Vol. 3, No. 17

2) Mes cents ice Black Community News Serv fies bei = recone | —- we ilies = _— fect he inal , 1969 AUGUST 16 RDAY, ATU 5 17 VOL lil NO BOX 2967, CUSTOM HOUSE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SAN FRANCISCO, CA 84126 R PARTY 4 CK PANTHE - . BL + 4 THE PUBLISHED “ail if i "i iN hula ae] | i Ee it, th ay ! ne c Thy | MW Sate a ‘i aah a nit 3 rr | 4 | ) ce ett il i ny hae " ba a Mina THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 199 PAGE 2 Jimmy Conner , was shot in the back by San Fyrancisco’s THEEE | HILLEL EE Press Conference Held An ‘Attorney Charles R. “Garry's Office HUNTERS POINT YOUTH SHOT BY TAC SQUAD a sixteen year old youth, last Saturday fascist Tac afternoon Squad pigs. This was an overt attempt to murder another youth in the Black Community, This action follows a pattern set forth by the San Fran- cisco pigs. Their suspicion of auto excuse was the usual one theft. They murdered Matthew Johnson in 1966 under this pretext. Just a few weeks ago they murdered Albert Linthcome in cold blood, The following is taken from a press con- ference held in Attorney Charles R. Garry’s office concerning the incident: GARRY: You've already met the family, Mr. and Mrs. Conner . But this is Jimmy Conner who was shot in the back in two Places on Saturday around 5:00 in the afternoon, Bobby do you want to say a few words? BOBBY; The Black Panther Par- ty looks at the situation that's developed; and, of totrse, it's FASCISM And brother Jimmy Conner who wasalmost murdered by fascist policemen in Hunter's Point is in a situation al- most as, of course, brother Linth- come who was murdered, brother Baskett who was murdered and other people who've been mur- dered, And it Is time that we move with the Community Control of Police petitions in San Fran- cisco (to vote out the existing police department) where we have DECENTHALIZATION of the po- lice; where the Black people are able to control their community, the Mission district and working class white community controlling their area, and the Chinese com- munity can control their predom- inant area. We'll be circulating the petition in San Francisco to begin to mobilize and move the people to a position of control over police departments -- in fact, creating new departments to serve the people, that don't go out and murder and brutalize, We will move against the fascist state that exists herw in San Francisco that Alloto is behind, that Cahill and the rest af the fascist police who are moving in a fashion the same as that of Hitler or Mussolini, when brother Jimmy E, Conner is shot in the back in the front of his home. And that's about the sum of it, But we want to stress on the minds of the people that the Community Control of the Po- lice petition is a move to take the police away from the dema- gogues, the avaricious bus- nessman,; and place them in the community to protect the com- munities at large: San Francisco, in Oakland and Berkeley. INTERVIEWER: Bobby, what's the legal wording you're going to have on your petition? BOBBY: Police, And when it's defined, it's in fact the DECENTRALIZATION of po- lice, the re-establishment of po- lice by a proposition being placed on the ballot, first by circulating petitions in the communities so that the voters, the registered voters can, in fact, vote out the police « INTERVIEWER: This will be 4 request for a charter amendment of the city? Community Controlof BOBBY: It will be a legal right on the part of the people to go forth to actually, in fact, vote out the existing police department In San Francisco. GARRY; It will bea charter amend- ment. . . Jimmy, I wonder Uf you would say a few words as to what happened, And tell it tn your owo words, would you please? Speak up so you can be hearde JIMMY: Yesterday about 4:30 we was on our way to a festival down at the park across the strect from Candlestick. And we was walking down Engles And one of my friends, he had knew this man who came up and offered us a ride in his car. So we got in, We were going down Engles and then we got to Carol, We turned at Carol. And then some station wagon, an unmarked station wagon, made a U turn and came be- hind us. So we went around the Double Rock district and came back up Engles, And the man that was driving, went back to Hunter's Point, And then he picked up speed, going up Engles street. And the car that was be- hind him followed him. We got up in Hunter's Point. And then he picked up speed going up Engles in Hunter’s Point, He went on up Hunter's Point and came down Griffin Hill and turned up on Oak- dale, and then he speeded up Oak-~ dale, Then he jumped out of the car and ran, The car was still going. Me and my other two friends, were still in the car And when the car hit the -fence, we jumped out and ran, too. One of them, they caught one of them as soon as he got out of the car One of my frineds ran up Oak- dale. And I turned the corner and ran down. And then I turned back up and was golng toward my house when I saw my other friend going down between the fence, So I ran behind him, And as soon as I got behind, the police had came up from around the building. And I ran, I said, **Don't shoot,’ and I got between the building and started to stop when the bullet hit me in the back and it pushed me. And I went on the other side and | stopped. The police that shot moe, came around and told me to stay there, And then he just stopped and aimed the gun at my other friend and told him to stop, And so he stopped and turned around and they got him, And then my mother looked out the window, and then she came down out of the house, . . She came and she tried to get close to me, And the police, he pushed her down and then I tried to get a- away from him, And then he grab- bed me and hit me where the bul- let had went in And then he dragged me tn the grass and one of them hit me on the head with a billy club, And then they put the handcuffs on me me ina me to and picked me up and threw ® the paddy wagon and took Portrero police station. INTERVIEWER: Then you say you were just merely riding in the car and the man who owned the car jumped out of it and you and a friend of yours stayed in the car until it hit the fence? JIMMY: Yes. It hit a fence. We didn't know how to open the doors because it was a new car and we didn't know how the doors opened. INTERVIEWER: Now, the police claim that the car tried to ram the Tact Squad station wagon. Is that true? JIMMY: No. We had turned, The station wagon came up like this, We was going up Engles like this, We turned the corner and was going up the street when they turned like this and then came back, INTERVIEWER: ing you, huh? They were chas- JIMMY: I don't know if they was chasing us, but then we got back to Engles, then the speed was picked up. INTERVIEWER siren? Did you hear a JIMMY: No, they had no siren on until the car had hit the fence, INTERVIEWER: How many were there? JIMMY; I couldn't say INTERVIEWER: You say you started to stop near the building? JIMMY: Yeh, I was running, I sald, ‘‘Don't shoot."’ and I made up my mind | was gonna stop But between the fence and the buliding it was too narrow to stop and turn around, So I went to stop, and when | started, the bul- let hit me, I Just kept running on through the fence and I stopped on the other side, INTERVIEWER: Where did it hit you? JIMMY; In the back, Right here, GARRY; Stand up and show hiin. MR CONNER ; It went in here, hit the rear bone and came back out. There's another hole hera just a fraction from his spine. INTERVIEWER: the the Did you know who guy was? Did they catch him, guy who was driving the car JIMMY; No, INTERVIEWER: Do you know him? JIMMY; No. INTERVIEWER: Now, why did you run? JIMMY; Why did I run? Because I'm scared of police, GARRY; Just a week ago, he was riding with a friend of his who was driving his uncle’s car, a Mustang, in Oakland, And the po- lice stopped them without even checking to see whether the car was stolen or not and put him and his friend In juvenile over night, And then they verified the fact that it was in fact the uncle's car and the uncle had given the young man permission to drive the car. That was just a week ago. Isn't that right, Jimmy? JIMMY: (nods head in affirmation) GARRY: Now this is the Tact Squad that was doing this. And we intend to file a law suit against the police department, And if the mayor of this town is so busy running for governor of California that he doesn't have time to take care of his homework and he can't take care of business in San Fran- cisco, then maybe we ought to have a new mayor in San Francis- co that can discipline and take care of his own police department so that they will not willy-nilly shoot people in the back, Even Uf he was guilty of this crime, which he is not, there is no excuse to shoot a man just because he’s sto- len an automobile. All they have to do is to have thelr police of- ficers do a little running and chase the people to catch the people who allegedly violated the crime without use of 4 firearm, INTERVIEW amy What sort of law Sux, Mr, Garr GARRY; sult We a to file a Jaw in the federal court under See Next Page From Last Fase Hunter s Point Youth Shot the Civil Rights Act in pointing out that these kinds of actions on the part of the San Francisco Po- ice Department is done for har- assment of the Hluck people in the community. People in the Hun- ter’s Point area, and the Fillmore area, in the ghetto area, get special and different treatment than they do tn any other part of San