- {t was just an excuse for the pigs Huey P. Newton tells us to investigate the history of quarters wis just another last to move on our office, the revolution, When we do investigate we see that the vanguard group starts above ground and is later driven underground by the oppressor. The Cuban Revolution exemplifies this fact. When Fidel Castro started to resist the butcher Batista and the American running dogs, he started by speak- As ing on the college campuses of the University of Ha- vana in public. He was later driven to the hills... His impact upon the dispossessed people of Cuba was very great and received much respect, When he went into secrecy, Cuban people searched him out, People went to the hills to find him and his band of twelve. Eldridge Cleaver has made a tremendous impact upon the-oppressed people of America, and the people know the vanguard party exist. They will seek it out. desperate struggle by the pigs and its racist running dogs. As Chair- man Mao Ts¢-Tung explains It to us ‘*Historically, all reactionary forces on the verge of extinction invariably conduct a last desperate Struggle against the revolutionary forces, and some revolutionaries are apt to be deluded for a time by this phenomenon of outward strength but inner weakness, fail- ing to grasp the essential fact that the enemy is nearing extinction while they themselves are ap- proaching victory.” The insane bombing of the Black Panther office in New Jersey Is typical of this racist government when somebody doesn’t take the same side as it wants themto. The history of this racist country proves that, The slavemaster used “tuncle toms’? to help put down Slaves revolts in the old days, now they use negroes as C,1_A, agents such as this Anthony Kaiser, who came to the National Headquarters during the retreat posing asafirst lieutenant and called the pigs on the Black Panther in the National Headquarters, These racist dogs claim thatthe Agent Kaiser of the C.LA, de- partment had his hands in on this act of aggression to kill some of the Black liberation fighters in the mother country. The more these racist commit these acts of aggression and brutaliry on Black people and color people of the world, will unite more and more under the banner of liberation for all oppressed people and defeat the U.S. aggres- sors and its running dogs. The cold monstrous attack on our office in New Jersey in which four of our Black brothers were hurt, is the same kind of cruel treatment thar Slack people are subjectedto every day since we have been inthe racist decadent U.S.A, The oppressed people here and over the world will no longer let such acts as the attack on the Pan- ther office and others to happen any longer for we the people see the racist dogs and its reactionary fools are on the verge of extinc- tion and we will not be deluded, and we will keep on fighting until all monsters of all kinds be destroyed. Power to the people, Black power to Black people. dogs CUTLER LGC REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #14 are you prepared to hide someone in your home indefinitely Say, two to six weeks, you going out for food, etc., so he never hits the street, to keep your friends away cooly, so they ask no questions, to nurse him, or her, as necessary, to know **first aid’’ and healing (not to freak out at the sight of torn or half-cooked flesh) to pass him on at the right time to the next Station, to cross the canadian border, with a child So that the three of you look Like one family, no questions asked, or fewer, to stash letters, guns, or bombs TEESE LLU LLORE RRL ULCER forget about them cill they are called for, ta KEEP YODR MOUTH SHUT ‘trust’ r truelove » that Is, 1 im than he needs < o each other in this game CELE CLEEEEEEEE ECE 7 x Pat TEC SUCRE LLL ; le R 7, 1968 GEORGE STILL OUT - JAP NOW IN: RIOTS CONTINUE AT CK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBIE PAGE 4 THE BLA SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PANTHERS BACKFIRES.. . C , PIG MAYOR ALIOTO CAPONE WANTS RACIST GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE — GOOD SHOOTING BLACK PANTHERS S.F. PIG MAYOR ALIOTO CAPONE PAGE 6 THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 ih iy} ‘are PIGS Arrested and Brutalized Panther Brother Gregory Harrison On Trumped Up Charges — Panthers to hold Rally at Trial RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Every member of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY throughout this country of racist America must abide by these rules as functional members of this party. CENTRAL COMMITTEE members, CENTRAL STAFFS, and LOCAL STAFFS, Including all captains subordinate to either national, state and local leadership of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY will enforce these rules. Length of suspension or other disciplinary action ncessary for violation of these rules will depend upon decisions by national, state or state area, and local committees and staffs where said rules 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 violation of these rules to their leadership or they are counter-revolutionary and are also subjected to suspension by the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE: 1. No party member can have narcotics or weed In his possession while doing party work. 2. Any party member found shooting narcotics will be expelled from this party. 3. No party member can be drunk while doing daily party work, 4. No party member will violate rules relating te office work, and general meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, and meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, ANYWHERE, §. No party member will point or fire a weapon unnecessarily or accidentally at inyone other than the enemy, 6. No party member can join any other army or force other than the BLACK LIBER- ATION ARMY, 7. No party member narcotics or wed, 8. No party people at all, and cannot steal of thread, 9. When arrested BLACK PANTHER PARTY members will give only name and rddress and will sign nothing, Legal first ald must be understood by all Party members, 10. The Ten Point Program and platform of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY must be known and understood by each Party member, Including all other material of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. can have a weapon in his possession while drunk or loaded off commit any crimes against other members of BLACK or take from the people; not even a needle and a plece member will STUDENT REVOLT AT OAKLAND TECHNICAL HIGH lack Panther and state-wide chairman of the jlack Students Union, was arrested on November i8on charges of in- citing 4 riot, unlawful assembly, disturbing the peace, and abusive teachers and administrators. He was picked up 3 » warrant for his arrest, The incident was caused when the pigs swooped down on the school and unjustly arrested over 15 students for crossing the street to get-some decent food from cafes surrounding the school. Some students were arrested for trying to find out what was happening. *The revolt was caused by the Oakland Gestapo Pig Department working over the school idministration, This was not the only cause but it was a build up of all the frustrations that were built up in the students for 4 long time. In fact, Just two weeks before this incident happened, 2 faggot pigs came walking through the building taking movie films of the students. 