Vol. 3, No. 11

THE BLACK PANTHER 2: Black Community News Service VOL, mm No, 11 SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 MINISTRY OF INFORMATION THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY nea caso Ae € FAOAT Q9al .¢ VT "MIASTA REPT VES ADAG ANT THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 2 INTERVIEW: WITH WILLIAM PATTERSON AND CHARLES GARRY This is an interview by David Hilliard and Bobby Seale of Charles R. Garry, Black Pan- ther. Party Attorney, and a very close brother, a revolutionary bro- ther, William Patterson, Defense attorney for the Scottsboro Case, he’s been in the struggle for quite a few years, And the first question that I would like to dsk them for their response - I would like toask both of you this question - What do you think about the upcoming con- ference to be held here in Oakland, California, for a UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM in AMERICA? ATTORNEY GARRY: I will give you my opinion, I’m Charles Garry, as to the need and the necessity for a get together of all people who are against oppression and harass- ment, The answer is, that if we don’t do it, if this is not done and it’s not done immediately, the same things that happened in Nazi Ger- many and fascist Italy, and fascist Japan, and fascist Spain are going to happen here. This may be our last opportunity to be able to get together and to tell menand women of good will throughout the United States the dangers of what fas- cism is, I don’t think that the peo- ple of the United States really un- derstand what fascism is, I think they believe that this is something foreign, they believe that this is something that exists outside the United States, We’ve got to tell them that although we fought fas- cism in Europe, that we permitted for hundreds of years, fascism to prevail in the black ghetto and black community, Now it’s going beyond that; it’s becoming more diabolic in our present day junction. We have every reason to believe that the Black Panther Party is being persecuted by the United States Government more radically and more viciously than any other group in American life heretofore. So therefore, unless the people who are against the oppression, who un- derstand and wil! fight against fas- cism, unless they get together now, they may not have the opportunity later, - Bill, you’re an old soldier in this field, you've been at it now since the late ’20’s. Your wis- dom and your experience is so timely needed, What do you say about this? WILLIAM PATTERSON; I’ m ofthe opinion that we are passing through a very grave period in American history. If anyone had doubts as to the growth and development of fas- cism, and toward a police state in our country, they would not have to give more than superficial atten- tion to the attacks being made a- gainst the Panthers, the Panther Party, against militants and pro- gressive social forces all over our country, This is not only an attack instituted by the government on a city-wide, a state-wide andana- tional basis, but it is also repre- sented by the attempts being made to build up a ‘“‘white backlash’’ in America and to pit Americans who are white against those who are black and demanding only their constitutional rights and respect for their dignity as human beings. This conference should call toge- ther every progressive strata of the American population, It should Place special emphasis upon acti- vizing labor. It should reach through those who are fighting on the peace front and those who are fighting against poverty. Espe- cially must this call be made toall Americans, regardless of color, creed or political persuasion, who are against the inhuman treatment to which black America has been exposed for four centuries. I for one have been greatly heartened by this step taken by the Black Pan- thers, I believe that those who are in anyway in opposition to any po- sition that the Panthers may have taken, see in this step forward, an appeal t> America as a whole, particularly that phase of America that is interested in the National Liberation Struggles of the peoples of the world, The time is short and yet those who will give their support to this tremendous cam- paign must everywhere move into action immediately, There is no time to waste, I'm in agreement with you Charlie, that this is a matter of historic importance, Not only to all progressive Americans, but as well to the peace of the world. chairman; 0,K,, I would also like to ask you Charles and Bro- ther Patterson, both of youare law- yers, how do you see the courts or the court system as moving in tempo with the fascinization of A- Merica presently and futuris- tically? WILLIAM PATTERSON: It is my thinking that the courts are being used by city, state and federal gov- ernments as a weapon of persecu- tion in so far as black men andwo- men are concerned, I would like to say, that while I am by profession a lawyer, I am not and have not been for almost 40 years a prac- ticing attorney. But I have been deeply impressed by the magnif- icent struggle that Charles Garry has made in this fight to save the life of Huey Newton and to secure his freedom. To bring the atten- tion to America, white America, that for a black man today to se- cure a jury of his peers is an impossible thing, I want, asa black man, as a fellow American and as a human being, to thank Charles Garry for what he’s done in this instance, for he has shown clearly the manner in which the courts are not trying to secure the free- dom of a man, regardless of his belief, if he is guilty of no crime, but in which they are being used to persecute a people seeking hu- man dignity and freedom, CHAIRMAN; In all of your exper- iences, both of you, we would like for you to explain how fas- — cism makes its appearance when the people begin to use their demo- cratic rights to fight oppression created by capitalism? WILLIAM PATTERSON: Ameri- can imperialism fears the growing wrath of the American people, This it sees in the fight that America has made for peace; sees in the fight that is being made for the use of billions for murder on a foreign field, and the denial of food, clothing and an education to millions of Americans. Its only answer is Terror, its police have become a weapon of terror, to force upon black people in parti- cular a denial of their constitu- tional rights and dignity as human beings. Its courts have become institutions of terror, become in- stitutions engaged in a conspi- ratorial attempt to deny human be- ings their rights. Thus we cansee, in the activities taking place ona national scale the mounting danger of fascism in America; a danger that arises out of the unwillingness of those who govern this country to grant to the American people the rights that are theirs, ATTORNEY GARRY: [Id like to add a few words to what Bill Pat- terson just stated, I recall in the early ‘30's when the President of the United States, a man by the name of Herbert Hoover, who could not answer the needs of the hunger and the depression that this coun- try went through, He suggested that People get out and sell apples on the street corners, and when a group of World War I veterans who had fought and were gassed and other things in Flandersfield and in the battlefields of France, they decided to take their grievances and march on Washington. The then President couldn’t think of any other way of handling the matter except having General MacArthur turn the hoses upon the men who were expressing the dissent of not being satisfied with hunger, Today we're faced with another serious matter. The United States Government today is carrying on what we call illegal and oppressive, inhuman warfare on people of color in Vietnam, The American people are dissatisfied with this conduct to such an extent that President Johnson didnot have the nerve to run for re-election, The campuse throughout the Uni- ted States are complaining about the treatment that the young are getting, People of color, both black brown, red, the third world libera- tion movement are dissatisfied with the kind of conduct they're receiving. This government does not have the answer of solving this problem because they can't solve it because the economy is run by the few, The capitalist society is running the economy of this country, therefore, they will not, and cannot solve the problems, so they resort to what they call *“ use of violence’, The violence is put on the people in the cam- puses, the people in the ghetto and the people in the rural working areas, as Ceasar Chavez is wit- nessing in California, They are faced with what they call “law and order’’ which is law and order with force and violence on the part of the establishment. And they use the courts through the district attor- nies, and through the police depart- ment to harass the leaders ofthese people’s movements throughout the United States, And it’s because they are using the arms ofthe judiciary and circumventing the intent of justice, fascism is onits way here. And I don’t see a way of stopping it, unless lawyers who believe that the constitution of the United States was meant for all ofthe people, un- less the labor unions wake up and recognize that what’s happening to the black ghetto, and to the brown people and to the people of the third world liberation movement, and the farm workers and the stu- dents, unless the labor unions awa- ken to their responsibility, they’ re going to find later on, that it’s going to be too late, there’s not going to be any labor movement, These are the areas which I'm just gently touching, and I hope that in the coming days we will be able to project the importance of being able to fight back in a manner that will produce results, and stop this holocaust that we’re in, DAVID: O.K., This is the final question, and possibly the question that’s caused most controversy lately, most controversy lately in regards to the Black Panther Party, and the question is do you see any connection with the recent testimony given by a member of our Party for a period of three months, Larry Powell. Do you see a relation to the Matuso testimony of hearing with the Mac Carthy Committee, I believe? ATTORNEY GARRY: Yes, I cer- tainly do. Matuso was used as a trained seal to testify to whatever _ the government wanted him to say, until he got conscience stricken, I believe, in the Jinx case where he repented it all and he wrote the book called False Witness, he ad- mitted that he had been used know- ingly by the United States Govern- ment at that time. At the present time the same thing is happening. The Black Panther Party set forth rules of discipline for its mem- bers, one of them was that they were not to use any terroristic action against people of the com- munity, that they were to obey the laws and carry on political direc- tion as planned, And when the members who had been expelled because of their misconduct and conduct that’s contrary to the best interest of the Black Panther Par- ty, particularly for armed robbery against individuals of the com- munity, when they're expelled it seems that the Oakland Police De- partment and the District Attorney of Alameda County immediately embraces that person and makes them part of their own establish- ment, You can draw all kinds of inferences from what I said. Bill do you want to add anything? WILLIAM PATTERSON: I would like to say just this, I’m in full agreement with the remarks just made by Charlie Garry, I would want to say that the relationship be- tween the testimony given by the Powells and that which had been given by the admitted stool-pidgeon Matuso is quite similar, but what we must see in both is the conspi- ratorial action of the government. Of course, the government is ina position to buy many of those who are weakminded, to seduce many of our lads and young women whoare seeking a new. lHfe..It’s to be ex- pected that some of them would betray their fathers \and their mo- thers and their own future, We must understand that this reflects the corrupting force of the kind of gov- ernment under which we live. We condemn these people, we pity them, but our condemnation and our hatred is reserved for those cor- rupting forces that are doing this thing, destroying the integrity and the inherent honor of black youth and white youth and seeking to make their false testimony the basis for the prosecution of the militants in our country, CHAIRMAN; both of you. Thank you, Thank THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 3 LIBERATION MEANS FREEDOM What are revolutionaries? ‘‘Revolutionaries are changers,’’ This response comes from the eager lips of the youngsters participating in the first liberation school sponsored by the Black Panther Party, The liberation school is the realization of point five of the ten point platform and program, that is, ‘‘We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches our true history and our role in the present-day society.”’ We recognize that education is only relevant when it teaches the art of survival, Our role in this society is to prepare ourselves and the masses for change. The change we want is within this decadent society, It’s the im- plementation of the 10 point platform of the Vanguard Party, It’s the destruction of the ruling class that oppresses and exploits the poor, It’s the destruction of the avaricious businessmen (the youth in the liberation school call him the ‘“‘big, fat, businessmav’’), It’s the destruction of the lying deceiving poli- ticians, and most important of all, the des- truction of the racist pigs that are running rampant in our communities, Liberation schools will replace for the summer the Free Breakfast for School Chil- dren that was initiated in the beginning of this year and has since spread in chapters and branches of the party throughout the country, Liberation School is the second of the many socialistic and educational programs that will be implemented by the Black Panther Party to meet the needs of the people. The first program hegan Wednesday, June 25 at 9th and Hearst Streets in Berkeley, California, The program is a success with the maximum participation coming from the youth and volun- teers throughout the community. The curri- culum is designed to meet the needs of the youth, to guide them in their search for revo- lutionary truths and principles, Brunch and a well-balanced lunch is served daily, Three days of the week are spent in class, Thursday is Film day and Friday is set aside for field trips throughout the community, The 30th ot June marked the opening of two additional schools in East Oakland, and Hunters Point in San Francisco, California, Additional pro- grams are scheduled to begin in the very near future throughout the Bay Area and across the country, The youth understand the struggle that’s being waged in this society, It’s evident by their eagerness to participate in the program, They understand that we’re not fighting a race struggle, but in fact, a class struggle. They recognize the need for all oppressed people to unite against the forces that are making our lives unbearadie, They're understanding manifests itself in their definitions, i.e, Revo- lution means Change; Revolutionaries are Changers; Liberation means Freedom and by their collective view of themselves as being part of a BIG FAMILY working, playing, and living together in the struggle, The beauty of socialism is seen through their daily practice while involving themselves in the program. We call upna the people within the community to join the Vanguard Party in putting forth the correct examples for our youth through their active participation in our liberation schools across this country, Commenity Political Education classes will also be starting in the evening for adults, The education of the masses is primary to the Vanguard Party, People,. take part in this revolutionary program to continue the struggle for freedom in this country.’’ ALL POWER TU THE PEOPLE! ALL POWER TO THE YOUT®! THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 4 Panthers Valerie and Charlotte teach Children from Panther Paper. Fred tells the children about Huey P. Newton. ae | a Physical Education is Also Part of Lib- eration School. Fred directs Outside Activities. Mi Sister Valerie Pays Attention to Th Who Need It. = es Children Have Opportunity for Self- Expression in Drawing Section. Marsha Has Always Been A Favorite With The Children. THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 5 NAACP HEADQUARTERS JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI ATTENTION: ROY WILKINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR N.A.A.C, P. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ACCEPTS ROY WILKINS! INVITATION TO MEET WITH THE PARTY UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT IT 1S A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE BLAGK COMMUNITY OF WEST OAKLAND, AT THE BOBBY HUTTON MEMORIAL PARK, JULY 4th, WHERE THERE WILL BE A PICNIC AND RALLY SPONSORED BY THE WOMAN'S POWER ORGANIZATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY AREA. EXPECTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROY WILKINS TO REPLY RIGHT AWAY BOBBY SEALE, CHAIRMAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLACK PANTHER PARTY unless its deferre 1 char- NL =Night Lecter acter is indicated by the TELE GR AM cere forenargnal ® proper symbol. The filing time shown in the dare line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination 1121A PDT JUL 1 & LA114 NSCI97 NS JZA252 TS PDB JACKSON MISS 1 1237Q CDT BOBBY SEALE, CHAIRMAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 3116 SHATTUCK AVE BERKELEY CALIF 8 * THANKS FOR TELEGRAM> | AM DESIROUS OF EXPLORATORY CONFERENCE ROY WILKINS WITH OFFICERS OF MILLITANT GROUP AND PARTICULARLY WITH YOU AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTYe THE GRAND COP-OUT DM NOT DESIRE PUBLIC MEETING AT THIS TIMEe CERTAINLY CANNOT ARRANGE TRIP TO WEST COAST BEFORE LATE JULY ACCOUNT PRIOR COMMITTMENTS ° Aiter nsw aan eee AT THIS TIME MY DESIRE TO EXPLORE AREAS OF POSSIBLE AGREEMENT GE meerer acacere an AND DISAGREEMENT 1S PURELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ONE ON MY OWN Re teers Lec AUTHORITY AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NAACPe IT 1S OFFICIAL copped: out: The vulnerable (Ui OF COURSE BUT NOT BINDING NOR DOES IT HAVE THE FORMAL ENDORSEMENT cle Roy’’ Wilkins after loudly and SYMBOLS DL=Day Letter Publicly proclaiming a desire to SROPAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS»SI SIMPLY FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT on the heels of an immediate re- perous pigs, (pigs who pose as po- talk to the leadership of the $F-SATU ) - iS! ¥: E Crass oF SERVICE ‘ | This is a fast message Ly alnternational ply in the affirmative by the Party, Letcer Telegram liticians, or businessmen or up- Black Panther Party, (as if we had unless its defer:-d char- TE LE GR AM ® After decades of public and pri- holders of law and order) ‘Uncle a top-secret, unlisted phone num- ber) has made an instant and hasty retreat from the verbal arena of his own creation, This followed close acter is indicated by the proper symbol. vate dealings with some of the most ‘The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin, Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination low-life, trifling, of the racist, Bm 1, Se fascist, capitalist, people pimps, “Responsible Negro’s,’* and vi- Roy’’ savs. to the Black Panther aha PRESENT SITUATIONS OF OUR RACE REQUIRES TRYING TO REACH SOME meeting at this time. The Black Panther Partyis quite iY iy Hy @uling a talk to ‘iy an ae COMMOND GROUND AND ARRIVAL AT SOME SORT OF STRATEGY THAT WILL leged, actual, and aspiring ‘Lea- Py r ‘ 5 MA’ eeed ae ee ee BE EFFECTIVE EVEN IF USED IN ONLY A FEW AREASe | MAY BE IN (The one exception is the murder- ERROR AND THERE 1S NOT UNAMANOUS SUPPORT EVEN “AMONG MY IMMEDITE ous dog pig Ron ‘‘Skin-Head’’ Ka- Tongs), Our Sracaeaees Sige CO-WORKERS ON STAFF, BUT | FEEL 1 MUST TRY. | HOPE WE MAY CONTINUE perabie but Respongitig” element THE EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY MEETING DATE. d others lik ““Militant’’) pia Teptratne cavtian ieeae toe AND PLACE LATE IN JULY OR EARLY IN AUGUST ercised, ROY WILKINS 1072 LYNCH ST AFTER JULY 7 7990 BROADWAY NEW YORK fee hg he See ne soli- 25 ) r WwW! ie power 0: ie peo- ple, and security from the wrath (1 ede of the people dictates that meetings . and dealings with men of question- able futures, shaky present condi- tions, and shady pasts must have the approval of the people and the close scrutiny of the People. All Power to the People R2-65 Panther Power to the Vanguard rot } s oie aye eebitsy THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 6 CONT. FROM LAST ISSUE THE PARAMILITARY RIGHT “The Minuteman organization is designed to function as a secret under- ground network, and its routine opera- tions in these times of peace are conducted along the lines of a training program for the hostilities to come. Each member is assigned a number that becomes his identification in all communications; he is warned about the use of the telephone in contacting headquarters; he is ad- vised in the use of mail drops; he is warned to use two envelopes in organiza- tion correspondence and to place an Opaque material between the inner and outer envelopes, to prevent the letter from being read by means of infrared “I don’t even know the members’ names,” says DePugh. “All we ask is the name and address of a unit leader—and this can be a pseudonym. I have no way of knowing exactly how many members we have, except that each group is sup- posed té have a minimum of five and a maximum of fifteen. So I strike an aver- age of eight.” DePugh’s most recent esti- mate: 25,000 “hard-core” members, fully trained and armed, plus approximately 65,000 supporters and recruits undergoing instruction and indoctrination. “Only a relatively small percentage of these will ever become ‘secure’ members and be in- corporated into the unit chain of com- mand,” DePugh. explains. “We make a real effort to weed out all the weak links in advance; we're looking for quality, not quantity; one man ready to give his life is worth fifty who'll crack when the heat is on. That's why I reject three out of every four membership applications at the very outset.” Other estimates range from an improbable low of 500 (from J. Edgar Hoover, who derides the group as a “pa- per organization,” despite the attention it receives from his agents) to an equally improbable high of 100,000 (by a fervent Minuteman in Kansas City). Most law-enforcement officials and informed journalists believe the organization has somewhere between 5000 and 10,000 “members and 30,000 to 40,000 supporters, but the “activist” percentage remains in doubt. Whatever their actual number, there is no doubt that the Minutemen have be- come a potent force on the ultraright. And there is no doubt that the founder and national coordinator has traveled a long way since the bucolic days when he peddled veterinary medicines to Midwest farmers. Robert Bolivar DePugh was born 45 years ago in Independence, Mis- souri, where his father served until re- cently as a deputy sheriff. (The elder DePugh, now in his 70s, is a fervent supporter of his son’s political activities and a charter member of the Minutemen.) Son Robert attended the University of Missouri for three semesters and then enlisted in the Army in 1942, serving as a radar operator in the Signal Corps until he was discharged in 1944 on the recommendation of a panel of medical examiners, who diagnosed him as suffer- ing from a “psychoneurosis, mixed type, severe, manifested by anxiety and depres- sive features and schizoid personality.” It was during his stint in the Service that DePugh’s interest in politics was first sparked, as the result of his encoun- ter with a number of radar scientists at the coast-artillery installation at Fort Monroe, Virginia, who “seemed not to hold allegiance to the same flag I did. I was really quite naive politically in those days,” he recalls. “I knew there was an unbridgeable gulf between our posi- tions, but I didn’t suspect they were Communists or at the very least Commu- nist-oriented, as I can now see in retro- spect was the case. It was just a kind of visceral reaction; I knew in my guts that these people weren't loyal Americans.” After leaving the Service, DePugh re- turned to college, attending Kansas State, the University of Colorado and Topeka's Washburn University—all in rapid suc- cession. He was a bright student but had a quicksilver attention span and didn’t stay at any one school long enough to earn a degree. He was particularly inter- ested in chemistry and genetics, however, and during his days at Kansas State or- ganized “The Society for the Advance- ment of Canine Genetics,” which at its dissolution several years later had 2000 dog-breeding members across the country and was affiliated with the International Genetics Society. In 1954, DePugh founded the Biolab Corporation in Independence, a pharma- ceutical supply house specializing in vita- min supplements for dog-food products; it foundered in 1955, after “differences of opinion” among the stockholders, and DePugh worked for a dog-food company until 1959, when he revitalized Biolab in partnership with his brother Bill and moved company headquarters to its pres- ent site*in Norborne, Missouri: Within a year, Biolab was a thriving venture, producing dozens of veterinary-medicine products and worth over $250,000. At 35, DePugh was Norborne’s leading citizen and a prototype small-town-America suc- cess story. With a prosperous business, a devoted wife and six handsome children, he appeared to have everything he wanted. But DePugh was restless and dis- satisfied. “Until the late Fifties,” he remembers, “I was so preoccupied with getting an education and earning a living that I didn’t have any opportunity to think seriously about politics, and foreign affairs. It was only after Biolab. became a success and I found myself with some leisure time on my hands that I began to really think about the way the world was heading—and I didn’t like what I saw. I began to study anti-Communist litera- ture and, suddenly, I grasped the phe- nomenal success of the international Communist conspiracy. Within 50 years after the Russian Revolution, it con- “trolled one third of the earth’s land sur- face and population, I realized that if this kept up, my children—or at the most optimistic estimate, my grandchildren— would be living under the Marxist boot. I decided that it was my duty to do some- thing about it, and stop sitting back on my butt preoccupied with how much more money I was going to make this year over last.” Re DePugh and a small circle of like- minded friends began discussing the sor- ry state of the world at weekly political seminags, and all soon joined the John Birch ‘Society. But by the beginning of 1960 disillusionment had set in and they came to the reluctant conclusion that the Birchers were “all talk and no action” and could never be politically effective. The idea of the Minutemen first came to DePugh during a duck-hunting expedi- tion on the shore of an isolated Missouri lake with nine of his right-wing friends in June 1960, at the height of the U-2 crisis. As they crouched in a muddy duckblind, one of the party expressed apprehension over the international situ- ation and another jokingly reassured him, “Well, if the Russians invade us, we can always come up here and fight on as a guerrilla band.” There’s no record of DePugh’s crying Eureka!, but he began discussing the idea seriously, and ducks were soon forgotten. “We got to talking about how bad off the country would be in case of invasion,” he recalls, “and how a group such as ours could become a guerrilla band. We were just talking at first, kicking it around. But somehow the -idea caught on.” One of the sportsmen, a veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces, dusted off his instruction manuals and the group began conducting twice-weekly seminars in guerrilla warfare, with each member as- signed a particular field of political study and instructed to prepare a posi- tion paper on its relationship to the establishment of an “extralegal” para- military opposition to the awaited leftist take-over of the nation. After several months of study and research, DePugh synthesized the results into the first Minuteman manifesto, which postulated eight key conclusions in terms oddly evocative of the current revolutionary jargon of the ultraleft: 1. Our diplomatic war against com- munism has already been lost by bunglers or traitors within our own Government. 2. This diplomatic war has been and continues to be lost by appointed Government officials beyond the reach of public opinion. 3. We cannot win a diplomatic war against communism abroad until we first establish a genuinely pro- American Government at home. 4. ‘A pro-American Government can no longer be established by nor- mal political means. 5. The minority-vote blocs, con- trolled labor unions and corrupt political machines, so completely monopolize the American polit- ical scene that there is no chance for the average American citizen to regain control of his destiny at the ballot box. 6. Any further effort, time or money spent in trying to save our coun- try by political means would be wasted. 7. The leaders of most other con- servative organizations privately agree that it is politically impos- sible to elect a conservative Gov- ernment. 8. We conclude that the American people are moving inexorably to- ward a time of total control and frustration such as must have been felt by the people of Buda- pest and East Germany when they finally staged their suicidal revolts. Therefore, the objectives of the Minutemen are to aban- don wasteful, useless efforts and begin immediately to prepare for the day when Americans will once again fight in the streets for their lives and their liberty. We feel there is overwhelming evi- dence to prove that this day must come. At last, DePugh and his right-thinking friends were convinced, the only effec- tive defense against “the Communist menace” had been found: They would fight fire with fire. In justification of his decision to launch. the Minutemen, he cites the 1960 Annual Report of the House Committee on Un-American Ac- tivities, which concluded: Events of the past year have pro- vided convincing evidence that the American people cannot rely com- pletely on this country’s Armed Forces to protect themselves from Communist domination and slavery. This is not because our military forces lack the power or the will to defend this country, but rather be- cause the nature of the attacks being made on the United States by its major and only significant enemy are so designed as to render conven- tional military forces as ineffective as possible for defense purposes. From the outset, DePugh was undaunt- ed by the odds against him. “We knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy,” he says. “But we also remembered Edmund Burke's dictum that “The ‘only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ We were prepared to put our businesses, our freedom, our very lives on the line—and we have.” DePugh’s nine fellow duck hunters were transmogrified overnight into the National Coordinating Council of the fledgling Minutemen of America, and DePugh appointed himself national co-' ordinator. All were rank ~amateurs at political organization and, at first, the group's progress was halting. “Our own naiveté was our biggest obstacle,” De- Pugh remembers. “None of us had any _ background in even local politics; I was a chemist, another founder was a veteri- narian and the rest were real-estate agents, insurance men and autoworkers. We would have had difficulty getting a new Kiwanis post off the ground, much less organizing an effective clandestine resistance movement.” As a result of their political inexperi- ence, few on the ultraright fringe had even heard of the Minutemen a year after its formation, and those who had, dismissed the group as an ineffectual cabal of crackpots issuing grandiose pronunciamentos on guerrilla warfare from the padded comfort of their arm- chairs. But slowly, a hard core of disci- plined activists began gravitating to DePugh: disgruntled anti-Semites chafing at the John Birch Society's “soft” posi- tion on Jews, trigger-happy American Nazis disgusted with George Lincoln Rockwell's “do-nothing” approach and disillusioned dropouts from “responsible” outfits such as the Reverend Billy James Hargis’ Christian Crusade. Surrounded by this handful of faithful apostles, the paramilitary messiah spread his’ nets on conscrvative waters. The catch; though initially small, was promising. “We needed men ready to kill or be killed for their country,” DePugh says of the lean early years, “and we found them.” De- Pugh’s life now had new direction and purpose; he had discovered the road for which he'd searched and he was prepared to travel it to the end. It is not an easy task for an outsider to_ map that road, for DePugh had avoided public comment on the ultimate destina- tion of his movement: armed revolution. The stated motivations and aspirations of the Minutemen, as set forth in De- Pugh's voluminous propaganda, appear simple: to prepare for a Communist in-, vasion or uprising that can be resisted only by an underground paramilitary force. Minuteman Jeaders claim private- ly, however, that their aim is not to establish “self-defense” civilian auxil- iaries to aid the Armed Forces in a na- tional emergency but to overthrow and replace the United States Government through insurrection; and the Minute- men confidently predict that the day is approaching when they will be able to come out of hiding and forcibly seize the reins of power in a nation wracked by racial violence and economic chaos. In the ensuing struggle, Minutemen leaders say they are quite prepared to utilize all the tools of subversion—sabotage, assassi- nation, terrorist attacks—not against a hypothetical Communist invader, but against their own-Government, which they consider ziddled with card-carrying Reds and fellow travelers, After poring over hundreds of pages of Minuteman literature—including De- .Pugh’s Blueprint for Victory, the movement’s Mein Kampf—this reporter realized that little could be leaned of the organization's, real strategy or ulti- mate aims through its propaganda and even less through newspaper accounts of Minuteman aétivity, which amount\ to litle more than a running account of ° arrests and convictions. To unravel the skein of the group's operations and dis- _ cover how serious a menace it actually Continued next page Continued from last page constitutes—as well as to find out what makes individual «Minutemen tick—I phoned DePugh at his office in Independ- ence, Missouri (national headquarters of his Patriotic Party), and requested an interview. I'd been warned by several journalists that as DePugh’s legal prob- lems multiplied he had grown increasingly chary of the press, which he viewed as a “handmaiden of the Communist con- spiracy.” But I was greeted with unex- pected cordiality: “I'm tied up for the next five days, but I'll see you next week and give you as much time as you need,” he promised. “No later, though. After that I'll be—tied up.” In the interim, he suggested I speak to Roy Frankhouser, Jr., in Reading, Penn- sylvania, Grand Dragon of the Pennsylva- nia Ku Klux Klan and regional political coordinator of the Minutemen. He gave me Frankhouser’s number and rang off. I reached Frankhouser that evening, and after some initial sparring managed to convince him that I had no ideological ax to grind. We arranged to meet two nights later; one of his men would pick me up at Reading's airport and drive me to an unidentified destination where Frankhouser would be waiting. It sound- ed mildly melodramatic, but I agreed. “We've got something laid on for that night,” Frankhouser said enigmatically. “If you're lucky, we might even let you in on it,” The Reading trip wasn’t one I would easily forget. I was met at the airport by a small-eyed man who identified himself as “Roger.” Half an hour later, after changing cars twice, we rendezvoused with Frankhouser and his aide, Bob Richland, the Imperial Nighthawk of the state K. K. K. in the darkened »irking lot of a Pennsylvania roadhouse. \s Frank- houser and Richland jackknifed into the back seat beside me, Roger was restive and impatient. “You're twenty minutes late,” he said, in a hoarse whisper I'd at first thought was an affectation but later learned was his normal speaking voice. “They're ex- pecting us at eleven.” “There was a wreck down the road,” said Richland. “They had some girl laid out.on the highway with her [ace bashed in. Her nose must have been smashed all the way back into her skull; the whole top of her head looked like’ pink jelly.” He was visibly upset. A well- groomed, lanky man in his late 30s, he sat