Fran- eisco. T'm sure that they would not have treated a young man belonging to a member of the St. Francis Woods or the Forest Hill area inthe manner that they treated Jimmy Conner Mrs, Conner, would you tell them what you ex- perience was in that? MRS, CONNER? | had just got home from work, I guess it had been about an hour. | heard -- all I heard was two shots. I raised up the window and I looked out, And they were throwing my son up against the garden. Andl saw blood running, And | screamed, I sald, “Don't shoot.’' So, I ran down- Stairs, and I tried to get to him, And one of ‘em grabbed hold to me and pushed me down. I got up, and I guess | was fighting so and ‘cause I'm a@ nurse; | was trying to get to him to see if he was hurt bad, But I never could Teach him. I never could get to him because they kept wrestling me and pulling with me, And it was just a nightmare. It was just : I don't know. [| guess | just went crazy. I just don't know, But they never would let me get to him, They kept saying, ‘‘He's under arrest."' But all I wanted to do was to get to him to see if 1 could help him or how bad he was hurt, But they wouldn't tet me get to him, INTERVIEWER: nally get to him? When did you fi- MRS, CONNER : When, when I got . my husband and I, we went to the . . . after they threw him in there, they just picked him up and they THREW him in the paddy wagon. We raced to the hospital, thinking they was going to carry him straight to the hospital, but they didn’t. They carried him to the police station, So we went over there and they was just carrying him out of the police station. And that's when I got to him. I just Jumped into the ambulance with him, That was the first time f could get to him, INTERVIEWER; You said you were a registered nurse? MRS, CONNERS: I'm fust a prac- tical nurse, | work in Langhton’s Hospitel, INTERVIEWER: Have you been in trouble before, Jim? ever JIMMY; Yes, INTERVIEWER: To what extent’ Any major trouble at all? JIMMY: No INTERVIEWER: Panther? Are you a Black JIMMY: No, INTERVIEWER: How did you de- cide to contact Mr, Garry? MRS CONNER: I don't know what he was, a doctor or what at the hospital, He was the one that gave GARRY: A doctor was so insensed that he called me in the middle of the night in my home on Satur- day night and reported the matter to me, And I made an appointment to see the family at 1:00 a.m, yesterday INTERVIEWER; What was the doc- tor’s name? GARRY; I'd rather not say unless I had his permission. He was so insensed at what had happened that he telephoned me in the middle of the night. And then! reported the matter to Bobby Seale and David Hilliard of the Black Panther Party. And they have gotten In- volved in the matter and are very Muchinlerested in seeing tharthte "ItWentin Here..." kind of matter does not continue in the community any longer, INTERVIEWER: Mr. Garry, have you found out the mame of the police officer that did the shooting? GARRY: No. I have not, He's a member of the Tac Squad, I'm sure that once we get the ballet out maybe ballistics can find out the one that fired the shot INTERVIEWER; So, he still has the bullet in? GARRY; That's what | understand, Here's a medical report, INTERVIEWER: Were you charged with anything GARRY: He was given a citation, whereas the other two who were in the car were taken to juvenile hall, he was given a citation which reads: 602, Welfare Institutions Code, 245 of the Penal Code, 10851 of the Vehicle Code, 4463 of the Vehicle Code, and 496, the Penal Code. Some of these I'm familiar with, others I'm hot. He has to appear in juvenile court on the 18th, Jimmy, that 245 charge is an assault charge, Did you assault anybody? JIMMY; I didn't assault them, No. DAVID HILLIARD: I'd just like to add that we made attempts to call in all of the mass media to attend this press conference And the television media refused to attend this press conference. And we think that this is a deliberate block by the people from above in order to curtail our circulation of our police petition, because incidents like this would most surely assure victory wherever the petition's circulated. We think that this is another area of harassment, ano- ther area of repression handed down from our local mayor, Mayor Alloto, in order to bring to a very immediate halt the activi- ties of the Black Panther Party... THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 3 3 3 The revolutionary spirit of Antonio Maceo lives on today in the People’s revolutinary vane guard ,the Black Panther Party, and in our new revolutionary warrior named after him. A new revolutionary warrior has been born into our midst, Our new little brother’s name is Antonio Maceo Cleaver, He is the son of our Minister of Information, Elidridge Cleaver, and our