1 followed them out of the building and ques- it which tine one of them oinked “We were assigned here by our chief."" While | was: questioning one of them, two other cars pulled up and the other pig turned the camera on me, i guess they needed more pigs after they saw the students reaction to their tactic, When we broughr this tothe attention of the principal, his answer was, ‘‘I didn’t know they were on campus.” In fact, every question we asked this incomputant kouckle-head he ans- wers “| don’t know,” These things have happened all through the school year: but we had found out some time before this Incident happened thar it was school rule and law that pigs must check into the office before entering any other section of the building and it was obvious to us that they were illegal trespassers on our campus. Then it came co this incident in which these same vicious, gestapo, dog pigs, swooped down and hit three sides of the school at once, and arrested every student in sight. These situations ina school make it impossible for any student to participate in any school activities, This only Jeaves us to one conclusion, That thig was not a school but it was virtually a military concentration camp, The school was not being run by our principal, because he had told us that he didn’t know anything Inthe first place, but it was being run by Oakland's Pig Chief Gains. If you don't believe this look at the new set of rules thar they have. It’s costing the tax payers $50,000 more, They told me thar they were for my protection just like the two incidents | described and like the way they brutally murdered with their sham protection Bobby Hutton, The students recognized what was happening but the old dilapidated people keep telling is we're wrong, The old Toms look back to the days when they went to School. Did they have those mud-wallowing, stanky breathed, lower natured beast, gestapo pigs looking over their shoulders saying, ‘‘nigger do your work, or I'm going to put this here iron Gregory Harrison, language to days later on tioned them ri club over your nappy head!7"" This is the way it's still done these — days. With old negro toms sitting at home on their butts saying — Jook at that crazy new breed of young people with these foolish revolutionary ideas getting their heads busted In for nothing. More brain washed black people or plain toms! What's the choice: you sit down and your head gets busted, or you decide to defend yoursel. We have decided to defend ourselves. We also know that these things are wrong. But how can they tell us that they are with us when they are sitting back on their butts. We judge people by their actions, not by their words. All they are being is negro toms. That's how you agé so quick, your mind detearlates while you age. The next time you see me walking down the street I don’t want to hear you say a thing, because you say too much. In fact, thats all you de is talk, The next time we have any type of meeting 1 want to see you there. If you’r not, don’t say anything, because I don’t have time for you. FREE HUEY! FREE ALL BLACK POLITICAL PRI- SONERS! POWER TO THE STUDENTS, POWER ‘TO THE PEOPLE, BLACK POWER TO BLACK PEOPLE, AND PANTHER POWER TY) THE VANGUARD,” ‘ f : ; — - HUEY P. NEWTON, MINISTER OF DERFENSE a c ‘ 2 ATS Merve TIME HAS COME BY Jazzic kt sorrows me to see you in a pit, falling deeper, yet refusing The time has come brothers to except a black revolutionaries and sisters, for us to sit down helping hand, because he decided together and stand united to battle to take up the gun to conquer the the war to defeat our oppressors. gun which has oppressed his people Open your eyes. Can't you see for so long. that after being promised free- Do not refuse me any longer. dom for so many years, you are Come brothers and sisters, listen still slaves, 2(th Century Slaves, to me, I'm here to help you not You refuse help from yourblack to destroy you, Come with me to brothers, because you say his arm our black communities. Let's wordsarevile. Let me clean your no longer make our communities ears So you can hear the racist slum areas which loses money Pigs daily curse you out with well only because we don’t own or con- formed dictionary words, trol it. Let’s realize that we are Close your mouth. You've been and have been divided for years. foaming at the mouth so long it’s up to us to unite and destroy Uistening to the sweet promise our oppressors..,.FOR WE ARE: of intergretion, that you fail to GREAT, IN STRENGTH AND See the rightful destiny of the NUBMER... black people. LETTER FROM NIGERIA BROTHER: SAYS AMERICAN PIGS DISTORT NIGERIA-BIAFRA FACTS Dear Editor, it was very unfortunate to read ~ in your “’B,P,"", °"B.C.N.S,"" about the wrong statements of the situa- tion in my country, Nigeria. Your paper, the Black Panthers, has always been acclaimed in Nigeria as one of the most objective and promising news media of informa- tion to all Blacks in the world over — (along with ‘'Muhammed Speakers’’), it was really embarrassing to read about Nigerian crisis andthat giving the wrong picture of it to millions of people it was also a pity that you never. waited to hear the two sides in the Nigerian conflict before dashing into the press and feeding us wrongly over who aids Nigeria or the Rebels, It was also surprising to see that you would be allowed by the stupid, Hunkles, white radicals from Ber- keley and the Bay Area who pro- fess to be true Black Man's friend in disguise and enemies to brain- wash you in order to confuse you with the situation ina Black African country - Nigeria, We Nigerians realized the im- portance and plights of every Black man particularly in the United States on the progress, stability, unity of individual Blacks all over the world and that is why we are fully determinate to fight even to the Jast Black man in my coun- try over the rebels and their col- laborators some of whom are Por- tuguese, Rhodesians and South Af- ricans. It is of late that we are getting to realize that even the Hunkies in America are aiding the rebels so that Black Nigeria may be broken into fragmented states rather than joining hands together to form one and Indisible Black Nation particularly in Nigeria and in the Black world ar large, The Rebels in Nigeria de- termined to break away after the white Racists have promised them with backings-in arms and am- munition to sustain their ill-fated regime, Without this help they would not have opted from their father land - Nigeria, Now the Hunkies are now sending arms and ammunition, under the guise of relief materials, to the rebels fo continue their struggle against the constituted authority of Ni- geria, They have also sent inmer- ceneries, pigs to fight along side with them (Rebels) against the gal- lant Federal Forces but to be honest, Nigeria is fully prepared against these white soldiers of fortune for we black Nigerians believe that *‘we have a duty par- ticularly when the whites dabble into our affairs to perform by bringing others (some few lust for power Ibos) back into the broken family of man, In our worldhouse, in the context of the modern world, we must a5 Black revolutionists Say, LUve together as brothers or perish divided as fools. In as much as you should know thar the white Hunkies in Amer- {oa put up Dick Tiger of Nigeria who by mistake is an Ibo man to fight after he had been defeated in the boxing ring to raise money to sustain his fast collapsing regime by acquiring more arms and ammunition to fight fellow blacks - under the guise that the Hunkies In America are very hu- man to the cause of Black men in Nigeria leaving behind and for- getting their genocidal acts {In Vietnam, andto withdraw their Law and Order to destroy the freedom and liberty of our black brothers in the United Stares. Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) whom we all recognized as the world heavy - welght champion of the world was pulled down by the same Hunkie who professed to love Black Nigerla to fight for a cause in Vietnam which is fully unjust and wickd of any reason- able men on earth, You can now compare the attitudes of these white men, helping Dick Tiger a black man in dividing his Black country and pulling down Muham- med Ali in his task of building a United Black Nation, Muhammed Ali refused to witness the tournament of Dick Tiger be- cause he does not believe ina fight Stage managed by racist America to destroy Niger{a- a black prom- ising country in Africa, As a matter of fact, well mean- ing Black Americans know what is really going on in Nigeria, such as James Meredith, the rights worker and Senator E. Brooks. Both have visited Nigeria to see things themselves. Also, you can borrow a leave from ‘*Muham- med Speaks"’ who everybody — ar least every black man knows that it is the most objective paper of the blacks, As 1 thought you should have known, the peace and Freedom Party, a predominantly radical white leftist socialist group of which you the Black Panthers do affiliated with had been in sym- pathy with Nigeria and have been Pledging their full support to the Soliderity and territorial integ- rity of our beloved Black Nation - Nigeria, I am sure she would never forgive you and Nigeria will never forgive you if you reflect through the wrong statements which the Hunkies had projected to some few, black greedy, lust for power Ibo groups who want to destroy their country through the help of racist white Americans, Rho- desians, South Africans, Portu- guese and French, Today in Nigeria we have mil- Hons of Ibos working happily side by side with other feliow Nigerians even the wounded soldiers of the rebel clique stay in the same hos- pital with the wounded Federal Nigeriar Idiers, receiving the ume kind of tment. The In- ternational Observers, invited ¢ Nigeria to watch the conduct of the Federal advance into the only re- maining rebel strong-hold, Um- ahala now knc the rebels 48 the “‘ Republic of Umuahia”’ pro- BROTHER MALCOLM ; Born,May 19, 1925 Assassinated, Feb. 21,1965 fessed Federal Troops adhere Strictly to the code of conduct and they fought with minimum loss of life and property. A new Ibo leadership had been chosen to take care and to con Unue the running of the administra- tion of the Ibo Community in the now East Central State of Nigeria, his name is Okpabi Asika, the most sensible and intelligent Ibo man, followed by eminent Ibo men Like San Ikoku, Chike Chukwura, Ad- ministrative Secretary of the East Central State and Ben Nwowu, Ni- gerian World reknown Sculptor. These men together with many others of which I failed to mention here loved the black men, In Ni- geria, to Uve together and fight together with one spirit of Black Brotherhood against any whites whose motive is to divide and rule black nations, The only thing and the best thing now is to advise Ojukwu, the leader of the secessionists, to come back into the Nigerian Fed- eration, for their lives and prop- erties are guaranteed and that they should stop going to the racist countries for aid in breaking up our black nation and with this the Black people all over the world would forgive and forget the fratricidal war which the rebels have brought into our country - Nigeria, It is with great regret that we Nigerians feel over the detention of Huey Newton whom we all acclaimed as one of the champions of Black people and not to have been released by the hooded So- ciety of bigots, Hunkies and wicked pigs who are now showing that they love some fraction of our fellow Blacks in Nigeria under the guise of humanitarlanism, Long live United Nigeria, long live the great Panthers, Long live “"Liwezo Meusi"’, Yours Sincerely, Alfred Adenlyi Macaulay, PAGE? STUDENTS-- WAKE UP! Because of the conditions thar spokesman for Black Students that side with the revolution. The BLACK STUDENTS UNION has presented demands to the different Boards of Education and our de- mands have contimiously been denied, “We, the BLACK STUDENTS UNION, call upon the support of all students and support of the com- munity on demands which a-epro- posed, We call upon you to find out what is going on inthe schools."’ When students go to school are they held in captivity once in the building? Is the school being run as a military concentration camp? To explain this further; when you or your children go to school, is *» the school run in an atmosphere of police or what they call security officers or student supervisors forcing them to go to classes that are irrelevant to their strive for a decent education? When your sons or daughters strive to change the injustices that exist in the schools are they liable to get their heads beat in because their parents are too ignorant, too stupid or too pacified to understand what isgoing on and stand up and say; “NO! WAIT A MINUTE! You aren't going to beat my child over the head or kick my child out of school; because I pay the taxes in this community and I don’t pay you to treat my child in this man- ner and -- and I dare you to do this} In fact; I'm going to get be- hind my child and go down there with him and if you try coming down there in any fashion other than looking like you are there to protect me and my child, I'm ging to have my frying pan and my rolling pin and I'm going to defend myself and my child,”” Is the type of education they are get- ting relevant to their survival or are they getting one at all? Are their minds being sabotaged? Are they being railroaded through school in classes such as shops because their teachers and coun- selors tel] them that they are better working with their hands in- stead of their minds? We ask you, the student, ‘‘Are you here to get an education or are you here to get a mark or grade on a piece of paper like they want you to believe? What is a high school diploma? Does it mean that you have an education? Does it mean that you've learned anything? Is a dip= loma really the resulk of aneduca tion? NO! All it means {fs tha you've sat through 13 years school -- TRLP PINGI}] We, the BLACK STUDENTS | UNION, call upon YOU to Jor and SUPPORT the BLACK §Tu.: DENTS UNION, We call upon /thi community to organize, get incon tact and unite with the BLAG STUDENTS UNION, It’s time UNITE! It’s time to ORGANIZ I's time to INTENSIFY STRUGGLEIII ht PANTHERS-BLACK COMMUNITY STOOD READY FoR wg: bee FREEDOM OR WAR... e do a - rn KEEP ELDRIDGE PAGE 10 THE BLACK PANTHER LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Oakland, Calif. EDITOR: . ft am very much In harmony with the goals of the Black Pan- ther Party, its goals and aspira- tions, and particularly with the ten-point program, | have visited Panther headquarters and I have volunteered my services through the John Brown Society and Dr, Shaptro's medica] yolunteer group, and generally support the Pan- ther’s fight against white racism. In examining my motives, lbelieve thar the primary force behind my identification with the Black man's struggle is related to the fact that Iam a Jew. It is easy for me to see the relationship between Oak- land Police and Nazi Storm- troopers and between all the subtie and overt examples of oppression throughout the ages against Jews and what is happening to Black people all over the world, It is for this reason that | am extremely disturbed at what seems to me to be a clear campaign of anti-Israel sentiment expressed in practically every issue of the Black Panther News. Identifying Israel as a white racist society, identifying Arab hoodlums as free- ‘domfighters, both seem to me to be unrealistic, unfactual, and ex- amples of the same kind of racism that we both fight against. “Ty would like to know exactly what the Black Panther news items "persist in anti-Israel attacks, then naturally 1 will be in a position ppl and work _ against you. That is not to say that “for the Black cause, but it is to say that it would no longer seem to and 1 would therefore have to find other channels for my interests. 1 would appreciate being-cor- rected if Lam in error, and if not. would equally appreciate being told Yours very truly, PAUL S, D, BERG, Ph.D. B SUBSC BLACK XMAS SUBSCRIPTION SPECIAL Enter my subscription for (check box): SUPPORT YOUR NEWSPAPER— i i] a O & National Foreign : Subscriptions Subscriptions a mI 3. MONTHS: (13 ISSUES)... ....-5--+ 0 $250 a $300 § 6 MONTHS: (26 ISSUES)... .. 5-6-5 OC) $5.00 O $600 §f ONE YEAR: (52 ISSUES) .