hunched over, tugging nervously at the knot of his regimental-stripe tie— I wondered how his Ivy League taste had survived the change to Klan regalia— and wiping a crumpled silk handkerchief back and forth under his chin. “It was terrible. They'll never save her looks, and she must have been a pretty girl, too. White,” he added. Obviously discomfited by his lieuten- ant’s squeamishness, Frankhouser reached over to slam the car door shut and told Roger to get going. “We'll have to kill. lots of young girls before this fight is over,” he grunted. “Black and white." ‘He was a slight young man of 29 with close-cropped black hair, a_pencil-thin mustache and one good eye. Articulate and sophisticated, he was a type more likely to be found debating Marcuse in campus New Left salons than regaling red-necks in the satin sheets of a K. K. K. Grand Dragon. Richland didn’t reply and Roger pulled the car out onto the highway lead- ing to Pottsville. It was an overcast, bit- terly cold night in late February and we were headed for an as-yet-unexplained Minuteman maneuver in the Appalach- ian Mountains. I was to be the first jour- nalist included on such an “action mission,” as opposed to standard training drills, and Frankhouser cautioned me to stay in the background. “Some of the guys didn’t want you along,” he explained, “and they're liable to be a little edgy.” He smiled and added: “Some of them think it might be a good idea if you didn’t come back. It’s pretty wild country up there and you can hide a lot of things—even nosy reporters.”” ” . His little joke over, he slapped my shoulder with bonhomie. “Don't worry,” he said heartily. “ ty this time.” We don’t mind publici- As Roger's mud-spattered gray Ford pulled into the snowy foothills, Frank- houser finally explained the purpose of the mission: “We've got an underground bunker up there we use for storing heavy SatpielandGpitinithvig gress [We just found out yesterday that some fink in another unit tipped off the FBI, so we've been cleaning everything out of the place be- fore they move in.” He lit a cigarette and chuckled expansively. “Tonight we blow the place up.” By now we had left the main highway and were careening precipitously wp the mountainside. The Imperial Nighthawk, still shaken by his brush with nonide- ological violence, stared out the sleet- laced window, but Frankhouser waxed loquacious, studiously disregarding the! cautionary looks Roger occasionally darted over one shoulder. _ “We've got hundreds of bunkers like this all over the country,” he boasted, “all of them packed with machine guns, mortars and automatic weapons—and that’s in addition to the caches of arms we wrap in plastic and bury under- ground. Our men do twenty-four-hour La “OWNERS OF - THIS. BUSINESS — _ SURRENDERED TO sy THE RACE = MIXERS * Ke er THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 7 is possible—including a right-wing take- over.” “ “Have Minutemen been involved in inciting the race riots?” I asked. “You mean shooting at botli sides to heat things up?” He smiled. “Not yet. Right now we can afford to just stand back on the side lines and pick up the pieces; we're the inheritors of social bankruptcy, you might say. And the same holds true for the black national- ists; after each bloody riot they get a lot of uncommitted niggers going over to their side. It’s sort of a symbiotic situa- tion. Let them shoot the Jews on their list, we'll shoot the Jews on ours, and then we can shoot each other!” The idea amused him; he waved his hand magnanimously when Richland gestured suspiciously at the whirring tape recorder balanced on my lap, “It's all right. Let him print what he wants to. I don’t have anything to hide—at least, one wolf to terrorize a herd of sheep, you know. Cigarette?” I declined. * “The first thing we've got to do,” he continued, “is disassociate ourselves from old-fogy conservatives like the John Birch Society. We've got to develop a radical revolutionary pro- gram that will appeal to the working: man on the two levels where he really lives—bread-and-butter issues and race. We've got to convince the worker that he’s being economically oppressed by the powers-that-be and only we can save him. It’s the carrot and the stick. in a sense; the niggers and the fear they breed are the stick. and the carrot is the promise of not only the assurance of s:fety from them but all the economic advantages we can deliver. We're really entering a fantastically exciting age—an age of race war, where the color of your skin is your uniform.” Roger interrupted to tell us we were. The Ku Kiux Klan, the first fascist organization in the world, the child of American "Democracy". guard duty in shifts over each bunker to ensure security. When D day comes we won't be in the streets with popguns.” “When will D day come?” I asked. Frankhouser shrugged. “Who knows?” he replied. “But one thing is certain: For the first time since Huey Long, the stage is set for the rise of an American brand of fascism, Not that right-wingers can take any credit for it. The race riots have done our work for “us; the black nationalists are our biggest recruiting agents; I wish there were a hundred Stokely Carmichaels and Rap Browns. After each Watts, each Detroit, we get thousands of new backlash members— and best of all, a big slice of them are disgruntled cops and National Guards- men. Multiply those figures in light of what's going to happen in the big cities over the next three or four summers and you've really got the makings of a revolutionary situation. Under those inything and everything circumstances. | i wot anything I'd tell him!” I asked Frankhouser how the Minute- men planned to accomplish their seizure of power. “Look at Germany and Italy,” he said. “When the people see their society dis- solving into chaos, when they're threat- ened on every side by riots and violence and economic convulsion, they'll turn to any force tough enough and ruthless enough to impose order, That’s what most people really want, you know—or- der. Not abstractions like freedom and equality and justice. That's all right for the fat times, but when the pinch is on, they want their property and their lives protected and they don’t give a damn how it’s done or who does it. That's why we're working and organizing now—not to take over tomorrow or the next day, which would be impossible, but to be ready when the time comes, and even a small. tight-knit and well-trained nucle- us of men can play a role all out of sopraportion, to, ity pymbers, Jy only takes within a half mile of our destination, and to speak softly. He had switched the headlights off, and we now inched along at less than ten miles an hour. Frank- houser, rapt in his vision of the future, continued in muted tones. <Mbanvrucae eevee ees cana a = REPRINTED FROM PLAYBOY MAGAZINE EST CONTINUED NEXT _ ISSUE wut suite e€ " We, the Black Panthers are the Vanguard of the oppressed people’s liberation struggle; oxen to be rid- dent by the people down the trail to social revolution (Equal land and Wealth), We are not the Van- guard because we choose to say so, but because of sweat and blood shed by Panthers all over this so-called beautiful country. Blood shed by the hands of ignorant fascists who have developed a kill psychosis from brutalizing and murdering Panthers. Not only have they developed a kill psychosis from brutalizing and murdering Panthers but the total oppressed class, Blood, Blood, Blood, Pan- ther Blood -- Vanguard - my bro- thers and sisters, people's blood my class brothers and sisters - Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, White Polka Dot; we will have our man- hood. We will free all political prisoners. We will have our lib- eration by any means necessary! I shake my fist at the demago- gic (self-interest) politicians of A- merica because they do not meet the basic needs of the people. I shake my fists at the demagogic politicians of America because of the lies and conspiracies they have waged against the proletarian class. Yes! I accuse the demago- gic politicians and avaricious (greedy) businessmen and racist pig cops of GENOCIDE! The crime of. destroying: the. lives, - liberty, THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 8 g property and culture of a politi- cal organization and other beau- tiful class brothers and sisters, Thousands they have murderedand thousands are subjected to sub- human existance while they sit around on their fat asses and oink to the people. The pigs of Amer- ica have committeda crime against humanity, Because of this capital- istic inferior government, law and order without justice, fear and repression; America has becomea fascist state, NO! ?'m not going to stop here. I'm going to go on because I'm so sick of these pigs; ’'m so tired and determined to get rid of these pigs! Because the United Nations General Assembly unanimously a- dopted a resolution affirming that “*Genocide is a crime under inter- national law’' and advised that international and unilateral mea- sures be taken to suppress it, I say to the proletarian class of America, you must unite with the Vanguard -- real friends to fight real enemies. We must do what- ever is necessary to sustain our existence in Babylon. We must do this because the United Nations knowing the situation, refuses to do her job in Babylon! Oppressed people of America, I will define Genocide so there will be no mistake or doubt about your rising up taking the gun in one hand‘ and’ the’ definition’ off Geno- GENOCIDE cide’ in the other, marching to Pennsylvania Avenue to sweep the halls of Congress clean of the parasites and leeches who keep the people in bondage by fear and repression Definition: A, Killing members of a group. B, Causing serious bodily or mental harm to mem- bers of a group. C, Deliberate- ly inflicting on the group condi- tions of life, calculated in whole or part. or part. D. Imposing measures intended to prevent birth within agroup. E. Forcibly transferring children of a group to another group. No! I will not stop here. I will go on to accuse the pigs of Con- spiracy to commit genocide of all people and organizations who speak out against the inhuman unconsti- tutional bullshit in Babylon. Con- spiracy to commit genocide by using their lying misleading news media which is used for public incitement; at this minute they are preparing the American People to accept total genocide of the People’s Party -- Vanguard of the People’s Liberation struggle. These pigs cannot say they are not guilty because they have the blood of the Minister of Defense Huey P, Newton, now a political prisoner, Lil Bobby Hutton, Bunchy and John, Alpert Linthcome, Man~- uel ee sas as CR berry, Charles Cox murdered at Fillmore pig station -- all mur- dered by pigs, The Conspiracy 8 (Democratic Convention) pending verdict, Erica Huggins -- Conn, 8 N.Y. 21, Dep. Chairman Fred Ham- pton of the Illinois 16 are political prisoners -- and hundreds of o- thers who stood up and fought for liberation have been murdered, in jail or in exile. Because of all the crimes the pigs have waged and are waging, we; the people have a right -- a God given right and free will to do whatever is necessary to put out the fire in Babylon -- hungry children all over the country, di- seases and ignorance -- running rampant, napalming the peace loving people in Vietnam; and the overkill tactics they employ are intolerable and we will no longer stand for it. To move from all these unbearable conditions, we must become dedicated, We must make cummitments just asthe Mi- nister of Defense, Huey P. Newton and Deputy Chairman Fred Hamp- ton of the Illinois Chapter, Black Panther Party did when he said, “T have no life to give other than a life for the people. Let all tests of revolution confront me. Those that I am not ready for I will become ready for -- People Unite."* ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!; Chaka UFAF LABOR COMMITTEE Dear Brothers and Sisters: On May 1, 1933, Adolf Hitler gathered labor leaders from all over Germany to participate in a May Day celebration. No expense was spared, The city was festive and gay. It rang with traditional speeches of labor solidarity. On May 2, 1933, the German labor movement had been smashed. All the celebrants of the day before were in jail. The offices andassets of every local were seized, All contracts were declared null and void. Hitler then organized his own trade unions which were to guar- antee a docile work force for the Fascist state. Low wages, intol- erable working conditions and strict obedience to the Fascist state were the lot of working men and women for more thana decade, The most reactionary sections of monopoly in the United States are boldly implementing a program to bring Fascism to this country, The state apparatus: courts, police, the armed forces, the giant govern- ment bureaucracy have combined to destroy the constitutionally guaranteed rights of our people. The rights of Third World People, which have never been fully recog- nized, are subject to the sharpest attack, Various right wing, and of- ten explicitly pro-Nazi organiza- tions are attempting to utilize 300 years of racism in this country to split the American people. They intend to prevent us from uniting to solve the many problems we face, The recent Wallace campaign is a clear example of this pro- cess. No American should forget the large number of American busi- nessmen who wanted the United States to intervene on the side of Hitler in World War Il. These were the same i:en who fought most vigorously the gains of the CIO and the unemployed during the New Deal. Fascism always depends on the division of working people along racial lines, German Fascism de- pended primarily on the oppression and extermination of the Jewish people. American Fascism is counting on its ability to sell the oppression and extermination of Blacks, Browns, andother minori- ties. But as the history of Ger- many shows, Fascism only lulls the people with racism to mask its program of terroristic rule and increased exploitation of all peo- ple. It is no accident that the most racist, most anti-labor, most anti- student businessmen and members of Congress are also the champions of increased military aggression abroad, These are the people most likely to leade the world into WW Il, If we fail to stop the Fascist offensive we shall also fail to stop nuclear war. No one group has the strength to oppose Fascism. If we allow the rights of our brothers, black or white, to be trampled without pro- test, we can expect that we too will be isolated and stripped of our rights. A national conference for a U- NITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM in America will be held in Oakland on July 18, 19 and 20. We invite you to participate without prior commitment, We ask that this conference be placed on the agenda of the meetings of your local between now and July 17, 1969, If you wish we will send representatives to your meetings to discuss the matter. Solidarity is not old fashioned -- it is the hope of the future. THE BEST GUARANTEE A~ GAINST FASCISM IS A POWER- FUL, AGGRESSIVE AND VIGI- LANT LABOR MOVEMENT UNITE AGAINST FASCISM} Kenny Horsten Member UAW #1364 Blaine Wishart Member Teamsters Local John Feit., ., Member Butcher Workmen #203 LANDON R. WILLIAMS, POLITICAL PRISONER A Letter to Landon Dear Landon: The pigs think that they can break you and Rory by giving you bread and water and keep- ing you in solitary confinement, But they are buffoons! A warrior that is not afraid of death by a thousand cuts cannot be broken, Landon, we miss you and Rory physically but your revolutionary spirit and true love for the people cannot be negated by any force, The will to make revolution cannot be stopped by any buffle brained fascists, The workers in the revolution are comprised of many young brothers and sisters whose energy and strength will not malady by the terror and demagogy of fascism, Mao says, the youth will make the revolution; that they make it and keep it, Through correct examples we know this to be true, ‘‘Young people are most sensitive to new things and most willing to learn; they are least conservative in their thinking,..’” Hu -Yao Pang, The swines are such fools not to notice that whenever revo- lutionaries are jailed or murdered, a revo- lutionary child is born, Bunchy is dead, but a son was born to him, Papa had to leave for a while, his child will be born in July; Doc has four; Bobby has one; and you have given the people Kijana, a warrior and your daugh- ter, The pigs don’t know that a true revolu- tionary fears not even death, but they will find out in the end, Right now they are going berserk in suppressing the people withterror, but that only shows that they are coming clear to their doom, There is nothing more to talk about, Practice is the criterion, Blood to the horse’s brow and woe to those who cannot swim, Comrade Marsha N.Y. 21 Privileges were given to inmates on 6-South, 2 weeks ago, on Mon- day, June 2, 1969. Privileges such as Religious rights to worship the religion of your choice, Catholic, Christian Science, Protestant, and Jewish services, Roof top recre- ation is to be given sometime this week, as stated by the warden, The inmates on 6-South have not had these privileges until recently, Inmates had to put in com- missary slips for commissary, which is on the second floor. Cer- tain inmates, about 5, already had the privilege of going down to com- missary. 3 or 4 days ago I put in a request slip to go to the com- missary with the other 4 or 5 (certain) inmates, My slip was an- swered by the Deputy warden the next day, I was told that I could go in a couple of days, Ilalsoasked about the other inmates, and was told by the Deputy warden, that everyone would be able to go. The next day it was announced to the inmates by the officer of duty. All of this just started to take place about 2 months, when the new warden took over. They also had (or have by now) a goon squad consisting of 6 to 8 (coward) of- ficers, which are called by the Tier officer on duty if a prisoner? gets out of hand or talks back to Tier officer, Most of the time the Tier officer les over the phone ‘or when the goon squad arrives, their thing is to slap, kick, punch, inmates, Some times they use long sticks to beat them unconscious, and then throw them into the Bing for a period of time, One inmate has an indefinite time in the Bing, Bing: All privileges are taken away, no reading, no writing, no visits,..no smoking, no nothing, although they do feed you. Also THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 9 CONDITIONS OF JAILS--FROM MEMBERS OF THE PANTHER different inmates are beaten with black jacks. This is not a house of correction or detention it’s a house of cor- ruption and exploitation, Conditions are hell, but changing ~ you know why, 1, Change of linen once every 2 to 3 weeks, 2, Inmates are not allowed to take a shower before going to court. 