Communications Secretary, Kathleen Clea- He is named after the Black Cuban revolu- tionary, Antonio Maceo (1848-1896) who played a vital role in the struggle of the Cuban people for independence from Spain, He was one of the few leaders in the struggle that refused to with the phony Armistice Pact Proposed in 1878 by the Spanish government after an armed struggle of the Cuban people against the Spanish rulers, Unfortunately, the majority of the Cuban leaders accepted the Pact and the Cuban people were forced to suffer the consequences of continuing Spanish op- pression, exploitation and brutality toward them, Antonio Maceo, (like our brother and leader Eldridge Cleaver), was forced to leave the country -- into exile, In 1892 Jose Marti who was the founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party along with Antonio Maceo and other revolutionary leaders planned an uprising against the Spanish rule, On February 24, 1895, the call to war was heard all over Cuba. In April, Maceo landed in Cuba with a rebel group, Jose Marti was Supreme chief; Maximo Gomez was Comman- der-in-Chief of the Liberation Arm '; Antanio Maceo was Lieutenant, The brilliant military Strategy and tactics of Maceo and Gomez was agree called ‘‘the most daring military campaign of the century,’’ This time around, Spain lost and the Cuban people gained their inde- pendence, Antonio Maceo, the best warrior of the 1895 campaign was killed by the enemy on De- Cember 7, 1896, All Power to the People Right On Eldridge and Kathleen! THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 4 ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE ACK DURING THE DAYS WHEN I was still running around was born in West Oakland, which can be categorized as one in Babylon talking crazy about the pigs, if anyone of the most oppressed areas in Babylon, and that the People’s had told me that someday I'd find myself in this Park, on the other hand, was born in Berkeley, which can be exile situation trying to send a message back about categorized as one of the least oppressed areas. I think this the Black Panther Party's Breakfast for Children program is how we have traditionally looked upon these two contrasting and the white radicals of Berkeley with their People's Park, I areas, Of white people, those in Berkeley thought that they probably would have taken it as a put-down. But it’s all for were amongst the freest in the land, and of black people, those real, and what is more I find myself very enthusiastic about in West Oakland knew that they were amongst the most these developments. Both of these actions expose the contradiction between the one in the most oppressed area and the other in the least pretenses of the system and the needs of the people. They stand oppressed area. And it's very instructive to notice that on the @S an assertion that the pigs of the power structure are not one hand there is an attempt to fill the emptiness of want, of fulfilling their duties and that the people are moving, directly, need, and of deprivation that the system of oppression and to fill their own needs and redress their grievances. And the colonization leaves in the lives of a people, Here people are pigs in turn, with their hostile response to both of these fighting for the essentials of ‘survival, fighting for food for programs, clearly expose themselves as enemies of the people. children, fighting for what it takes just to survive. On the Breakfast for Children and the People's Park are qualita- other hand, in the least oppressed area, we see a fight which tively different types of actions from anything we have been at a superficial glance can be mistaken for a fight for leisure. into in the past. They represent a move from theory to practice But we must look upon the fight for the People’s Park as an and implementation. The pigs cannot argue against the sub- in-road into the system, because it poses the question of basic stance of these programs, even though they hate the forces rearrangements in the system itself. And this is really the that have brought them about. In fact, they will move to crucial question in our overall struggle, for in Babylon co-opt the programs and to drive a wedge between the pro- there is not really a scarcity of goods, and there is, objectively, grams and the vanguard forces that launched them. This has no real reason why there can't be people's parks, because the been the strategy of ruling classes all through history, because land is available and the wherewithal to build such parks is they really have no other choice—given their determination to there in abundance, But the capitalists, who must first see the hang on to power until it is wrenched from their grasp—and prospects of a profit before they make any