-... 0. +--+ O $7.50 OC $9.00 - r] (please print) gE a u a NAME 2 ee = a a i a ADDRESS 5 = = a a a g a g CITyv = = a a a | STATEIZIP # ; COUNTRY a | PLEASE MAIL CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO a | : MINISTRY OF INFORMATION - Hi BLACK PANTHER PARTY a Sad BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE i | ! SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94126 - a if a ul : F CAO 8 SOO Oe ee kale SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 QAKLAND'S: CHIEF PIGS THE KAISER CLIQUE BY BOB AVAKIAN In the last two issues we have talked about the big boss of Oakland, racist dog William Formosa Knowland: his propaganda tool, the Oakland TRIBUNE; his reactionary politics; and his vicious political machine; all of which he uses to control Oakland and much of the Bay Area and to Influence national and even international affairs. From our brief examination of Knowland it is clear that he is the open, declared enemy of not only black people and Mexican-Americans in the city of Oakland, but of colored people throughout the world, and working people, students and all other people striving to live like human beings in this country. Knowland is crude, overt, heavy-handed, obvious; but there is another, potentially more powerful, more dangerous enemy of the people who is quietly and insidiously gathering his forces in Oakland, preparing to challenge Knowland's right to be ruler of the city and chief exploiter of its people. From on top of his 28 story monument~ building in the heart of Oakland, Edgar Kaiser has a clear view of the miles and miles of flatland ghettoes, where more than 100,000 poor people are crowded together and held down by a vicious occupying police force. It is on the 28th story of this building that the Kaiser clique plots its plans for pushing Knowland aside, and running new games on the people who live in those vast slums, Unlike Knowland, Kaiser is slick, smooth-talking--although he has ” been known to make monumental blunders, as he did when he once impatiently told Kwame Nkrumah former head of the African gov- ernment of Ghana, ‘‘hurry up and make up your mind-- you're free, white and 21." (Nkrumah, of course, is well over 21, black, and not yet free from the snares of imperialist intrigue--but we'll haye more to say about this 4 little later). : But despite occasional blunders of this kind, Kaiser Industries, Inc,, whose headquarters are in the 28 story building near Lake Merritt, is the 110ch largest of the more than half a million American corporations, Its assets (total yalue) amount to more than $750,000, 000,000, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical ranks only a few notches below Kaiser Industries--with a value of over three quarters of 4 billion dollars and sales (1967) of almost one billion dollars, Much of the Kaiser fortune {s due to contracts from the U.S, government— paid for, of course, out of our taxes--which have helped since World War Il, to spread the Kaiser Empire outward from Oakland across the United States and into most of the world, especially the under- developed’ and superexploited countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Kaiser has acrew of full-time crooks, known as ‘‘lobbyists”’ --the businessmen’s term for their flunkies who bribe government officials--which keeps Kaiser in fight with the men in Washington who hand out the government's big give-aways to big business. Africa hasbeenone of the most fertile fields for Kaiser’s busi- ness gangsterism. In 1958, Kaiser swung adeal with Kwame Nkrumah, then iiead of stute of Ghana, a 30 year agreement, according to which SUBSCRIBE NOW! Kalser built a dam on the Volga River in Ghana, and received, in return, the rights to a aluminum smelting plant, made possible by the dam, So now, Kaiser ships bauxite from Trinidad in the West Indies--where he has ulso penetrated--to, Ghana, where he uses the smelter to convert the bauxite to aluminum at very low cost and a very high profit, This amounts to grand theft: Kaiser, Reynolds and the giant firm, ALCOA, use thelr monopoly power to smash Nkrumah, if he had tried to use the smelter plant for the benefit of the people of Ghana--cutting the big U,S. companies out of a big profit, Nkrumah could probably have outfoxed the U,S, companies, however, if he had been willing to pull out of the American-British sphere of influence and trade with France and Eastern European countries, This would have meant hardship for the people of Ghana, for a few years; and, even though it would have pald off in the long run, Nkrumah may have been afraid to risk it, since he had not built a mass base of support among the people and had not really involved them in the revolutionary rebuilding and restructuring of the Ghanafan economy, Still, the major crime of blackmail was committed by the giant U.S, aluminum firms. Kaiser industries also. operate in the openly fascist country of South Africa, where the majority of black Africans’ are denied all basic human right and are forced to work in wretched conditions for an average wage of less than $1.00per day, despite South Africa's relatively high level of industrial development, No doubt Kaiser would say that by building plants in South Africa he is helping to “Viberalize’’ the government of South Africa and make things a Utele better for the millions of brutally oppressed black Africans; but the truth Is that things are getting worse, not better, for black people in that miserable country and Kaiser is only leading support to the murderous regime of Premier Voerster. And Kaiser is repeating this same patter--investing In countries where the masses of people are bitterly oppressed, held in literal slavery or forced to work for slave-wages, throughout other parts of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Far East, Kaiser Industries, aided by the U.S, government, works hand-in- hand with other giant American businesses and the puppet govern ments of most of the ‘third world’’ to make the hundreds of mil- lions of people their beast of burden to turn out billions of dollars of profits for AMERICAN BUSINESS, With his eye on his expanding empire throughout the world, it is not surprising that Edgar Kaiser has overlooked business ; at home in Oakland, until very recently, But lately, the growing re- sistance of black people, the organization of the Black Panther Party and the development of the black Liberation to a new Stage in this area, has shocked Kaiser into realizing that Knowland has made a mess of things; that the people through his game entirely; that they are not afraid to stand up to him and that they have started to get it together. So Kaiser has decided that he has to take things out of Knowland’s hands, right away. He has ordered his chief Meutenants, headed by Norman Nicholson, a Vice-Presi- dent at Kaiser, to run through the streets of Oakland, with s fistful of money, to find the Judasses who will sell the people out. More lke Knowland, Cyril Magnin’ of I Magnin’s and Quentin Reynolds of | SAFEWAY, the third largest retail firm in the U,S,, with assets of 4 . These | f: _ CO a Republican against Huey Newton tn the November Congressional election, These traitors cooperate with Kaiser and the other local financial kingpins in tricking the poor people of Oakland, subjecting them to new, more clever, forms of exploitation, _ Unlike Knowland, and his cronies, the ‘*benevolent dictators’’ who make up the ‘‘Oakland Urban Coalition"’ are far-sighted. So, for example, they helped get Proposition M on the ballot and sup- “ported it, even though it would have divided the city into districts with each district having one representative on the city council, almost guaranteeing that the black community could elect two or three councilman, Their reason for supporting Proposition Ml. . . well, as one Kaiser executive admitted, in less than fifteen