3, Reading material is fiction. 4, Allowed to buy the Daily News only from the Commissary 5. Two inmates to a cell on 6- South--very crowded 6. Inmates do not get their pro- per medication, they need. 7, Dentist has no pity for his pa- tients, 8 Inmates give each other hair cuts, (by house gang) 9. Racism is practiced here by certain officers, but in a hidden manner now. 10, Inmates are told by their law- yers to cop-out, even if they are innocent of charges. 11. Inmates do all the cleaning up throughout the institution, some in- mates on house gang, even change light bulbs, while electrician just stands by and watch 12, Inmates are made to strip bare outside their cells, while officers go through their cells, After wrecking everything, inmates are told to dress, This is done at any- time ~ it’s called a shake down. INMATES DEMANDS 1. Inmates demand to send out more than just one personal letter a day. 2, Inmates demand to receive their Own personal shoes from their homes. (An inmate cannot receive his own shoes from home.) His only source of retaining shoes is by purchasing new shoes direct from the retailer through means of mail. Inmates cannot affort to ad- here to these conditions entailed, set up by the administration. 3, Inmates demand to have visitors other than just their family and relatives (most inmate’s relatives are dead or live miles out oftown, visiting privileges must be denied because inmates cannot have visit- ors from out of town. 4. Inmates demand a solution to the problems of dandruff and body ordor, There is no oils, creams, or grease obtainable to help the scalp (deodorants, soap and water alone definitely will not solve this problem. 5. Inmates demand that their meats with their meals be cooked so itis eatable (also there is no sugar in the cereal at any time and pow- dered milk is used. Inmates have to buy milk from the Commissary.) 6. Inmates demand that the Medical staff be efficient. Inmates do not get the proper medication that their aliments require. 7, Inmates demand an immediate end to police brutality and murder of the oppressed people in these houses of detention, 8. Inmates demand an immediate halt to police harassment of in- mates daily by certain low-level thinking officers 9. Inmates demand an immediate end to racism practiced by certain officers and patrolmen who are employed here in this institution, and also certain inmates, 10, Inmates demand an immediate separation of the homosexual in- mates (which causes a lot of the fights with the other inmates that are not), which is a further step into exploitation on the other in- mates mainly younger inmates who do not know what is going on, Ali Bey Hassan THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 10 Pig Harassment 7 PANTHERS BUSTED Seven members of Milwaukee's Chapter of the Black Panther Party have been arrested or ticketed in six different incidents since last Thursday, And the Panthers feel that the police are out to get them. One Panther accused the copsof trying ‘‘to bust as many people as they possibly can on misdemeanors and any other charges they can get’. In some of the arrests, Party members were singled out by the Police even though they were with a crowd of persons, anyone of whom could have been arrested, the Panther said. Here are the arrest incidents in chronological sequence: THURSDAY - Howard ‘Doc Ap- ples’’ Harrelson was charged with illegal parking at the corner of 9th and State Sts, Panthers said that the light was about to turn red when Harrelson stopped his car and let two passengers out. Before the door was closed, a sheriff s deputy yelled to get the car moving, said the Panthers, but Harrelson re- fused to run the light which was still red. The deputy then pulled him over and ticketed him. The Panthers said that Harrel- son asked the deputy for his iden- tification, but he refused to show it saying he didn’t have to prove anything. FRIDAY - Felix Welch, field lie- utenant, was arrested for dis- orderly conduct, after he spoke over a bullhorn to Milwaukee 14 supporters outside the courtroom where 11 of the 14 were being sen- tenced, SATURDAY- Gene Epps was ar- rested for loitering outside the Oasis Theater at 2626 W, Center St. The theater was being picketed by black teenagers because re- portedly children were forced to sit on the floor. Epps was selling Black Panther newspapers at the time of the arrest. Also arrested for disorderly conduct was Robert ‘‘Curley’’ Wat- son, president of the NAACP Youth Council. SATURDAY - Nate Bellamy, lieu- tenant of information was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and failure to yield toanunmarked police car after he was rammed by the police at an intersection. Bel- lamy is in County General Hospi- tal with a broken leg and head in- juries and is under police secur- ity. Bellamy and other witnesses stated that the siren and flash- ing light was off in the police car. Police contend they were on. had been visited in the hospital by FBI agents seeking information on the Party. SATURDAY - James Johnson was charged with carrying a concealed weapon as a result of a stroll in the vicinity of the Cross Luthern Church, 1281 N, 16th St. where the Panthers were holding a rally, Johnson was stopped and frisked because police said, he matched the description of a person who had just damaged a bus. The police dis- covered that he wasn’t the bus van- dal and in the process they al- legedly discovered the weapon, SUNDAY - Darkin Gentry, Captain of Defense, and Jesse White were arrested outside the Oasis Theater for disorderly conduct. Gentry, White and two other Panthers had gone to the theater to talk to the management about the issue of sit- ting kids on the floor. The teen- agers were picketing again. On their way out of the thea- rer, the police-had arrived and told everyone to move away from the door, The Panthers said that the crowd was backing away, but not fast enough for the police, who started shoving a Black Panther. This created a hassle which re- sulted in the arrests, said the Pan- thers. The Panthers said that Bellamy Fascist Milwaukee Pigs Attempt To Bait Panthers Into Shootout At about 1:00 A.M, Thrusday morning, the pigs started their week-16 maneuvers on the Black Panther office in Milwaukee. This time they planted detonators inthe back yard and ran some shit down about responding to gun shots when the detonators went off, Security reports that squadcars had been in the area in mass for at least an hour before. As it went down many of the members were a couple of blocks away, After the call from security, some came back to the building, circling for a while on foot. In the mean time the Party security patrol, who were unaware toa bro- ther being in trouble entered the area. When the pigs recognized them, they automatically pounced on the brothers, the only reason this went down was because we didn’t start firing on pigs when the detonators went off, as they had planned, The pig chief faggot Miller was so frustrated and itchy he openly invited individual Panthers to a shoot-out. Everyone on the street was stop- ped and thoroughly searched even sisters, When sisters objected to the search the new pig rifle, Mark 10, was shoved in their faces. The pigs purposely tried to push people into reacting. In the end five bro- thers were arrested, Richard Smithe was charged with loitering when he refused to show his red- book, Jessie White, 20, carrying a concealed weapon, $350 bail. Ray- mond Owens, 30, Leslie Mays 19, and Allen Crawford, 20, were all charged with carrying a concealed weapon and their bail was $350, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Information Staff, Wisconsin Chap- ter, Black Panther Party PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD Letter From Prison Rikers Island Alex McKeiver Eddie Joseph They are separated on different sides of the floor, 2-man cells 6 br 6. Brother Eddie goes to school. Both are given the sametreatment as the other inmates - except the mail is held up for days - if they’ let it go through at all, Tijerina Busted The FBI today arrested Reies Lopez Tijerina, leader of Alianza (Alliance of Fre. States) active in the southwestern states. Tijerina was arrested after U.S. District Court Judge Howard Brat- ton revoked his appeal bond issued after his conviction in 1967 on char- ges of assaulting a federal offi- cer, A motion asking for the re- vocation had been filed by the U.S, Attorney’s office. The grounds for the revocation were the arrest of Tijerina on the previous Sunday when he was charged with setting fire to a sign in a National Fo- rest. Tijerina’s group, Alianza, DOWN ON It had been reported, black child- ren were being forced to sit on the floor of the Oasis Theatre at 27th and Center. A group of black teen- agers were picketing the theatre and telling people about what had been going down. Darkin Gentry, Captain of Defense of the Milwau- kee Chapter of the Black Panther Party and three other Black Pan- thers, went to the manager andthe owner of the Theatre to investi- gate the matter, Some Tomming nigger, Vernon Patterson, who claims to be the assistant manager, admitted this had been the practice of the Thea- tre in the past, but they had re- cently stopped. The owner denied the whole story. (It is suggested the owner talk to his nigger so his lie can be straightened out next time.) When the Panthers left the build- ing a small crowd had gathered in front of the theatre, Two pigs, who had been parked across the street in the alley, came to the Theatre claims title to much of the South- west-on the grounds that the land had been illegally stolen from Latin ancestors, The 1967 inci- dent grew out of an attempt by Alianza members to makea series of citizens arrests as provided under state law. Alianza has not given up on this practice, Since June 3 of this year, Alianza mem- bers have attempted to make citi- zen’s arrests of Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Berger, New Mexico Governor David Cargo, scientist Dr, Norris Bradbury, and Special U.S. Forest Service Agent James Evans. ° THE FLOOR after pig agent tom punk nigger Patterson had talked to them, The pigs told everyone to get away from the door. People started backing away from the door, but no one was going in. When it was decided that the crowd wasn’t moving fast enough, the pig picked a Black Panther to push around. A hassle started be- tween the crowd andthe pigs, When it was all over, two Panthers, Jesse White and Darkin Gentry, were arrested for disorderly con- duct. It was clear the pigs were after the Black Panthers, This will not make the Party stop working for the PEOPLE! It must be made very clear to the pigs -- they cannot run over our people any longer. It must be made crystal clear to the pigs and their flunkies; the people will not allow them to run through our communities. THE PIGS MUST Go! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD! Letter From A Concentration Camp To whom it may concern: The brother and myself are living under one of the most in- humane conditions there is. First will relate briefly the physical as- pects of this condition, My lights stay on 24 hours a day. The food they serve is uneatable, as for my- self my stomach is very weak and I just cannot eat the food. It would make me more miserable than if I didn't. ne, does not g er t a chance to get lecent show a t once or twice a week. There are many physical handicaps one must overcome under these adverse conditions, but now I will try to relate a few of the mental hurdles one musttry to overcome in order to cope with these inhumane situations, Due to the fact that I have epi- leptic. seizures I don't receive the adequate medication to stop or re- lieve me from going into convul- sions and becoming unconscious. Many times when I go to sleep in this, so-called bed at night,‘ find myself covered with blood all over the place the next day. I have had about 8 epileptic seizures since April 3, 1969, and I have only seen the doctor two times, These motherfucking pigs are trying to kill me but they have a big surprise coming. I AM NOT DYING. OFF THE PIG POWER TO THE PEOPLE Lee Berry (Mkubwa) fF ebpalro rere JAILING OF ABERNATHY FAILS TO BREAK STRIKE By TIM WHEELER CHARLESTON, S.C., June ‘23 — The morale of tens of thousdnds of em- battled black people in this deep south city continues unbroken as Rev. Ralph David Abernathy fasted in Charleston jail today to press the demands of the hospital workers in their bitter strike. The workers, mainly black wo- men, crowded the union hall cn East Bay Street with their hus- bands and children today to plan another demonstration this after- noon. They face arrests and po- lice attack if they carry through their plan. Police are everywhere in this city, armed with four-foot hickory clubs and with riot guns at the ready. Hundreds of National Guards- men stand on alert at the armory nearby. Severa] strike supporters were beaten yesterday when Rev. Abernathy, Hosea Williams and other leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were arrested while leading prayers for a just settlement. The. prisoners were charged with incitement to riot and placed under $50,000 bail. A massive campaign of civil disobedience was called for by Rev. Abernathy to force the truc- ulent state administration to grant the workers’ demands. “My husband asked me to re- port that he and SCLC will be here until the workers secure a decent living wage," declared Mrs. Abernathy, at a press con- ference this mornihg. She said -that the Medical College hospi- tal and county hospital must ap- prove a grievance committee that wil] ensure for the workers “meaningful procedures for pro- tecting and maintaining their rights.”’ Real cause of riots Denouncing the charge of in- citement to riot against her hus- band, she declared, “It is time for this nation to learn that ex- ploitation of poor people is the real incitement to riot. It is the misuse of police power and of the courts that may incite rioting in Charleston and in communities throughout this nation. “It is bigotry and hate that L.A. ae HELD IN $50,000 BAIL, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, right, and Hosea Williams, leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, were arrested Friday on charges of rioting as they led a rally in support of striking hospi- tal workers in Char eston, S.C. have incited riots. It is everyday violence to school children in the inadequate schools, violence to unemployed and underem- ployed men and women, violence to hungry people, violence to those who live in slums. “In Charleston it appears that the oppressors of the hospital workers have shifted to a course of reckless police oppression, a- course that will not work.” The town is deserted at the very time when tourism should be at its peak, a key industry in this city. The boycott of all shops on King Street is hurting business badly. This is compel- ling sectcrs of the business com- munity to pressure for settle- ment. Organized labor is under pres- sure from the hospital workers to throw its support to the strike. But so far it has been quite timid. A dawn to dusk curfew, frcm 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., turns Charleston in the evenings into a ghost town inhabited by state police and National Guardsmen. The giant textile interests have unleashed a massive armed cam- paign to smash the union, de- clared Carl Farris, project di- rector of the SCLC in Charleston. “The textile industry is dictat- ing this union-busting policy,”’ he sais. ‘‘They sent in Claude Haynes- worth, an expert: union buster PIGS SHOOT FIRST, QUESTION LATER Los Angeles, June 23 - Two white youths are dead from recent shoot- ings by trigger-happy cops here. On June 12, Donald Lee Oughton was on his way home to watch wrestling on television, It was early evening and Oughton, who had a major speech defect, was cros- sing an overpass over the Holly- wood Freeway, Officers Henry Kennedy, a rookie and Norman P, O’Mally were in search of a re- ported sniper, Oughton, who was reportedly running, according to the police © version, suddenly slowed to a walk, This aroused their suspicions. Caught in the headlights of the police car Oughton was ordered to halt. He did so, and reached for his pocket apparently to get out the card with his name and ad- dress which he always carried for identification because of tis speech impediment. Kennedy shouted to his partner, “Watch out he’s got a gun,’”’ He then fired, missing Oughton but hit- ting his partner, O’ Malley, in the finger, O‘Malley then shot the young man, Oughton was dead on arrival at the Central Receiving Hospital. The following night, Frank Bran- don, 23, sonof Dr, Robert Brandon, former. mayor of Burbank, was killed by police bullets. A single blast from the 12 gauge shotgun of Officer Robert H, Jacobs ended his life, From all indications, Brandon had been at a bar on Magnolia Blvd, It was past 2 a.m. Police officers shouted from outside for the man in the bar to come out, then fired through the opague win- dow and killed Brandon. ‘‘Why didn’t they use tear gas?’ asked his father, former mayor Brandon, who is a dentist, Taken from the View from: Left VField - article by’Sam Kushner from Greensville, S.C., who has spent his entire life breaking strikes. He is being paid $50 an hour by the County Hospitals and $100 an hour by the Medical College Hospital. “They are using the negotia- tions to try to break the union, not to settle the strike. Five or six times we have almost settled, then they bring up some minor is- sue to disrupt the settlement. This is a deliberate strategy.”’ Strategy backliring But he said the strategy was backfiring as anger grows in Charleston and throughout the state at the refusal of the author- ities to bargain. He had sharp words of criti- cism for the token support from organized labor throughout the nation. The main aid, he noted, has been in the form of financial assistance. ‘“This is not the main need,” he said. “Leadership can do more. If leadership can’t call sympathy work stoppages, then they are falling short of their responsi- bility.” He said organized workers should refuse to handle products from South Carolina. “‘Longshore- men,” he declared,“‘should not handle goods from South Carolina ports, teamsters should halt all trucks at the South Carolina border. DT De ete iia aiaes — —— = — Pleose Clip ond Mail to: HUEY P. NEWTON DEFENSE FUND THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 11 Attack on A.S.U. Navy Charges Sailor with Subversion June 26, 1969 Naval Station, Washington, D,C., June 26--A twenty-five year old editor of an anti-war newspaper and member of the American Ser- vicemen’s Union faces a Navy court-martial and imprisonment for alleged violations of the Uni- form Code of Military Justice in- cluding disrespect toward General Earl G, Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Priest is also charged with using **contemptuous words’’ against the Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee to the House of Rep- resentatives, L, Mendel Rivers, In an article entitled “‘ Bobby Seal’s Parable’’, that Priest is accused of distributing to other service- men, Rivers is compared to a pig. Priest is further charged with sed- ition for reprinting a slogan made popular by Eldridge Cleaver ‘*To- days pigs are tomorrows bacon.’”’ Commenting on the charges against Seaman Priest, Andy Stapp, Chairman of the ASU stated, ‘‘We consider the attack on brother Priest to be an attack on all ASU members and all people fighting against the Ruling Class. Roger is not simply being singled out by the brass because he is an ASU member but because he correctly pointed out that notorious fascist scum like Wheeler and Rivers are pigs and must be crushed by the People,’’ Roger Priest will be defended by David Rein, a Washington lawyer, The parable which Priest is being court-martialed for distri- buting is as follows: BOBBY SEALE’S PARABLE Once upon a time, there was a very poor man who was walking along the base of a tall mountain, The man was extremely thirsty, so he was delighted when he came upon a stream, But as he bent down to quench his thirst, he noticed that the stream was full of muck and filth. In desperate need of a cool, clean Brass drink, the man tried to get the muck and filth out of the stream, but to no avail. As he was about to give up, another man appeared and asked him what he was doing. “I am very, very thirsty’, the poor man said, ‘but I can’t drink from this stream because it is filthy and I am unable to cleanit’’. The second man smiled and ex- plained that the stream was full of muck and filth because a huge hog was standing in the middle of the stream at the top of the moun- tain, “This hog,’ the man said, ‘‘is pissing and shitting in the stream and that is why it is so dirty.’’ “Tf you want a cool, clean drink, you must get that hog out of that stream.” And with that, the two men set out to climb the mountain and get the hog out of the stream. L, MENDEL RIVERS, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THATSTREAM, YOU HEAR, BOY? Eldridge Cleaver’s slogan reads as follows: “Today's pigs are tomorrow's bacon’’ ‘‘We must stop the capitalist cor- porate power structure from kill- ing us, taxing us, dividing us and ruling us, Why do we have capital- ism, imperialism and an economy based on militarism? The time has come to fail the system. It only uses us to perpetuate itself, To serve the system is treason. Smash the state. Power to the People’. ‘*We will stop at NOTHING to stop the Vietnam war, and power ar- rangements that made it possible, We take that ‘*NOTHING” serious- ly’. “Destroy that sacred cow of capi- talism--property’, ‘Bomb America, Make Coca-Cola someplace else,’’ “Our goal is liberation...by any means necessary,”’ *¢Shoot a pig!!’’ 150 BATTLE PIGS OUTSIDE THEATRE (Santa Ana, UPI, June 30, 1969) A crowd of about 150 showered police with rocks and bottles last night after a teenage girl was e- jected from a downtown theater, MINISTER OF DEFENSE P.O. BOX 318 BERKELEY, CALIF. 94701 Name address city 1. Pledge $ Enclosed You Will Find $ 6 A a eh A a Police said the unidentified girl was ordered from the Broadway Theater by its management, once outside, officers were summoned, ERICA HUGGINS I’d like to send a very special word to sister Erica Huggins, the wife of our slain, murdered Deputy Minister of Information, John Huggins, who was murdered along with our Deputy Min- ister of Defense, Brother Alprentice “‘Bunchy”’ Carter, He’s Bunchy to me, Sister Erica is now incarcerated in Connect- icut, The pigs have plotted with this bald headed, renegade, that boot-licking, black capitalist, cul- tural nationalist reactionary, RonKarenga and his stooges, to take the lives of these two dearly be- loved hard working brothers, And now, the pigs have compounded this by taking this woman, this black woman, this sister, after inflicting this horrible pain upon her by murder- ing the father of her newborn child, Taking her away from her child and placing her behind bars on some trumped-up charges, U know Erica, and knowthatshe’s a very strong sister, But I know that she is now being subjected to a form of torture that is horrible, I know that she is strong and that she will endure and sister Erica, be strong sister, We must not rest until this sister is liberated, and if she is not out at this moment, then she: should be out just as rapidly as it is possible for us to get her out, And an example to all of us, let it be a lesson and anexampleto all of the sisters, particularly to all of the brothers, that we must understand that our women are suffering strongly and enthusiastically as we are participating in the struggle, And I’m aware thatithas been a problem in all organizations in Babylon to structure our struggle in such a way thatour sisters, our women are liberated and made equal in our struggle and in regard to sister Erica, [knowthat the Minister of Defense, Huey P, Newton has spoken out many times that the male chauvinism that is rampant in Babylon in general, and also rampant in our own ranks, The incarceration and the suffering of Sister MESSAGE 10 SISTER OF THE BLACK PAN EXCERPT FROM TAPE OF ELDRIDGE SILENCE FROM SOMEWHERE IN TH THE COMPLETE TAPE WILL BE PLA’ TER ERICA HUGGINS PANTHER PARTY ELDRIDGE BREAKING HIS ERE IN THE THIRD WORLD L BE PLAYED NATIONALLY. Erica should be a stinging rebuke to all manifes- tations of male chauvinims within our ranks, That we must purge our ranks and our hearts, and our minds, and our understanding of any chauvinism, chauvinistic behavior of disrespectful behavior toward women, That we must too recognize thata woman can be just as revolutionary as a man and that she has equal stature, that, along with men, and that we cannot prejudice her in any manner, that we cannot relegate her to an inferior position, That we have to recognize our women as our equals and that revolutionary standards of principles de- mand that we go to great lengths to see to it that disciplinary action is taken on all levels against those who manifest male chauvinism behavior, Because the liberation of women is one of the most important issues facing the world today. Great efforts have been made in various parts of the world to do something about this, but I know from my own experience that the smouldering and the burning of the flame decend for liberation of women in Babylon is the issue that is going to explode, and if we’re not careful it’s going to de- stroy our ranks, destroy our organization, be- cause women want to be liberated just as all op- pressed people want to be liberated, So if we want to go around and call ourselves a vanguard organization, then we’ve got to be the vanguard in all our behaviour, and to be the van- guard also in the area of women’s liberation and set an example in that area, and all of us to start being respectful and not condescending and patron- izing, but to really understand and look upon this question, recognize, that women are our other half, they’re not our weaker half, they’re not our stronger half, but they are our other half and that we sell ourselves out, we sell our children out, and we sell our women out when we treat them in any other manner, We have'to be very careful about that, and Sis- ter Erica Huggins is a shining example of a re- yolutionary woman whose been meted out the same kind of injustice from the pig power structure that a revolutionary man receives, So they didn’t put her in a powder puffed cell, They did not make life easy for her, But the pigs recognized a revolu- tionary woman to be just as much a threat as a revolutionary man, And so we recognize that we alsohavea duty to stop inflicting injustices of misuse of women, We have to be very careful about that, and we all know the problem, But I’m saying that it’s mandatory, the Minister of Defense Huey P, Newton has said that it is mandatory that all manifestations of male chauvinism be excluded from our ranks and that sisters have a duty and the right to do whatever they want to do in order to see to it that they are not relegated to an inferior position, and that they’re not treated as though they are not equal members of the Party and equal in all regards, And that they’re not subjected to male practices, And Sister Erica Huggins is a good example of a revolutionary woman who has sacraficed every- thing, including her husband, So Sister Erica - Right On, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5,1969 PAGE 14 NOT GUILTY ! THE SANTA ANA 1 The reactionary, racist, fas- cistic Santa Ana Pig Dept. is con- tinuing their kangaroo court pro- ceedings against the Santa Ana One - Daniel Michael] Lynem, He was to be brought forth for preliminary hearing, motions for discovery of evidence and the return of his il- legally obtained property. Court proceedings were to begin at 10:00 a.m,, Monday Morning, June 16. Broceedings were delayed by var- ious bureaucratic methods until 11:45 a.m. The Judge, an obvious recruit from some zoo, then an- nounced that the preliminary hear- ing was dismissed, and that Mi- chael has just been secretly in- dicted for murder by the Santa Ana Grand Jury. The D,A, realized that he would have to present his non-existent evidence at the scheduled prelim- inary hearing (which is open tothe public), so he made the strategic move of having the preliminary dismissed and a secret indictment handed down to save face and to maintain the trumped-up charges. The 42 people who were able to squeeze into the small courtroom went into an uproar, The approx~ imately 150 persons unable to get into the courtroom were outside petitioning for alarger courtroom, This combined group then moved on the newsmen outside who were badgering Michael’s father and wife for statements and answers to questions, Ghettos, radio and T,V. Fascism ‘“‘Law and Order’’ Panthers who had been unable to get into the courtroom were poli- ticizing and selling papers, The people responded with many ques- tions about Fascism, and the Pigs responded with concrete examples. Previously, various members of the Los Angeles and Santa Ana Branches of the Black Panther Party had been picked up and har- assed (and one beaten) on sus- picion of murder in connection with “the Santa Ana case. Also, Panthers from L.A, who have been attending court hearings in Santa Ana have been stopped for no reason every time they have been in Santa Ana. They have had Panthers’ Legal Defense literature, materials and information taken and photograph- ed without legal warrants of any kind. The people knew of these incidents and remembered them when we appeared at the court- room, This has helped to build up the understanding and support of the community, particularly for Michael and the Panthers for the insane treatment we have received from the pigs under the guise of law and order, But generally the Santa Ana community has come to understand exactly how Fascism, capitalism, and racism work, Michael’ s trial date has been set for July 21, 1969, The community of Santa Ana has already begun to mobilize around Mike’s case, and the larger issue of the nece- ssity of community control of po- FASCISM IS: Pigs running amuck in the Black Ghettos, beating, harassing, intimidating, insulting, and murdering, It becomes constitutional Fascism when Pig Chiefs and Commissioners go on stations and mouth empty phrases about ‘‘Law and Order’’ and bombard the people with flexible statistics about ‘‘High Crime Areas’’ that are in reality the Black is a lying demagogic politician who swears to the heavens that he is for that does not serve the lice in order to end fascism, Sun- day, June 22, at Santa Ana’s Mar- bury Park, the Orange County Peace Center, the Panther Defense Committee and the Santa Ana Branch of the Black Panther Par- ty co-sponsored a Panther Defense Drive. Joan Kelley, Assistant com- munications Secretary of the Sou- § thern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party, blew for Mike’s case and on the need for community control of police, and organization toform a United Front Against Fascism, Michael Lynem 1s not guilty of the murder of Santa -Ana’s Pig of the Year. He is not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, The only thing he has done is attempt to fight racism with solidarity, capitalism with socialistic pro- grams such asthe Free Hot Break- fast for Children Program, and the Free Clinic, and the United Front against Fascism, These ridiculous charges lev- eled against Michael are only apart of this racist, capitalistic, imper- falistic government’s conspiracy against the Black Panther Party, the vanguard of the revolutionary ovens and eventually against ie masses of the people, FREE MICHAEL! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISO- NERS! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! people and he is also for the people, Fas- cism is the bootlicking demagogic Black Poli- tician that makes noises about ‘‘underprivi- ledged areas’’ that he knows are not ‘‘under- priviledged’’ but ‘‘over-exploited,”’ Fascism is the demagogue, black or white, who encourages race wars to solve class problems, Fascism is a politician who talks of “‘Civil Rights’’ in place of ‘‘Human Rights’’, Fascism is the avaricious businessman who specializes in over-working, underpaying, and over-charging the working people, Fascism is the banks, trusts, and big monopolies that send well-armed fascist, racist pigs into De- troit, Harlem, Watts, Vietnam, and Puerto Rico to overkill and then makes lung speeches about how they hate the rising Tide of Vio- lence, Fascists are punks who hate violence against the Pigs and call it anarchy, or com- munism, or Fascism, But they call violence against the people ‘‘Law and Order’’, FASCISM IS AMERICA ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Masai, Southern California Chapter 1969: RAMPANT FASCISM AT A GLANCE S.F, - Fascist Pig O’Brien setfree after murdering George Baskett 4n unarmed worker. S.F, - Teenager Alvert Linthcome shot in cold blood by San Francis- co fascist pigs. Murdered in his own community. Berkeley - James Rector, student at U.C, shot down while watching so-called riot, Murdered by Ala- meda Shariff’s deputy who is free to kill again, Santa Rita, Alameda County - Per- sons who were arrested in Berke- ley for participating in a so-called riot were sent to Alameda’s con- centration camp and put through gestapo orientation, Santa Rita, Alameda County - A so- called mild mannered inmate died from undisclosedreasons after be- ing subjected to the same inhu- man treatment as the people ar- rested in Berkeley for rioting. Los Angeles - Donald Lee Oughton shot by fascist L.A, pigs while on his way home to watch a T.V, pro- gram. a week after young Oughton was killed, This young man was no notorious criminal nor had any background or record, Never-the- =a = less he was shot down like a ani- mal because he hesitated to come outside immediately when ordered to do so by the fascists, Los Angeles - Lorenzo Clark, 14- year-old boy shot to death by L.A, County Sheriff deputy. He was sus- pected of trying to break into a grocery store, ~| Oakland - Professor Philip Caplan died after being beaten by Oak- land’s fascist vice squad in an Oakland park! He was suspected of being a homosexual. The McClellan Committee had better get hip to the fact that the Black Panther Party is not going to sit around and watch the fascist american pigs fuck over the rest of humanity and do nothing about it, The Black Panther Party is organizing a United Front Against Fascism, The people of America had ber- ter get hip and become a part of that United Front. Because if you don't oppose fascism, you must be a fascist. The Black Panther Party is in the vanguard role in forming a United Front, because it has witnessed and survived the most vicious blows ever leveled upon any group in the history of this de- cadent, fascist country. Bigman Milwaukee Breakfast The Milwaukee Chapter of the Black Panther Party has initiated its first Breakfast Program. Pre- sently we are feeding 150 to 200 children daily. The punk racist, fascist pig preacher, Rev. Ell- wanger of Cross Luthern Church, renigged at the last minute. Think- ing this would stop the program, the punk ran down some hypocri- tical line to the pig media, about not allowing his church to be used by anyone advocating the violent overthrow of this capitalistic, to the people of the community. white plains bpp How many children of our com- munity have to goto school on emp- ty stomachs? How canour children even begin to acquire even basic skills in school on an empty sto- mach? If we takeanempty stomach and add a totally inadequate lunch, what do we have? Let us work together and send our children to school full of hot food and energy. If the schools and the Board of Education won't doit, we will. The White Plains Branch of the Black Panther Party would like to work with the community in insti- tuting a Free Breakfast Program for our children. There are many ways, we,’,can’ work, together. A church’ of ’confmunity center is racist, imperialistic, fascist coun- try. Never-the-less, the program started in the home of one of our brothers, We are making arrange- ments for the next site. The local newsletter has dealt with the mat- ter and the people are becoming aware of the situation and we are dealing, right on, From the greedy to the needy. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Information Staff Milwaukee Chapter Black Panther Party “The power structure inflicts pain ' and brutality upon the people and then provides controlled outlets for the pain in ways least likely to upset them or interfere with the » process of exploitation.’’ Huey P. Newton, On June 15th, Reverend Watts of Friendship Baptist Church, 144 13lst Street was questioned by po- lice because his church is where the Black Panther Party Harlem Branch serves Free Breakfast for Children every school mor- ning. Black Panthers and volun- teers from the Harlem community arrive at the church by 6:30 to be sure that every child who comes at 7:30 is served in time for school. Reverend Watts, up until June 17th was very enthusiastic about Harlem’s.Free Breakfast Pro- gram. It was only because of pig harassment that Rev, Watts ob- jected to our having a sign-in table in front of the church. On June 17th, when we attempted to put a poster announcing that break- fast was being served free, Rev. Watts said,‘‘I don’t want anything outside the church saying Black Panther Party on it!!’? The reason for his statement, he went on, was because ‘‘police came into the church on Sunday, June 15th asking questions about the Free Breakfast Program.’ After saying that, Rev, Watts was very vague and didn’t want to talk about it any more, a HITE PLAINS BREAKFAST needed to provide the facilities for preparing and serving the break- fasts. Businesses in the commun- ity are being asked to DONATE the necessary food and utensils, The equivalent of 2¢ worth of food per dollar taken in, of the people’s choice, would be collected from the merchants, In this manner, a part of the money which is taken out of the community and spent else- where, can be put to good use in the community. The mothers, grandmothers, and guardians of the children of the community are asked to volunteer just a couple of morning hours to this project. Join with us in feeding our children! In this way the Panthers intend not only’ to meet the most basic needs and desires of the Black Community, but also to erase the negative impression that has been dropped on the party by the racist- owned and oriented news media. To link oneself with the masses, one must act in accordance with the needs and desires of the masses, This is a part of the main goal and function of the Black Panther Par- ty. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK POWER TO BLACK PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD ql THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 15 This can only be viewed as an- other instance of pig harassment, Any time a minister is questioned because his church is where Free Breakfast is served, it is an o- vert action taken by the pigs a- gainst the people of Harlem, The Black Panther Partyishere to serve the people. The free breakfast for children program is Harlem’s Free Breakfast Pro- gram, It is part of the Black Pan- ther Party’s nationwide program, which is taking food from the ava- ricious businessmen and giving it back to the people, By September 1969, when school reopens, the Black Panther Party will start 1,000 Free Breakfast Programs cross-country. In a desperate attempt to stop the Black Panther Party from ser- ving Free Breakfast, arrests based on trumped-up charges, such as N.Y.'s 21 Panthers falsely ac- cused of plotting to bomb depart- ment stores and railroad tracks are becoming more and more com- monplace nationwide, The 2] bro- thers and sisters who are now in jail were serving the people. The N.Y, 21 are the victims of a con- spiracy on the part of the fascist pig power structure, Filthy pigs like Rockefeller, Hughes, Hunt, Dupont, Vanderbilt and their mad dog flunkies such as Nixon, Ag- new, Dirkson, Lindsay and those fascist pig cops Leary, Hogan, Phillips, and Marks are all striking out wildly and overtly as all reac- Breakfast for Children Peekskill: N.Y. June 21, 1969 Peekskill Branch of the Black Panther Party on June 16th spon- sored a Free Breakfast for the Children, It was served in Peek- skill at Aunt Bessie’s Open Door. Fifty children were served eggs, j bacon, sausage, toast, milk, orange bj juice and vitamins, They were given Free the Panthers buttons along with revolutionary posters; Free Huey, In Revolution one lives . and one dies, and Off the Pig. Speaker at the Breakfast was Eddy (Omar) Bolton, Lt. of Education of Peekskill Branch, he spoke about if it wasn’t for Huey, there would not be a Breakfast for Children and | how the fascist pig power structure is trying to destroy the Party be- ano Newsreel films... “NO VIETNAMESE EVER Down’ SHORT Dtus s.t. State legal defense committee BENEFIT july 17 8p.m. CALLED ME NIGGER” “On STRIKE, SHUT IT PREMIERE SHOWING! “ZULU” REVOLUTIONARY SOUL AND ROCK BANDS CNAMES OF BANDS & LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED) HARLEM PASTOR INTIMIDATED tionaries do when they are on the verge of destruction. Their piggish and fascist reaction to the Black ‘Panther Party manifests itself by charging Black Panthers with ey- erything from conspiracy to mur- der to robbing ice cream trucks, Their conspiracy against freedom fighters is also seen in Vietnam, where the Vietnamese people are being subjugated to the most brutal oppression that the world has ever seen, As Huey said, ‘‘When the op- pressor makes a vicious attack against freedom fighters because of the way that such freedom fighters choose to go about their liberation, then we know we are moving in the direction of our liberation,’’ The people must unite, rise up, and form a United Front Against Fascism. We must take the power out of the hands of these reaction- aries, these racists, these avari- cious businessmen, these fascist Pigs and give it to the PEOPLE, Our success is inevitable because as Chairman Mao Tse Tung said, “The richest source of power to wage war lies in the masses ofthe People,’’ ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! PANTHER POWER TO THE VANGUARD! Beth Bragg cause the Black Panther is acting in the wishes and desires of the oppressed people. There were also several mothers from the com- munity who helped cook and serve breakfast. Breakfast will be served for at least 3 weeks and then we will move into breakfast, lunchand liberation school for the summer, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE FREE HUEY FREE THE N.Y. 21 FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISON— ERS Lt. of Information, Glendora (Ife) Massey Peekskill, N. Y, Branch Black Panther Party steele THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 16 PUNK POWER IN ACTION Long Live Deputy Chairman Fred Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party is still in jail onthe false charge of robbing an ice cream truck of $71 worth of ice cream.In reality, Deputy Chairman FRED HAMPTON is in jail because he believes in‘‘armed revolution’, ARMED REVOLUTION simply means that in order for the peo- Ple to have the power which so rightfully belongs to them, it is necessary to take up the gun. The pig power structure and their run- ning dogs use guns to oppress the people and keep the masses from seizing the power to determine their destiny, This is evident in their brutality, harassment and murder of the oppressed masses, Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton understood that “POLITICAL PO- WER GROWS OUT OF THE BAR- rel of a gun’’, and ‘‘INORDER TO GET RID OF THE GUN, IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE UP THE GUN,”’ On June 3, 1969, Chairman Fred was moved from Joliet Diagnostic Center at Statesville Prison to Menard State Prison, 365 miles outside of Chicago. His lawyers and parents were not notified of this move until June 13th, (In the Diag- nostic Centers, different experi- ments are runon the inmates. They are treated like human guinea pigs.) Thursday, June 19, Deputy Chairman Fred faced an indict- ment charge of aggravated kid- napping, assault and battery. His bond was reduced from the absurd $100,000 to a ridiculous sum of $30,000. The capitalist ruling class has still denied Fred an appeal bond for the frame-up of the ice- cream robbery. The same ruling class called the cold- blooded mur- der of Manuel Ramosas justifiable homicide, The same ruling class allowed the pigs who beat Charles Cox to death in the Fillmore pig station to go scot-free. Serving the people has cost De- puty Chairman Fred his freedom, Revolutionaries like Chairman Fred are willing to die for the people in the revolutionary strug- gle. We must not pin our hopes on the ‘‘sensibleness’’ of these fas- cists and their lackeys. We will only triumph by strengthening our unity and persevering in our strug- gle, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE FREE ALL POLITICAL PRIS- ONERS LONG LIVE CHAIRMAN FRED Panther Struck Down In Milwaukee During the Black Panther rally Saturday at about 8:15, Nate Bel- lamy, Lt. of Information, left to find a drugstore. Before he could complete the mission anunmarked squad car roared through an inter- section, knocking his car out of control and into a billboard. The pig car blew up, unfortunately, af- ter they got out. Witnesses state there was no siren or light going on the squad car, Nate now lies in County Gen- eral Hospital with a broken leg and head injuries, Contradictory statements have been released to the newspapers by the pigs. First it was reported that the pigs weren't sure if the siren or light was on or not, A later news art- icle stated both the light and siren were going, We know, and witnes- ses state, that this is a lie, During Nate's first day of hospitalization, although he was in some pain and his left leg was in a tract, the pigs felt he needed two guards and hand- cuffs on his right leg, FBI agents have been bothering him since he entered the hospital, seeking in- formation about the Party. This continued harassment must stop. Within three days the pigs have got- ten together and distorted the whole story. Even with evidence pointing to the pigs as being guilty, Nate is being charged with carrying a concealed weapon, failure to yield, and reckless driving. However, let it be clear to everyone concerned that this brother will not be used by the pigs to take the blame from the pigs. NOTE; Nate is responsible for get- ting newsletters and other infor- mation to you, He will be writing to you. He will be writing to you from his hospital bed. The news- letter is for all the people but this week a special dedication to our Lt. of Information, Nate Bellamy. Space does not permit but we would like to relate, on June 5, the pigs attempted to vamp on the PEOPLES BUILDING, They waited until most of the Panthers had left then approached the door with some old lame excuse about a complaint, They must be thinkin’ we’s some fools up in that building, When they saw they weren’t about to get into the PEOPLES BUILDING, They started roundin’ up the boys, By this time. the Panthers were back and ready to deal. The people from the community were also out and ready to deal. Wasn’t nobody shucking but the pig. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD! Punk Power to the Pig On May 29, 1969, the Milwau- ° kee Pig Department sent out four of their finest to harass a 13- year old girl. Karen Stewart of 2125 North Palmer was looking out for her younger brothers and sis- ters for a few minutes until her mother returned. The children were playing in the yard whenthe incident occurred. This is the way Karen related the incident: ‘‘At about 4:20 in the evening, my brothers and sisters were play- ing in our yard, when some white kids began throwing rocks at my dog. My brother told them to stop. The white boys went and got their mother, Their mother came into the alley and started swearing at all of us. I got all the kids together, 9 including me, and went into the house, FROM A YOUNG SISTER IN THE COMMUNITY Fred should be a free man be- cause he and his group are doing the right thing and that is to,save the lives of the people that live in this community and to give food to the poor people. We wish to get Huey and Fred out white people in our community,so we wish to be free just like others in this world. Now you know our of jail. We Black People want alll People to be free just like the] 1 STILL AT LARGE *¢The police came and I wouldn’t let them in, so they kicked the door down. Two of them came into the house and called me a funky cunt and grabbed me and twisted my arm, I had to go to the hospital. Both of them threatened me and called me nasty names, They claimed I called them nasty names, I didn’t’. In June, Karen had to go to the Children Center on a disorderly conduct charge, Karen left Doc- tor’s Hopsital with bruises on her arms and back and a split lip. If anyone should be charged with disorderly conduct, it should be the pigs. There are still questions to be answered, such as: 1) Why the pigs felt it was their duty to kick down the door? ae THIS NIGGER story about the Black Panther Par- I ty and my last word is ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Yeovil Yates, Age 9 inkin; : 2) Why they dragged a 13 year old girl from her home and left 9 small children? 3) Why the pigs did not bring all party’s together to see what the problem was? We do have the answers: any- time it takes 2 pigs to drag a young girl away they must be punks. We * cannot - must not - allow the pigs to come into our communities and harass and misuse our people. The Black Panther Party see’s this as a clear violation of point 7 of the TEN POINT PLATFORM (7) ‘*We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people.’’ The punk pig force had better learn how to deal with their duties or THEY will be dealt with! ——<—<<ee eee ee ey iams, one of the New York 2 reported that she saw him when she went to the New York District ar-l torney’s office to try to get som of her personal property back whichl , the pigs stole when they busted thell 21. Gene Robins is the black fas-] cist pig that the demagogic poli-] tician and avaricious businessman] used to infiltrate the Panther Par-J “fe by ty and set the frame of the New, York 21, Pig Robins is being accorded ae Same priviledges as Larry Powell, He was in the company of two bodyy guards, " In order to be able to hese the rising tide of fascism in Amer- ica it is necessary for the peoplel to recognize fascism for exactly what it is and the tools that ith | Pig Gene Robins is alive anduses, Gene Robins is a tool of thel in New York, Sharon Will- fascist ruling class. 1 CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ILLz. 8. PIGS REFUSE TO RETURN SUPPLIES Charges were dropped against six of the eight Panthers whowere arrested June 4, when FBI agents, Federal Marshalls, and local pigs illegally entered the Illinois Chap- ter’s office, The six went before the U.S. Commissioner June 20, facing the federal charge of harboring a fu- gitive. The charge was dropped when attornies for the federal gov- ernment asked for 10 more days to prepare its case, This is the usual trick the pigs play when they can’t find a pig to pay to testify, can’t manufacture evidence to make illegal charges hold up in court. Their motion was denied when Ker- mit Coleman, attorney for the Pan- thers declared that he was ready, After the charges were dropped, Kermit Coleman presented a peti- tion to recover th supplies, money, and equipment stolen by the federal pigs. The pig judge declared that he didn’t have the jurisdiction to order the federal government to return the goods it stole. However, he is a U.S. Commissioner and has jurisdiction to see Federal Cases; this seems like the typical harass- ment the Party receives in the courts. The pigs committed an il- legal act against the Party and the fool courts are unwilling and unable to force the same pigs to return the money, essays, petitions, and equipment stolen and replace the supplies, furniture, and food des- troyed. The fascist government has the power to order pig wrecking crews to destroy the office but the same government doesn’t have the power to order the pigs to fix what they destroyed, When the gov- ernment is unable to correct its wrongs, resolve its struggles, and restrain its officers, then that gov- ernment should be abolished and a new one instituted to insure that the people will not become victims of violent FASCISM. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE REVOLUTIONARY PANTHER PO- WER TO THE VANGUARD OPPOSE FASCISM WITH A UNITED FRONT! P.S, Charges against the other two, Harvey Hoit and Patrick Keen were L.A. FRIENDS OF PANTHERS PRESS RELEASE - June 18, 1969 The latest incident in the cur- rent wave of flagrant, repressive attacks by the pig power structure in America occurred on June 17, 1969, shortly before midnight. Approximately ten sheriffs dep- uties and FBI agents, armed with rifles and shotguns, forceably en- tered the apartment of Joanne Gil- bert, a young woman who is an active member ofthe Friends of the Panthers, and who lives alone and was alone at the time. Once again the pigs have demon- strated their Fascistic tactics in this blatant midnight raid, aimed at anyone and everyone who is in- volved in serving the needs of the people, The implications of the repres- sive design and nature of this action are brought into clear focus by the awareness ofthe fact that Miss Gil- bert has been helping in the John Huggins Memorial Hot Breakfast for Children, a national program sponsored by the Black Panther Party. Even the power structure cannot openly attack a program, which feeds hungry children, whomever the provider be. Thus, the alternative is to in- timidate, in the best Police-State fashion, the people who are active in this program, employing what must be deemed classic Fascist tactics, Last Tuesday night, armed of- weto T White Plains, April 23, 1959. I was leaving my job at 4:45 pm, on Wednesday, April 23, 1969... after getting into my car, I was approached by two oin«ing pig FBI agents (Gordon and Flynn) who showed me their identification and got into my car. The pigs oinked to me about my rights (of which, I knew my legal first aid.) I related to the pigs that I knew my rights, Pig Flynn wanted to know about my affiliation with the Black Panther Party. I told the pig that I was a member of the Black Panther Party and that we had a Ten Point rogram and Plat- form that related to the desires and needs of all Black Communi- ties, At this point the pigs began to oink, I took a Ten Point Pro- gram and Platform out of my fol- der and gave it to Pig Gordon. Meanwhile, Pig Flynn wanted to know if I believed in VIOLENCE! Can you relate to that coming from ficials surrounded Miss Gilbert's building, while others forced her neighbors back into their apart- ments threatening them with, “we will blow your heads off,’’ if they did not comply. Then the officers proceeded, in their Gestapo-like fashion barge into the single wo- man’s home, terrorizing her, and pushing her against the wall while they searched her apartment with- out any semblance of legality. In a vain attempt to justify their violent, oppressive actions, they told Miss Gilbert that an anony- mous person had given them a ‘*tip’’ that two members of the Black Panther Party, suspected of murdering a Santa Ana Policeman were taking refuge in her home, The pig power structure has de- signed a long range program, directed at crushing all efforts on the part of the people to organize in their struggle against a Fas- cistic Police State; But we will not be stopped! On July 18, 19, 20 and 21, poor people, oppressed people, and all people who are committed to the transferring of power from the hands of a few to the masses of people, where it rightfully be- longs, will join together in Oak- land, at Merritt College, to form a UNITED FRONT AGAINST FAS— CISM, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Ron Warren LA Friends of the Panthers THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 17 “PROWL CAR 39 THINKS HE JUST SEEN A SUSPECTED BLACK PANTHER CARRYIN’ WHAT HE IMAGINES COULD BE A CONCEALED LETHAL WEAPON!” PIG QUITS AFTER IG INTIMIDATION a pig? I told the pig that I abhor violence (right on). The pigs wanted to k»ow about my recent purchase of a rifle...so I told the pigs that a citizen has a legal right to have a legal weapon in his home. The pigs continued to oink - real funky like, Dig it! They couldn’t relate to the ‘so-called’? U.S, Consti- tution. The pigs proceeded to oink further...they oinked about my be- ing a community leader and that I should look into suchprogramsas the NAACP! Dig that, the NAACP, I told the pigs that the NAACP did not relate to the immediate “desires and needs of our Black Communities, They asked a lot of irrelevantsh shit about the Party...Dig it..at this point I remained silent. The Federal Pig Bureau of Investiga- tion that is run by ‘‘Queen’’ Hoo- ver is trying to intimidate and frighten the brothers and sisters here in White Plains - as they are % born May 19, 1925 - Assassinated Feb. 21, 1965 trying to do acros the nation, The repressive arm of the power struc- ture becomes quite clear!!! “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 extinc- tion while they themselves are ap- proaching victory.’”” P. 83, The Little Red Book, Ed Balogum Hi 1, Acting Defense Captain White Plains Branch Black Panther Party ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE‘ VANGUARD SHOOTING Tooele, Utah A policeman who fired two vol- leys from a riot gun through the bedroom window of a home re- signed yesterday in the face ofa hearing. City officials said the resig- nation of Patrolman Ted Palitz, an 11 year veteran of the Tooele force, would rule out a hearing scheduled following his suspension last Sunday. The incident began when Tooele police received a report ofa sniper firing at moving automobiles along the town’s main street. Police were dispatched and traded shots with a man they sighted on the northeast side of town. More officers were called in and a chase led officers to the home of Mr. and Mrs, Richard Par- son. It was after midnight when the police thought they saw their sus- pect duck into a darkened entry- way of the Parson’s home, Of- ficers quickly surrounded the resi- dence, certain they had their man MISTAKE trapped. Palitz opened fire with his shotgun. Parson, unaware of what was taking place outside his home, got out of bed and went to the bed- room window . Again another shot was fired, this time striking Par- son on his right shoulder and send- ing splintered glass into his cheeks, «I first woke up when they fired into the cornice of the house’, Parsons said. ‘‘So I just stood up to see what the devil was going on, They saw me and fired away’’. Parson was not seriously in- jured, ‘The thing that stunned me’’, he said, ‘‘was the wadding of the shotgun shell. It hit me inthe fore- head and the shoulder and my eye was bruised by something. I kind of spun around and went down on my hands and knees,"’ Parson's wife and two children were not injured, Police apologized and promptly suspended Palitz. The sniper has not been located. The War on Poverty, A Demogogic(Lying) Weapon Against the People The War on.Poverty is supposed to be a program to help the peo- ple. As long as the lying (dema- gogic) poverty program just gives the people a few crumbs, every- thing is cool. But as soon as a few concerned people start to try to work in these programs to get political power for the people, they get attacked, In California we have just seen a good example of this fascism in action, The grape pickers in the San Joaquin Valley have been on strike against the big agricultural busi- nessmen for almost four years now. They are demanding a liv- ing wage, and, they,are, demanding their right to organize into atrade union that the big landowners would have to recognize and deal with, When the Office of Economic Op~ portunity (OEO) gave a little sup- port to the grape strikers in the form of a favorable article toward the strikers in the paper, Rea- gan immediately sent his boys to deal with the situation, The government will not allow the War on Poverty Programs really serve the people. Because they don’t want the people to learn how the govern- ment, the big businessmen and the Pigs walk all over them. So, fas- cist, Mickey Mouse Ronald Reagan had his boys say, ‘‘We are just not going to tolerate the use of, public:fidnds\ for any labor organ- izing and political activity.’’ What Reagan is saying is thateither this poverty program had better straighten up and fly rightor they can count on losing the money, The Poverty Programsare a tool of the fascists to fool the people with a few pennies and a lot of lies. But we are not fooled that easily, And we know that even if a few people in the programs should try to take a step towards satis- fying the basic needs of the people, the government stops them. So, in the ‘end, they are only a dema- gogic trick to deceive us; ALL, POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Bethrirg aw ovyisds paied at € LETTER 5.0.5. LEADERSHIP Monday, June 23, 1969 Dear Sisters and Brothers: By now the news of the Chi- cago convention has probably reached most of you. This letter is to let you know that despite any news you may hear to the contrary, SDS still lives and the national office is functioning as usm, New national officers have been elected and a program of mass action through the summer and fall has been planned. The national officers are;National Se- cretary, Mark Rudd, New York; Inter - organizational Secretary, Jeff Jones, San Francisco; Edu- cational Secretary, Bill Ayers, De- troit. NIC members are: Mike Klonsky; Bernardine Dohrn; Bob Avakian, San Francisco; Noel Ign- natin, Chicago; Howie Mchtinger, Chicago; Barbara Riley, New York; Linda Evans, Detroit; Corky Bene- dict, Cleveland, There is one important thing that has changed, The Progressive Labor Party faction(PLP) has been kicked out of SDS To understand why, you must go back a few months to the National Council meetings at Ann Arbor and Austin ghere the transformation of SDS into a truly revolutionary youth organization began to take place, At these NC’s the membership began to lay out principles of struggle and unity for the first time. We made it very clear to everyone that SDS both in theory and practice has allied itself with the struggles of op- pressed pe ples throughout the world, On campuses throughout the country, ananti-imperialist move- ment has been built in support of the struggles for self-determin- ation being carried on by the Viet namese led by the National Liber- ation Front as well as the strug- gles of the colonially oppressed black people of America, Our pro- gram saw the need to win the masses of Americans to the anti- imperialist movement if a revo- lution was to be built within the mother country of America, While SDS tried to go to the people and win support for the Vietnamese, the Black Panther Party, the movement of workers in the factories and shops through out this country as well as the struggle of GI’s and young people around the world, PL’s practice ran completely counter to these principles. As the power struc- ture waged a vicious attack on the Panthers, so did PL, printing lies and slander, going so far as to call the Black Panth»r Party “‘ra- cists in reverse’, the same line that the power structure along with such labor sell-outs as Walter Reuther have, While SDS was trying to win the masses of working people to sup- port of the Vietnamese fight for selfi-determination and attempting to rebuild a militant movement a- gainst the war, PL was leading an attack on the NLF, accusing it of ‘*selling-out’’ the struggle. HoChi Minh, the hero of the Vietnamese struggle for forty years was called ‘traitor’ in the pages of PL magazine, At a time when SDS was telling people of the birth of socialism in Cuba and the liberation of the Cuban people against overwhelm- ing odds and attempting to cut through all the anti-communist lies about Cuba and other socialist countries. PL saw that the main enemy was ‘‘Cuban revisionism‘ and fought those struggles, vi- ciously attacking Fidel and Che, The question SDS was faced with at the Chicago convention was, how can you talk to people about fight- ing white supremacy when a part of your organization is objectively racist? How can you support the black liberation struggle when a section of your organization is ob- jectively trying to destroy the lea- dership of that movement? How _can you win the masses of people in this country to support the right of seli-determination of oppressed nations when a part of your or- ganizatiom doesnt: + uphold that+ FROM right? As Panther Deputy Minister of Defense Bobby Rush said on the convention floor, ‘“‘We will judge SDS by the company it keeps.” In the past, SDS has upheld the principles of waging attack on white supremacy by kicking out the ra- cist ‘SDS Labor Committee’’ for their support of the racist tea- cher’s strike in New York, This was not a matter of political sup- pression or the ‘fright of free speech’? as PL would like to make us believe. What it does mean is that SDS is upping the ante. As ‘ne. risks run higher, all of us are being forced to make a choice. We cannot defeat white supremacy, anti - communism, anti-working class chauvinism or make supre- macy with liberalism, allowing these tendencies to exist alongside of revolutionary struggle like a parasite on the people, draining our life blood and energy, holding back every struggle that is fought THE June 16, 1969 MINISTRY OF INFORMATION/ BLACK PANTHER PARTY The following comments are add- ressed to brothers and sisters of the Black Panther Party: Bogged down in this ultra-back- ward place for all of my life, I finally got to go to the Bay Area for the first time in 1968 (at which time,I was a supporter of Bobby Kennedy). Never before had I seen one of the many dis- persed areas (a ghetto) which make up the black colony inthis country, Never before had I heard of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panthers, nor did I (like so many other brainwashed fools) think much of the rhetoric espoused by various ‘“‘New Left’? organizations at that time. While in the Bay Area, I got to attend several rallies where Kathleen & Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael (etc.) were the featured speakers, Reading the literature and news- paper of the Black Panther Party, FASCISTS FOE... PEOPLE'S FRIEND LAGK PANTHER # muntty Mews Service Sigh on the campuses or in the commu- ‘nity. PL’s attacks on the people struggling for comunity control of the institutions in the black and brown communities for open ad- missions to the universities makes SDS’s previously adopted prin- ciples a lie and a farce, By its unprincipled actions, PL - has excluded itself from the strug- gle and has chosen to ally itself with the class which runs this country. This split will create many pro- blems. Anti-communists may in- terpret this splitwrongly. We must be clear that we will never tolerate anti-communism inour movement. It will not be easy to stay on our feet. We must have support. We are asking chapters to res- pond in a revolutionary way, We have faith in our movement to withstand attack from ‘the outside BLACK PANTH as well as from the inside. “Our next task is to build major actions in the fall against the War in Vietnam and in support of the | black liberation struggle. We are | calling for people to come to Chi- cago in September, at the time of the conspiracy trial of the Chi- | cago 8 and force the power struc- | ture to bring the war home, We I are going to spend the summer and fall months going to the people where they work’ and live and win them to this program, Wewelcome J anyone who will joinus. But we will i not be turned around, POWER TO THE Mark Rudd, National Secretary ] Jeff Jones, Inter-Organizational 9 Secretary Bill Ayers, Educational Secretary Michael Klonsky, NIC member Bernardine Dohrn, NIC member PEOPLE! ER NEwWS- PAPER... VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, AND SCAPEGOAT OF THE FASCIST FIG POWER. STRUCTURE! LGuARD THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 18 and understand the basic program (also, talking to certain other white radical people in the area), I readily identified with the mes- sage and truth put forth to the people by the Black Panther Party spokesmen about the black people’ s ° liberation struggle against this racist, oppressive American system, I would like to thank the Black Panther Party for having spoken so bluntly about the true nature of this society (which opened my eyes to a lot of bullshit that I had long accepted as undeniable fact), s Specifically, I want to thank tw of your most articulate spoke- smen-- Eldridge Cleaver : and Huey Newton-- for clearing up a lot of things in my mind through their very fundamental analyses (i.e., how to deal with the opp- ressor, the international character of the black liberation struggle, the role of white radicals, etc.), Cleaver’s two books, records, and an assortment of articles; Newton’s pamphlets and articles; Carmichael’s book; Malcalm's NOTE TO THE PIG YOU are the agents for the power structure YOU are the flunkies for the fat ass businessmen. You are not here to ‘‘serve and protect’ the masses of the people, YOU are here to protect racism- i capitalism-and-imperialism. } YOU are used by rich pigs to take I the blame for conditions in this country off of them. The pig power structure will not T and cannot protect YOU!!! | YOU will be the direct target of I the people THE WRATH OF THE PEOPLE WILL DESCEND UPON YOU. IALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! J PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN-I prack POWER ve | PEOPLE,» 0» hi t Nf) x or oe ee ee eee ee ee ee | LETTER TO THE PARTY books; the Black Panther news- Paper; the speeches of Lauren Watson (from the Denver Chapter of the Black Panther Party): and, most of all, the actions and det- ermination of the Black Panther Party, have all helped me to thor- oughly understand and to align myself with your struggle andwith your role in meeting the basic, urgent needs and desires of the oppressed black masses, Again, I extend many thanks to the Black Panther Party-- es- pecially Cleaver and Newton-- for having challenged my reality (which, initially, was a ‘‘liberal- paternalistic-nonviolent’’ thing), and for waking me up to so much, You’ re all beautiful... ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD Don Collier/1312 West Kiowa Colorado Springs,Colorado 80904 TO MY BLACK BROTHERS I would like to congragulate the editors ~ahd people. responsible for putting this paper out, Every- one but the Uncle Toms (Negros) know that American newspapers print all kinds of propaganda and bullshit which tries to make the Panther Party look like our enemy. The United States government (Nazis ‘in disguise) aretryingtheir best to exterminate black people, calling on their hiredassasins who use gestapo tactics and march through our communities in storm troopers fashion. The Black Pan- ther Party is our only hope of sur- vival, END FASCISM Wayne D Harris Brooklyn, N.Y. A Letter from Hawaii According to the enclosed ar- ticle the Black Panthers steal and extort the funds they use for their breakfast for school children pro- gram, Added to this, according to the PIG press, the real reason the Panthers set up the program is solely to teach the children to kill whites, This sort of deliberate lie is still another example of how Amer- ica can be compared to Nazy Ger- many during WW II. In America, however, instead of the Jews, the Black Panther Party is the scape- goat for the decadence of the es- tablishment as the Nazis organi- zed a well-planned program to kill all the Jews. Today the white ra- cist establishment in America is involved in a planned program to destroy completely the Black Pan- ther Party because it knows that the Panther Party. has gained more support in the oppressed classes in the struggle for freedom than any other group in this country. This writer, isolated from the ! mainstream of the news by the I white racist news media which j nearly controls the island of Ha- wali, wishes to reassure the Black Panther Party that she sees 1 through the despicable lies about | the Panthers that is being pushed i by the oppressors here and that such blatant racism is received with an ever stronger dedicationto I the fight against white racism and |] realize the suecess of the Black j Panthers’ ideal. POWER TO THE PEOPLE, TO BLACK — ebain Ue ic AVARICIOUS BUSINESSMEN The Black Panther Party Plat- form states in Point #3, ‘*We want an end to the robbery of our com- munity by the capitalist business- men, On May 20th, after serving at the Free Breakfast Program, Bro- ther Ray and I approached the wholesale distributors on12th Ave. about the donations of food so that all of the children would be sure to get all of the hot food that they wanted before going to school. Since it was early morning, huge trucks were being loaded and pack- ed full of all sorts of meat -- beef, pork, poultry and lamb. Large quantities of this meat are distri- buted to stores all over Harlem every morning, Some of the wholesale distri- butors that were approached a- greed to give small donations to the program on a weekly basis. Those were General Meat, Kup- ferberger, Ace Packing, and Pol~ lack Bologna, One avaricious bus- inessman, surrounded by tons of whole beef franks, oinked at us Assembly Approves School Milk Breaks ‘“‘assembly approves school milk breaks’’ When we analyze Assemblywo- man March K, Fong’s (democrat, Oakland) ‘‘Milk Breaks’? bill, it is obvious that thebreakfast for chil- dren bill failed, so she had to com- promise our children’s stomachs and settle for a promised milk ‘preak. which still has to be passed on by the senate. It is clear to see that the appointed legislatures, are not serving the needs of the people. The Black Panther Party “Get the hell out of here. You | niggers just want to cause trouble, I lost $12,000 in the riots and you still want more?’’ Al Salmon, another avaricious businessman said, ‘‘To hell with the children, Get the hell out of & here!’’These men and all of the other businessmen who have re- fused to give to the free break- fast program are reactionaries, | They are against the people, have set up bases for exploitation in our community, and continue to rob and steal from the people. They are fascists. As Chairman Mao Tse Tung said (p, 72 of the Red Book), ’’ All reactionaries are paper tigers.’’ In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are are not so power- ful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful,’’ ALL POWER TO THE REOPLE! Beth Bragg Breakfast for Children Program will continue to serve our chil- dren’s needs, and since the elec~ ted representatives of the people of this state refuse to serve hun- gry children, we call upon all peo- ple to send donations, so that we may further expand our Breakfast Program. Help us stamp. out hun- ger. Information at Black Panther Party. THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 19 La Raza and the people's Breakfast Program Prepare a Hot Meal for the Youngsters, BREAKFAST IN S.F. | MISSION DISTRICT _. Two breakfast programs were _ begun in the Mission in San Fran- cisco this June. The People’s Breakfast Program and La Raza, two radical groups in this com- munity, intend to feed children in the mornings until the needs of the community are met, When the first program opened, 23 children at- tended, then 58, then 64. At the next center, which opened one week later, 55 came the first day; 100 three days later. One program is in St. Peters Church at 24th and Alabama and the other at the Peace and Free- dom Cabaret, 260 Valencia. We plan to open more, as more peo- ple start working on the program. Mothers and fathers whose child- BREAKFAST FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN The free breakfast for school children has practically covered the country in every chapter and branch of the Black Panther Party. This program was created because the Black Panther Party under- stands that our children need a nourishing breakfast every mor- ning so that they can learn. The White Plains Branch of the Black Panther Party is appealing to everyone in and around the vici- nity of White Plains, to people who live and work in the city’s Black Communities, and to all business- men, merchants, and grocers who draw profits from the Black Com- munities of White Plains, to work with us to satisfy the pressing needs of Black People by dona- ting some of your resources tothe free breakfast for school children program, If the breakfast is to succeed, we must have donations of all kinds. We need sisters and mothers who wil donate their time to help prepare food and serve the chil- dren, We need unlimited donations of foods which can be stored, suchas, cereal, grits, sugar, cocoa, salt, pepper, jelly and cooking oil. We need daily and weekly do- nations of perishable foods suchas eggs, milk, oranges, bacon, sau- sage, chopped ham, butter, donuts, and bread, We need ‘Jonations of cooking utensils, pots, pans, pot-holders, paper plates, cups, plastic forks, paper towels, scouring pads, and kitchen cleansers, We need cash donations, unself- ish donations of money, to buy food and utensils with which to serve the children and serve the people. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE ren attend have come to serve and cook and talk with the kids, So far we’ve gone with the kids to the park, the beach and the zoo after breakfasts. We take children with us when we go to get donations of food, or we go in large groups and stare down the owners who refuse to re- late to us, Safeway gave us $3.00 and told us not to come back. Luchetti Meats has made a commitment to supply about 1/3 the meat needs for the program on a continuing basis and has been very coopera- tive. Businesses are either up- tight fascists who milk the commu- nity and return nothing, or liberal people who want to do something, Community kids who go along to get donations learn first hand the objectives of the program. They see businesses being pressured to give back some of the profits they took away from the people. For information come to either of the two programs at 8:00a.m, weekdays, Donations can be sent to La Raza or People’s Breakfast Pro- gram,260 Valencia, San Francisco, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRI- SONERS! CONTINUE THE REVOLUTION! is a THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 20 NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR A UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM OAKLAND CALIFORNIA JULY 18, 19, 20, upTocem RLU WITH STAMPED CAM CHECK FASCISM THE POWER OF FINANCE CAPITAL ITSELF THIS CONFERENCE FOR A UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM IS CALLED BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, THE FREEDOM OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND POLITICAL FREEDOM FOR ALL PROLETARIAN TYPE ORGANIZATIONS, THE FREEDOM AND POLITICAL WORK OF ALL STUDENTS, FARMERS, WORKERS, AND THE LUMPEN MUST BE DEVELOPED INTO A NATIONAL FORCE, A FRONT WHICH ANSWERS THE BASIC DESIRES AND NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE IN FASCIST, CAPITALISTIC, RACIST AMERICA, PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WILL BE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF POLICE TO END FASCISM, IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA, JULY 18, 19, 20 & 2lst REPRESENTATIVES FROM AROUND THE COUN~ TIES OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, SOME 5,000 OR MORE REPRESEN- TATIVES WILL DEVELOP A UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM. HEADQUARTERS BLACK PAN- THER PARTY OFFICE, 3106 SHATTUCK AVE., BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 845-0103 OR. 845-0104, POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VANGUARD Pal FRLELI LILI RELATES wa THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 21 REGISTRATION FORM: FOR REPRESENTATIVES OR INDIVIDUALS FOR THE COMING SUMMER IN OAKLAND OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY CONFERENCE FOR A UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM B.P.P. AND I.L.S. READ THOROUGHLY orFiciat. REPISTRATION FORM NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR A UNITED FRONT AGAINST FASCISM IN AMERICA OAKLAND, CALIF. JULY 18ru, 197H, 20TH, FRI. SAT. SUN. a ES hb DONATION REGISTRATION FEES TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ADVANCE REGISTRATION POSTMARK MIDNIGHT SAT. JULY l2rn.,.....c0:cecsee: $400 bor. xne GBB RecisTRATION FEE AFTER 12 a.m., SAT., JULY 12rm __ $6.00 pottars _—————— e& UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED OF CHANGE CHECK IN CENTER IS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 3106 SHATTUCK AVENUE, BERKELEY, CALIF. 94705 PH. @15) 845 0103, '845 0104 | CHECK IN TIME STARTS JULY 171rn , THURSDAY, 9:00a.m. THROUGH FRIDAY, 5:00p.m.. CONFERENCE STARTS FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16ru AT 7:00 p.m. SHARP. @ WE SUGGEST TO ALL PEOPLE. REPRESENTATIVES AND PARTIES OF ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY AND ARRIVE EARLY AS POSSIBLE, STARTING THRUSDAY MORNING JULY 17ru 9200a.m. SO ALL PEOPLE CAN BE PROPERLY ASSISTED IN GETTING HOUSING, AND OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT MANY THOUSANDS WILL NEED TO KNOW FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONFERENCE. NTHIS SECTION _|_ REMEMBER REGISTRATION NO. z; a @OT HERE RETAIN THIS PART’! Zo 2 7 =e ew eee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe eee ee ee ee a : CUT ALONG HERE Sault MAIL. THIS SECTION OF REGISTRATION PLEASE CHECK WITH $4.00 DOLLAR MONEY ORDER TO B.P.P. ALL RELEVENT U.F.A.F. CONFERENCE HEDQS, 3106 SHATTUCK AVE SQUARES BERKELEY ,CALIF., 94705 ee Enclosed is registration donation fee plus a donation $_ . . | | AMERICA wees < em am I will NOT need housing arrangements. HOUSING =»? a I WILL need housing arrangements. ce Other members of my organization will also attend. How many? Hira Enclosed is my advance $4.00 Dollar registration donation fee. I enclose $ .____ to help with the cost of the conference for a UNITED re FRONT..AGAINST FASCISM , Please send registration blanks, for other people in my organization. Send publicity materials etc. so that I may aid the conference by duplicating and distributing leaflets, posters, bumper stickers etc. CONF ERENCE REGISTRATION NO. NAME C- 3c:0 PLEASE PRINT STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE HOME NON PHONE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION PLEASE PRINT ADDRESS MAIL THIS REG. FORM B.P.P. U.F.A.F. CONFERENCE Hdatrs. WITH REG, DONATION FEE T0 3106 SHATTUCK AVE. OF $4.00 (PLease SeND MONEY ORDER) BERKELEY. CALIF. 94705 THEEAR LE ALASD AAA AD III HIARLATD AAA AD AIA bit be D aD ‘hae ee ee SANA AIAPSA ALA IIB IID IIS PAAIBM y Lae sae October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program What We Want What We Believe “FREE HUEY Minister of Defense. Black Panther Party 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to deter- mine our destiny 2. We want full employment for our people. We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the white American businessmen will not give full employment. then the means of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed in the community so that the people of the community can organize and em- ploy all of its people and give a high standard of living THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 22 3. We want an end to the robbery by the CAPITALIST of our Black Community. 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 restitution for slave labor and mass murder of black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our many communities. The Germans are now aiding the Jews in Israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Ger- 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 is a modest demand that we make. 4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent housing to our black community, then the housing and the land should be made into cooperatives so that our community. with government aid, can build and make decent housing for its people. 5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society. We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowl- edge 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 relate to anything else. 6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service. We believe that Black people should not be forced to fight in the mili- tary service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like black people, are being victimized by the white racist government of America. We will protect ourselves from the force and violence of the racist police and the racist military, by whatever means necessary. 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people. We believe we can end police brutality in our black community by or- ganizing black self-defense groups that are dedicated to 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. 8. We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails. We believe that all black people should be released, from the many- jails and prisons because they have not received a fair and impartial trial. 9. We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their black communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States. 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, en- vironmental, historical and racial background. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black community. 10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. And as our major political objective, a United Nations-supervised plebis- cite to be held throughout the black colony in which only black colonial subjects will be allowed to participate, for the purpose of determining the will of black people as to their national destiny. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected 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 opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it isthe right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its 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- dence. indeed. will dictate that governments long estal .ed should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown. that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable. than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and unsurpations, pur- suing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under ab- solute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such govern- ment, and to provide new guards for their future security. — (P2228! SUBSCRIPTION FORMSSeeeeeg Support Your Newspaper-- subscribe Today! Enter my subscription for (check box): National Foreign . Subscriptions Subscriptions 3 MONTHS: (13 ISSUHS)............ O $2.50 0° $3.00 6 MONTHS: (26 ISSUES) $5.00 O $6.00 ONE YEAR: (52 ISSUES) O $7.50 OO $9.00 (please print) NAME ADDRESS = CITY = STATE/ZIP # COUNTRY PLEASE MAIL CHECK MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BLACK PANTHER PARTY, OR MONEY ORDER TO: ‘Box 2967, Custom House, San Francisco, CA 94126 Bae RRR OSE Oe EDITORIAL STAFF CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF OF THE THE BLACK PANTHER BLACK PANTHER PARTY Political Prisoner: Minister of Defense HUEY NEWTON Minister of Defense HUEY P. 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Submit te: BLACK PANTHER NEWSPAPER 3106 SHATTUCK AVE. BERKELEY, CALIF. Petree heen eee tees a a a ui a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 4 a a a a af a a a a a a a Ts BLACK COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE ‘ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY = (OE ET AEN RIS ERNE SS EE RS I EE THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1969 PAGE 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 mem- bers of this party. CENTRAL COMMITTEE members, CENTRAL STAFFS, and LOCAL STAFF: all captains subordinate to either national, state, and local leadership of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY will enforce these rules. Length of suspension or other dis- ciplinary action necessary for violation of these rules will depend on national decisions by 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 violati these rules to their leadership or they are counter-revolutionary and are also subjected to suspension by the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. THE 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 to office work, general meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY, and meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY ANYWHERE. 5. No party member will USE, POINT, or FIRE a weapon of any kind unnecessarily or accidentally at anyone. 6. No party member can join any other army force other than the BLACK LIBERATION ARMY. 7. No party member can have a weapon in his possession while DRUNK or loaded off narcotics or weed. 8. No party member will commit any crimes against other party members or BLACK people at all, and cannot steal or take from the people, not even a needle or a piece of thread. ’ 9. When arrested BLACK PANTHER MEMBERS will give only name, address, and will sign nothing. Legal first aid must be understood by all Party members. 10. The Ten Point Program and platform of the BLACK PA PARTY must be known and understood by each Party member. 11. Party Communications must be National and Local. 12. The 10-10-10-program should be known by all members and also understood by all members, 13. All Finance: officers will-operate- under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. 14. Each person will submit a report of daily work. 15. Each Sub-Section Leader Section Leader, Lieutenant, and Captain must submit Daily reports of work. 16. All Panthers must learn to operate and service weapons correctly. 17. All Leadership personnel who expel a member must submit this information to the Editor of the Newspaper, so that it will be published in the paper and will be known by all chapters and branches. 18. Political Education Classes are mandatory for general member- ship. 19. Only office personnel assigned to respective offices each day should be there. All others are to sell papers and do Political work out in the comm y, including Captains, Section Leaders, ete. 20. COMMU “ATIONS — all chapters must submit weekly re- ports in writing to the National Headquarters. 21. All Branches must implement First Aid and/or Medical Cadres. 22. All Chapters, Branches, and components of the BLACK PA THER PARTY must submit a monthly Financial Report to the try of Finance, and also the Central Committee. 23. Everyone in a leadership position must read no less than two hours per day to keep abreast of the changing political situation. 24. 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. 26. All Branches must submit weekly reports in writing to their re- spective Chapters. THER 8 POINTS OF ATTENTION 1) Speak politely. 2) Pay fairly for what you buy. 3) Returh everything you borrow. 4) Pay for anything you damage. 5) Do not hit or swear at people. 6) Do not damage property or crops of the poor, oppressed masses. 7) Do not take liberties with women. 8) If we ever have to take captives do not il-treat them, 3 MAIN RULES OF DISCIPLINE 1) Obey orders in all your actions. 2) Do not take a single needle or a piece of thread from the poor and oppressed masses. bes 3) Por ineverything captured fromthe attteking. the: PREP a SIEG HEIL! LAW & ORDER