distribution of the even this never really works, except to buy them time. It can resources, do not see a profit in’a park for the people, And only be tragic when the vanguard forces allow themselves to they see no percentage, beyond underwriting some marginal get co-opted. On the one hand, the pigs will pressure the goodwill in the community or. good public relations, in the vanguard—they will make liberal use of the Big Stick—but Breakfast for Children program. They see this program as a at the same time they will use the carrot. For instance, they threat, as cutting into the goods that are under their control. will try to get Jerry Rubin to become the director of a City They see it as cutting into the expendable portion of their Park, and Bobby Seale to become the headwaiter in a state- possessions. These two questions pose the basic problem that which reported on the first casualty of the battle for the radicals have to deal with in Babylon; ultimately, they both People’s Park, an essential question was raised: “The white — wide Nutrition Supplement program. I have a question: Will my child ever be able to sit down pose precisely the sane quanti, «is Only to a Black Panther breakfast, and will Kathleen and I, with from such divergent sources that they give our child—and I’m counting this Panther before he claws his way out of the womb—ever be able to visit the People’s Park? What we need is some liberated territory in Babylon that we are willing and prepared to defend, so that all the exiles, fugitives, draft-dodgers, and runaway slaves can return to help finish the job. The black and white communities are controlled by the same ruling class. Towards black people this ruling class uses racism as a tool of oppression, turning this oppression into a National Question. In the white community, oppression is a Class Question, provoking the response of Class Struggle. And when we see clearly that we're only dealing with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we recognize the beauty of the response of the people. We recognize that the Breakfast for Children program and the People’s Park are authentic and accurate responses DOL Gm stony looking upon as basic to survival, People can readily relate park but they would be more concerned about attempting to perpetuate life without food. revolution only as overt violence—as guns shooting bodies in the streets and the uprising masses storming city hall. This is only one phase of the revolutionary process, and to the situations of black people and white people in Babylon. the violence is not an end in itself but only the means through Breakfast for Children pulls people out of the system and Organizes them into an alternative. Black children who go to school hungry each morning have been organized into their which the necessary power is seized so that the rearrangements ing the land, the natural resources, the machines, all the means of production, the institutions of society—for taking them out of the control, out of the hands of those who now have them and who have abused them, who have perverted these things and have converted them into instruments with which to pursue their own private gain at the expense of the wider public good. Ironically, many of the oppressed people themselves do not fee] that they have a right to the things that a revolutionary program demands in their name. They have guilt feelings about it. They recognize and relate to people having food to eat and a park for their children to play in, But when the pigs of the power structure oink their lying tears, bemoaning the outlaw nature of the movement, these politically unaware people who are not firm in their ideology will get up-tight and feel guilty, They can even be made to feel that they are doing something wrong or something that is immoral, and they can be manipulated because of this feeling. It is necessary to dispel this feeling, because what it flows from is indoctrination with the myth of private property, the myth and the cluster poverty, and the Panther program liberates them, frees them from that aspect of their poverty. This is liberation in practice. ’ In the white mother country where class struggle is the of beliefs that have been spawned by the soothsayers of greed appropriate tactic and expropriation of the expropriators the in order to sanctify their possession of the earth under the proper means to revolution, the act of seizing that land and guise of private property. establishing a People’s Park could not have been more to the We are trapped between our visions of what life could be point. So it is clear that the people are always able to discover like and what it really is: a People's Government in which a a way of moving. Out of their practice