years, the majority of people in Oakland will be black and Mexican=- American, and then they will be able to control the whole City Council, instead of Just two or three seats. So by dividing the city into council! districts now, the white-controlied majority on the Council can be maintained, even when white people become a minority {n Oakland, (This of course assumes that all white people in Oakland can be tricked into identifying with the Kalsers, Rey- nolds and the rest of the exploiters, who cheat most white people, while they rob and brutalize blacks and chicanos.) : Kaiser and the rest of his big-time exploiter clique will, of course, insist that the purpose of the ‘‘Oakland Urban Coalition" and Kaiser’s general interest in the black community is to help the people improve their miserable conditons--just like he insists that by going into South Africa, he is helping the black slaves there, But Kaiser’s record in Africa, Asia, Latin America and everywhere else he has extended his tentacles of exploitation, makes his real intention very clear: to make as much money as he can and do just enough to keep the ‘natives’ from getting too restless, Kaiser is very proud of allowing black people to work in his industries and of his ‘’affirmative action’’ program to get a few Negroes into higher paying jobs, Kaiser executives brag about how they are helping black people, especially young kids, to become capable of ‘‘competing"’’ for the better jobs. But will Kaiser indorse the Panther Program, demanding FULL employment for all black people (as well as whites)? Of course not: Kaiser only wants black to engage in cut-throat COMPETITION with other working people for jobs, But why should black people, or anyone else, fight like dogs for crumbs, when the wealth and technology of this country could give everyone in the WORLD a decent life] Kaiser will give a few more crumbs and a lot more sweet talk to oppressed people. Bur he draws the line at giving them everything they are due and everything they need and could have to live lke full human beings. It would be a very great tragedy, now, that black péople, chicanos, and even many white people are finally getting hip to the game gangsters like Knowland has been sunning 6n theni; \ if they féll for the cheap con game Kaiser fs trying fo put over. on them) It should be clear to the people of Oakland--black, brown, yellow, red and white--that, if they want to end the misery tharthey have been put through, they must now rely on themselves and follow the vanguard leadership of the Black Panther Party In butiding a real people's movement, PAGE 1! THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 BOBBY SEALE & DAVID HILLIARD BACK FROM MONTREAL CONVENTION rag pre 8 «2 Bobby Seale says Interpol Pigs followed Panthers to Montreal—looking for Eldridge! Detailed story on Montreal trip will appear in next week’s Black Panther. Black Panther Party The Autoblography of Malcolin X Wretched of the Earth Ll Speak of Freedom The Lost Cities of Africa The Nat Turner Slave Revolt MALCOLM X FANON, FRANTZ NKRUMAH, KWAME DAVIDSON, BASIL APTHEKER, HERBERT Aptheker, Herbert Bennett, Lerone jr Bontemps, Arna W. Cronin, E.D. American Negro Slave Rey olt A Doctmentary Histor Before the Mayflower y of the Negro People American Negro Poetry--Story of the Ne- Black Moses (The story of Garvey and the UNIA) DuBois, W.E.H. Black Reconstruction in America--Souls of Black Folk The World and Africa Davidson, Basil Black Mother, the Years of the African Slave Trade Fanon, Frantz Studies in a Dying ( Franklin, John Hope “rom Slavery to Fr egro intl United States Alack Bourgeoisie Michael The ¢ r t c Garvey, Marcus Garvey Ga The ft phy Upinior ft € 1 Herskovitts, Melville J. The My f the I 1st : » C.LI Histor {N Revolt winz, Joh MUN frie ult i un, U, | ck M I rica ‘ 1 Maledi 5 mi, Al 2) iz ; ir ‘ ter ill 8 irk ift OY? ° IEXICANS CELEBRATE SUCCESS OF GRAPE BOYCOTT , 3 Hitting them where it hurts, Mexicans have caused most Italian grapegrowers to beg ° Mafia connections for funds to support failure of grape sales and harvest. 0 right ° 99 09000000000009000000000000008 080 GOGO 000% & PAGE 12 THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 Black Revolutionary Poetry TEN BLACK FACES Quotations from Mao, South Africa, Algeria, Cuba, Tranquility explodes Armstead avenged, Hutton avenged, Malcolm avenged, but all still dead GENOCIDE ¥. EXTERMINATION MURDER REVOLUTION -~ Chester Northington WE'LL TAKE OUR FREEDOM Deny us our freedom and our rights... Deny my brothers their life... Infiltrate my community . . . patrol it day and night... Rob my people, Kill my brothers -- TODAY, PIG tomorrowyou diel For tomorrow we rise, It is the eve of revolution Counterinsurgency is dying. Black people are tired (tired of being sick and tired) pig! BOOMI two pigs gone... blown to the Land of Oz. BOOM! four pigs gone Weapons captured . . . pigs buried under the debris of Rincon Annex, Guerillas no where to be found -- fallen back behind the curtain of the black community, Radio Station KDIA (and pig Walter Conway) _ blown away. Radfo KSOL taken and the word is given: Brothers, the time has come > Change is inthe making The racist government must be overthrown Stop boo-ga-loo-ing and PICK UP YOUR GUNI You killed my brothers yesterday, But today, There's an M-1 carbine - Brothers Tell me how do you feel Brothers Your comand is my will Brothers Give me the credit of trying to satisfy... Brothers Why is it me you denie love me as I love you show me thar our interest is the same Brothers When our work has been in vain Do not subject me to all the blame For we love our people But let us not forget In order to love our People; we must first Love ourself... and as We love ourselves we Should love the cause We stand for; therefore Loving each other and Giving respect where It's due... BROTHERS THIS IS A SISTER PLEA SHOW ME THAT AS OUR CAUSE IS TO REJECT AND OVER- THROW OUR OPPRESSORS, IT SHOULD ALSO SE TO LOVE AND EX- CEPT SISTERS WITH FAULTS ... UNDERSTANDMENT AND RE- ASSURANCE IS ALL A SISTER CAN REALY ASK FOR, BECAUSE IF SHE ASKED FOR ALL YOUR LOVE SHE WOULD BE ~ MISSUNDERSTANDING HER PURPOSE, FOR IT GN'T TO CONTROL ALL HIS LOVE BUT TO SHARE HIS LOVE WITH HIM AND HIS PEOPLE... SO LOVE BROTHERS BUT LOVE RIGHTEOUSLY A Day of the Life The light was bright on that desolated Night. The pig was ready, and we were unprepared Next time we know what to show. They grabbed him, he defied For he was not ready for no shit He fought and was steady--he stood His ground ready, His back bare, his feet bare And thar beautiful black bushy hair-- He looked like an African Prince In the dark, defying those white Slave traders from 400 years ago. In the jungles He would have Stood a chance, But the sophisticated city had No way of escape from the white pig. My beautiful black sister running Around crying and sighing That's when I felt like dying. I cried. Yes, l cried, l cried for Medger Evers, | cried for Imitil. I cried for Lincoln, I cried for Rease. I cried for Rap Brown starving himself in jail. l cried for Newton chained to an operating table. l cried for Martin Luther King singing. I cried for Muhammed Ali striped of his title. I cried for all the Black people who Close their eyes to the violence in their streets. I cried for my ancestors who built this country and Had nothing to show for it but shadows of Shackles and chains. I finally dried my eyes and He was still i Standing like an African Prince protecting his hut. They took him away, but not for Long, cause it ain't going to happen no more. by ue REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUTE Pig we studied your beat We know your name (Anglo Saxon) We know your deeds (Racism, Graft, Perversion, The brothers life was dear, sacred as all black people His actions inspiring, his life committed . ‘GENOCIDE EXTERMINATION MURDER Yes, we know you pig: Vile serpent of the tree of bigotry - We like termites are nibbling at your tyrannical roots. THE 4 TREES . ARE DAMP ‘ ry i gaps which need to be sewed. Under orders of guilt feelings __ to jug my A a of dope, Heads of trees don’t move, they ponder in stillness of nestled soliloquy bounds of time, Daisys swayed to catch that moon that seemed which rolled heavens and like a ball to the taxidated to the rimes pointed at your temple THIS IS A SISTERS PLEA and black people are saying jenutt : “Up against the wall, This is a hold-up! -- Eunice NON STOP aL = ew Oe > . ait : d : i hdeige nar we take on the natural look that rumbles on and forget the mod look... pioneer ae our cloths relate more to the emllow ideas to old country of which our fore- mere suggestions fathers came... cca nests we identify with each other with digitus forms and yelling aloud we say coalitions with we're black and proud,., icant aan x These are all great steps in miracles, on organizing unity But forces close the among ourselves...but there is still another step... we must be willing to take up the gun to defeat the : SEER ae gun which has oppressed our people for so long... we must be willing to die for our people's freedom to determine the destiny of their futures... we must be politically educated and must practic the true fighting tactics of war... when all of this has been done, we will be ready to mect the enemy 45 the... jazzic Dues the means justify the end? Your dog pig faces are seen froin afar. You cruise in contort, in contempt, in confidetce, You have your face siijelds, your 370, your 12 vauwre Void of Romantic spirit (Negative) Cold! In their lair TEN BLACK FACES Cloaked in darkness, waiting, Trial - error, justifiahle homocide Frustration, anguish, turmoil, iecision, mass meeting, decision -— Revolution 1, Ciuerrila warfare A, lotensive Education of niasses 1, Inclusive of black youth backlash {Increase in party membership) 2, White radical support 4. Increase in solidarity amongst black mitkile class & party, (Crisis reuction) ee eet © riot shots, your mace, your nightstick, your fear gus gun, your tear yas cannister, your pig radio, your hopped-up car, your racist attitude and The self-appreciation of a black murder ou your non-existent conscience, YOLR = FOUL f yOu EMLAN ATIONS ARE HBRE! The revolutionary climax heightens: $03 Uritish, Mauser 30-06 Gcope) Carbine (Automatic) M-1 Gemi-auto) M-14 (Auto) 7 MM, 7 MM, Mig, M-16 (emi~auto) 12 pause auto shotgun “Leveled”? —— if } A BLACK LIBERATION PUBLISHERS — FILLING THE EDUCATIONAL GAP) — 740 - 60th STREET ° OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94609 - Black Liberation Publishers Fills The Educational Gap — On Friday, May 19, 1967 the Black Experience held at Merritt College (Oakland, California) addressed itself to the topic “Black Culture and the Students Dilemma — Getting an Education or auiiey Aa aie The Black student panel, without exception, expressed feelings that the present educational structure of most schools in the United States were not meeting the needs of Black Students. B The Black Curriculum concept introduced there by Sid Walton, a militant Black faculty member at Merritt College, was highly endorsed by more than 300 people at the Black Experience and by nearly 1000 people REPRESENTING BLACK GROUPS at the California Black Conference held in Los Angeles May 26-28, 1967. Black students want an education that teaches the TRUE history of Afro-Americans and our role in the present day society. We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a more thorough knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to adequately relate to anything else: . Merritt College is the first Junior College to offer an Associate in Arts degree in Afro-American Studies. Mr, Sid Walton had a significant role in the implementation and development of the program there and has written a book entitled THE BLACK CURRICULUM — Devetorinc a Prockam tn AFRo- Amenican Stupres. A limited number of pamphlets containing excerpts from the book have been prepared to help you get started on a program until the book is published, Copies of the pamplilet may be purchased by sending $1.50 for each pamphlet, Distributor rates and school district rates provided upon request. Contents of The Pamphlet: Answers to some questions concerning the Black Curriculum Excerpts from the original pronosal Letter concerning Malcolm X Memorial Day Excerpts from Faculty Senate letter concerning Malcolm X Memorial Day List of suggested courses for the Black Curriculum Course outline for Contemporary Education of Afro-Americans A Selective Bibliography on Afro-American Education Some of the other topics covered in the book are: Credentialing Course Outlines Documentary and Guidelines for establishing a Black Curriculum Etfective use of Black Power in overcoming racism in educational institutions Guidelines to community organization to elfectively support a Black Curriculum Proposal Progress and Evaluation of Afro-American Studies Program at Merritt College — the “First Junior College to offer an Associate in Arts Degree major in Afro-American Studies” Role of Black Edueators in the Black Curriculum Role of White Educators in the Black Curriculum Role of Black Student Unions in the Development and Implementation ot a) Black Curriculum Role of Semantics in the perpetuation of racism in educational institutions To BLACK LIBERATION PUBLISHERS 740 - GOth Street, Oakland, Caliltornia 94609 Enclésed please find § for copies of Pamphlet. NAME ApDImESS Crry PAGE 13 THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 POCKET LAWYER OF LEGAL FIRST AID This pocket lawyer is provided as a means of keeping black people up to date on their rights. We are always the first to be crrested and the racist police forces ore constantly trying to pre- tend that rights are extended equally to all people. Cut this out, brothers and sisters, and carry it with you. Until we arm ourselves to righteously take care of our own, the pocket lawyer is what's happening. 1. If you are stopped and/or arrested by the police, you may re- main silent; you do not have to answer any questions about al- leged crimes, you should provide your name and address only if requested (although it is not absolutely clear that you must do so.) But then do so, and at all time remember the fifth amendment. 2. If a police officer is not in uniform, ask him to show his iden- tification. He has no authority over you unless he properly identi- fies himself. Beware of persons posing as police officers. Always get his badge number and his name, 3. Police have no right to search your car or your home unless they have a search warrant, probable cause or your consent, They may conduct no exploratory search, that is, one for evidence of crime generally or for evidence of a crime unconnected with the one you are being questioned about. (Thus, a stop for an auto violation does not give the right to search the auto.) You are not required to consent to a search; therefore, you should not consent and should state clearly and unequivocally that you do no? consent, in front of witnesses if possible. If you do not consent, the police will have the burden in court of showing probably cause. Arrest may be corrected later. 4. You may not resist arrest forcibly or by going limp, even if you are innocent. To do so is a separate crime of which you can be con- victed even if you are acquitted of the original charge. Do not re- sist arrest under any circumstances. 5. If you are stopped and/or arrested, the police may search you by patting you on the outside of your clothing. You can be stripped of your personal possessions. Do not carry anything that includes the name of your employer or friends. 7, Do not engage in “friendly” conversation with officers on the way to or at the station. Once you are arrested, there is little like- lihood that anything you say will get you released. 