they develop new theory that sheds light on future ways of moving. copters dispatched over college campuses to spread clouds If we can understand Breakfast for Children, can we not of noxious gasses in order to intimidate the people and to stifle also understand Lunch for Children, and Dinner for Children, their protests; troops marching in battle formation down our and Clothing for Children, and Education for Children, and streets; sharpshooters in the uniforms of the guardians of the Medical Care for Children? And if we can understand that, law, taking aim, taking deadly aim, at citizens, actually why can't we understand not only a People’s Park, but People’s aiming at vital spots of the body, actually pulling triggers, and Housing, and People’s Transportation, and People’s d we s and People’s Banks? And why can't we understand a People’s ‘and we feel impotent and intimidated because we know that Government? they have the guns, and they have the courts, and they have It is very curious that the Breakfast for Children program the prisons. oppressed. So we have these two very significant developments, the appearance of willing to lay down their lives in the struggi¢; butte thea — —4 being worlds apart. One springs from needs that are obvious still begs an answer—are they willing to pick up the gun?” and basic, and people can relate to them on that basis, while This gives rise to another question. After picking up the gun, the other springs from an area that we are not accustomed to whom do we shoot? to the need to eat breakfast, but it is possible that they cannot who uses a gun, or causes others to use guns, to defend the see the need for a park. They can see life continuing without a system of oppression, racism, and exploitation. And the issues f of the People’s Park and the Breakfast for Children program clearly convey that we are moving beyond the racist pig cops to confront the avaricious businessmen and the demagogic EVOLUTION, IN ITS ESSENCE, means precisely the re- politicians, because we have to ask ourselves who sends the arrangement of a system. Many people think of cops and the National Guard, and who they are there to protect. and conflagrations, as flames leaping into the air, seeking ways to evade the reality, the terrible reality, in the system can be carried out. It is the means for expropriat- ruled Has been defined as a relationship of struggle, of war, but rational arrangement is made, and the present reality—heli- of the demagogic politicians. Then there will be a new ¢ Industry, actually killing people. And we stare dumbly, and we wonder, Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information In a recent issue of the Black Panther Party newspaper We must get it clear in our minds that we will shoot anyone We have nothing to gain by deluding ourselves aie t confronts us. We must face the fact that we are at war in America. Not everyone realizes that there is a war going on. Some of us understand theoretically that in a capitalistic economy the relationship between the ruling cliss and the even $0 it is as though we have been reading some mysterious - sociological poetry that stimulates the fat inside our skulls and gives us some sort of secret thrill. Others of us are so nit-— pickingly fanatical that we cannot assess the reality before : our very eyes—the reality in which we ourselves are participants — and which our own work has helped bring about—unless We — can read it ina book written a hundred years ago in anothe country, under vastly different circumstances which do not begin to approximate the gigantic proportions of the task which rests so smotheringly upon our shoulders. “ The principles that have been learned from our experience” with the People's Park and the Breakfast for Children program I think, will take root in the minds of radicals all over 1 United States. Myself, I'm tired of using the terms and “militants,” and I prefer to use the term “revolutionaries, because if we are not involved in a Revolution, and ff we don't understand ourselves to be revolutionaries, then et is very little that we can really hope to do, But if we understan ourselves to be revolutionaries, and if we accept our task, then we can move beyond the halting steps | been taking, beyond the Stupid Revolution, and revolutionary audacity to take the actions needed to and focus the great revolutionary spirit of the people. Al need is to get their teeth into a pig’s ass, or to see the ae the avaricious businessman's sleeve or the lies in th Babylon, there will be a housecleaning in Babylon, can halt the machinery of oppression, purge our ins’ of racism, and put the oppressors up the wall— maybe more appropriately, up against the fence that they have built around the People’s