8. As soon as you have been booked, you have the right to com- plete at least two phone calls—one to a relative, friend or attorney, the other to a bail bondsman. If you can, call the Black Panther Party, 654-2003, and the Party will post bail if possible. 9. You must be allowed to hire and see an attorney immediately. 10. You do not have to give any statement to the police, nor do you have to sign any statement you might give them, and therefore you should not sign anything. Take the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, because you cannot be forced to testify against yourself. 11. You must be allowed to post bail in most cases, but you must be able to pay the bail bondsmen’s fee. If you cannot pay the fee, you may ask the judge to release you from custody without bail or to lower your bail, but he does not have to do so. 12. The police must bring you into court or release you within 48 hours after your arrest (unless the time e?ds on a week-end or a holiday, and they must bring you before a judge the first day court is in session.) 13. If you do no’ have the money to hire an attorney, immedi- ately ask the police to get you an attorney without charge. © 14. If you have the money to hire a private attorney, but'do not know of one, call the National Lawyers’ Guild or the Alameda County Bar Association (or the Bar Association of your county) and furnish you with the name of an attorney who practices criminal law. NEEDED: TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTER OF DEFENSE, HUEY P, NEWTON SAYS: “THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE IS GREATER THAN THE MAN'S TECHNOLOGY.” BUT TO MOST EFFECTIVELY COMBAT THE INJUS- TICES OF THE PIG-STRUCTURE, THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD LEAD THEM TO DEVELOP TECH- NOLOGY GREATER THAN THE “MAN’‘S!” THEN WE WILL MINIMIZE OUR LOSSES WHILE WE WAGE THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE} BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND ALLIES IN THE REVOLUTION — WE NEED ALL TYPES OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT: FOR DEFENSE FOR FINANCING FOR OFFICE WORK FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR HEALTH AND FIRST AID INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO; MINISTRY OF INFORMATION BLACK PANTHER PARTY BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94126 PAGE 14 THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1968 NOW AVAILABLE... . ESSAYS FROM THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE by HUEY P. NEWTON WITH FORCEFUL INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE MURRAY BLACK PANTHER MINISTER OF EDUCATION --ONLY 75*-- OUT-OF-STATE ORDERS: $1.00 (includes postage & handling) AVAILABLE AT ALL BLACK PANTHER PARTY OFFICES MAIL-ORDERS MAY BE SENT TO: (NOTE; PLEASE INCLUDE 10* FOR POSTAGE & HANDLING) MINISTRY OF INFORMATION BLACK PANTHER PARTY BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94126 WACO SUES EMPORIUM The Western Addition Com- munity Organization (WACO) will filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board last month against the Emporium on behalf of two recently-discharged employees of the store. . The employees, Tom Hawkins and Jim Hollins, were fired on November 11, 1968, for distri- buting leaflets in front of the store on Market Street. The leaflets accused the Emporium of racial discrimination in its personnel practices and asked shoppers to WACO, an activist community organization, is demanding that the two men be reinstated in their jobs with back pay, and that all employees be notified of this ac- tion, Blick people and other min- ority persons, according to WACO, are not getting a fair shake from San Francisco employers in hir- ing and promotions, and they must be free to exercise their consti- tutional] right peacefully to pro- test racial discrimination wher- ever and whenever it appears. WACO is being represented by Attorney Jotham Pierce, jr., of boycott the store until discri- the San Francisco Neighborhood mination stopped. Legal Assistance Foundation, lr {s time that this School Board answered questions repeatedly being asked in public and private meetings by responsible representatives of the community. 1) Why do you totally ignore the moral deterioration to which our children are daily exposed by the continued existence in our community of the Midpeninsula Free University? Are you not even aware that ar least one member of your faculty demeans the excellence of your educational system by personally con- tributing to this degrading activity which represents itself as an educational institution? 2) Why do you rotally ignore the disruptive influences to the educational excellence of our schools exerted by the irresponsible activities of such listed subversive organizations as the Students for Democratic Society, and other student groups disrupting our schools such as the Black Student Union and the United Student Movement? 3) Why, instead, do you address your efforts to placate militant elements, totally alien to Palo Alto, with a bi-racial program calculatedly misnamed the Multi- cultural Project? Wf there is doubt in the community about the bi-racial aspects of the so-called Multicultural Project, may | first quote from Dr. Oliver, ‘The ability to win the cooperation IN SOME OF THE MORE MILITANT AREAS OF EAST PALO ALTO will be strongly impared by not having a Negro filling this position.”’ Secondly, may I exhibit the advertisement you are currently circulating which Is captioned, “PALO ALTO WANTS BLACK TEACHERS FOR MULTICULTURAL PROJECT." and, ‘*THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK TEACHERS IN PALO ALTO IS REAL.” The text goes on to read, ‘'This multicultural program 1s not a ‘token’ attempt to employ blacks, but 4 unique voluntary effort to bring about significant changes in curriculum and humanistic artitudes among 70,000 children and adults in the Palo Alto community.’’ We recall the statement which your chosen Coordinator for Multi- cultural Activities put forward at the Asilomar Conference to the effect thar, once the Multicultural Program is underway, there will be & moratorium on the hiring of white teachers until sufficient black teachers have been hired to achieve an ethnic balance, Is such a moratorium planned? Or, is it in force at this time? What means of judging the necessary ethnic balance will be employed? Will militant negores, or whites, be sought to provide our underprivileged children the educational experiences this school board and its administration appear to feel are so desperately needed? Those of us who have seen our children benefit from the educational program of this district know that ours is not, and never hus been, 4 racist community, We've seen our children’s education broadened by beneficial exposure & the many ethnic minorities existing WITHIN ir community. We find it incredible when we hear Dr. Oliver quoted as saying we need this bi-racial progran seri in district OPEN LETTER TO PALO ALTO SCHOOL BOARD of any traces of racial bias or bigotry, conscious or unconscious.” Even if we were so gullible as to agree with your chosen Coordinator of Multi- cultura] Activities that Palo Alto is racist simply because it is predominantly white, we would have to ask you, ‘'How is the importation of this militant negro, openly ad- vocating a racist philosophy, supposed to benefit our children?” By similar logic, do you intend to hire an active dope peddler to alleviate the drug addiction problem on our school campu: Now, it is time to ask the $64 question, Is it your intention to pursue the stared objective, at Asilomar, of your chosen Coordinator of Multicultural Activities, thar ‘What you have to do then Is to adopt, annex or to absorb East Palo Alto Into Palo Alto, | don't care how you do it, and I don’t care about breaking laws ——-.” Many of us do not share his, and, appparently, your preoccupation with the prob- lems of San Mateo County--at our expense and to the detriment of our children's education, Many of us do not relish having, as an administrative officer of our school district, a militant negro who unhesitatingly acknowledges his close association and warm relationship with other militant racists who are disrupting our nation’s schools, coast-to-coast, For instance, Black Panther George Murray, lately associated with San Francisco State, was quoted in a Fresno speech as saylag that the American flag was a ‘*plece of toilet paper’ deserving of being ‘flushed down the toilet,” He also stated ‘'All political power comes from the barrel of a gun," It is nota coincidence that this is a verbatim quotation from the Chinese communist doctrin- naire, "Thoughts of Mao Tse-Tung"’, Another friend and Black Panther, Mrs. Kathleen Cleaver, stated that society must change OR DIE, Not surprisingly, this is also a direct quotation from each of Mr. Walton's public utterances, and from his single written pamphlet *‘Ex¢erts from the book, The Black Curriculum’, Sincere attempts have been made to obtain any other publications he is supposed to have written, Where are they? Why does his office not make them available? Did the Search Committee request them or is it possible they do not exist? In this same pamphlet, he writes, ‘'the present Afro-American Studies program was built into the framework of the white school structure as an expedient measure only, Ideally black schools, black school districts and black universities ure needed,”" Surprisingly, we agree on something. He, and those of his militant. views, should have the segregated schools he desires. But, NOT IN PALO ALTO! lc would appear that you have been singularly successful in provoking seridtiis Community conflict by virtue of your inept choice of an administrator espousing Such radical philosophy. What do you--the school board and administration of the Palo Alto Unified Schoal District--hope this project, in general, and this man, in particular, can contribute to our school system? Citizens for Excellence in Education } A OCTOBER 1966 BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM AND PROGRAM r..| The program is usually divided into one section of ten points WHAT WE WANT entitled ‘‘What We Want’’ and then ten paragraphs explaining ' these points in a section entitled ‘‘What We Believe.” For the sake of clarity, we have put each one of the ten points in ‘*What We Want"? immediately above its corresponding paragraph in WHAT WE BELIEVE ‘What We Believe.” 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny MURDER of black people. Neen eee EEE of our Black Community. We believe we can end police brutality in our black community We believe that black people will not be free until we are able by organizing black self-defense groups that are dedicated to to determine our destiny. defending our black community from racist police oppression and brutality. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives a right to bear arms. We therefore believe that all black people should arm themselves for self defense. 2. We want full employment for our people. We believe that the federal government is responsible and 8. We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. county and city prisons and jails. Wi if th t i busi ll not gi e believe that eiwnite American businesamen: wilt nov give We believe that all black people should be released from the many jails and prisons because they have not received a fair and from the businessmen and placed in the community so that the impartial trial. ll people of the community can organize and employ all of its ' people and give a high standard of living. : full employment, then the means of production should be taken 9, We want all black le when brought to trial to be tried in court y a — ot their peer a or —— e m the , communities, as defined by the onstitution of the Unit tes. 3. We want an end to the robbery by the white man of f Black Sanne ae ee We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constitution so that black people will receive fair trials. The 14th Amendment of the U.S, Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peer group. A peer is a person from a similar economic, social, religious, geographical, environmental, his- torical and racial background. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black 3 We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. ' Forty acres and two mules was promised 100 years ago as resti- tution for slave labor and mass murder of black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our _ qany Gonimunities! THeTGSHmans Are ‘now aiding the Jowa in defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white —_ — “genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans mur- juries that have no understanding of the ‘‘average reasoning man’* dered six million Jews. The American racist has taken part in OF the black community. the slaughter of over fifty million black people; therefore, we feel that this is a modest demand that we make. and peace, And as our major political objective, a United Nations~ 4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. Supervised plebiscite to be held throughout the black colony in : PR ET a Se which only black colonial subjec allowed to participate We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent or the purpose of determi the will of black le as to housing to our black community, then the housing and the land their national destiny. should be made into cooperatives so that our community, with vernment aid, can build and mak . go - d make decent housing for its people When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have con- nected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the 5. We want education for our people that exposes the true opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes nature of this decadent American aootaty: We want sducstion that which impel them to the separation. teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are Society. created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, We believe in an educational system that will give to our and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have knowledge of vernments are instituted among men, deriv eir just himself and his position in society and the world, then he has owers trom the consent 0 e governed; that, whenever an little chance to relate to anything else. orm of government becomes destructive of these ends, itis the right of the people to alter or toa sh it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, an ts powers in suc most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should €. We want all black men to be exempt from military service. not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, ; all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to _ slieve the "ke , »s » force . ‘ We riers that Black people should not be forced to fight in suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves the military service to defend a racist government that does not by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, pEprect vor We will not fight and kill other people of color in the when a long train of abuses andusurpations, pursuing invariably world who, like black people, are being victimized by the white the same object. evinces 4 design to reduce them under absolu m racist government of America. We will protect ourselves trom despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw olf suc > "ce ft , “ne 1e cis ine and the raciet m : ignt, ‘ Ir ; suc the force and violence of the racist police and the racist military, government, and to provide new guards for their future security. by whatever means necessary. - REE HUEY NOW ~*~" 6UNS BABY GUNS OFF BUY PIG! a a LIVE et BLACK BURN! nail FREE! & ee BLOW OINK- OINK AWAY!