Park. \\\ Ga POWER TO THE Reprinted from / Ramparts Magazine : ‘¥ Aa - k “ 7 “ “ $ : le OUR LETTER OF RESIGNATION as the Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party came, I think, about one year too late. As a matter of fact, since the day of your appointment to that position—February 17, 1968—events have proven that you were not cut out for the job in the first place. Even then it was clear that your position on coalition with revolutionary white organizations was in conflict With that of the Black Panther Party. But we thought that, in time, even you would be able to shake the SNCC paranoia about white control and get on with the business of building the type of revdlutionary machinery that we need in the United States in order to unite all the revolutionary forces in the country to overthrow the system of Capitalism, Imperialism and Racism. I know these terms are kicked around like lifeless bodies and that it is easy to allow the grisly realities behind them to become obscured by too frequent repetition. But when you see the squalor in which people live as a result of the policies of the exploiters, when you see the effects of exploitation on the emaciated bodies of little children, when you see the hunger and desperation, then these terms come alive in a mew way. Since you've made this trip yourself and seen it all with your own eyes, you should know that suffering is color- blind, that the victims of Imperialism, Racism, Colonialism and Neo-colonialism come in all colors, and that they need a unity based on revolutionary principles rather than skin color, The other charges which you make in your letter—about our new-found ideology, our dogmatism, our arm-twisting, etc, —seem to me to be of secondary importance, because, with the exception, perhaps, of the honorable Elijah Muhammad, you are the most dogmatic cat on the scene today, and I've never known you to be opposed to twisting arms or, for that matter, necks. In many ways your letter struck me as being an echo and rehash of the charges brought against the party by the bootlickers before the McClellan Committee. And since you chose this moment to denounce the party, we—and I am sure many other people outside the party—must look Upon your letter in this light. The only point in your letter OPEN LETTER TO STOKELY CARMICHAEL THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 199 PAGE 5 Reprinted from Ramparts Magazine Party. What you called for instead was a Black United Front that would unite all the forces in the black community from left to right, close ranks against the whites, and all go skipping off to freedom. Within the ranks of your Black United Front you wanted to include the Cultural Nationalists, the Black Cupitalists, and the Professional Uncle Toms, even though it was precisely these three groups who were working to murder your shit even before it broke wind. (Remember what Ron Karenga did to your meeting in Los Angeles?) bottom side, when it came to the details of reality, your vision was blind. You were unable to distinguish your friends from your enemies because all you could see was the color of the cat's skin. It was this blindness that led you to the defense of Adam Clayton Powell, that Jackal from Harlem, when he came under attack by his brother jackals in Congress. And it was this blindness that led you to the defense of that black cop in Washington, D.C., who was being fucked over by the whites above him in the Police Department for whom he carried his gun as he patrolled the black com- munity. In short, your habit of looking at the world through black-colored glasses would lead you, on the domestic level, to close ranks with such enemies of black people as James Farmer, Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins and Ron Karenga; and on the international level you would end up in the same bag with Papa Doc Duvalier, Joseph Mobutu, and Haile Selassie. Yes, we opposed that shit then and we oppose it now even more strongly, especially since the Nixon Administration has stolen your program from you and, I think, included you out. And now you are going to liberate Africa! Where are you gOing to start, Ghana? The Congo? Biafra? Angola? Mozam- bique? South Africa? If you are not aware of it, I think that you should know that the brothers in Africa who are involved in armed struggle against the Colonialists would like nothing better than for you to pack up your suitcase full of African souvenirs and splitbackto Babylon: Thaw hae sever forpivcs OU HAD GREAT DREAMS IN THOSE DAYS, Stokely, and your visions, on the top side, were heroic. On the that I think is really you is the onc about-coalitior rire whe rat-mouthing you did in Dar-es-Salaam when you pre- whites: because it has been this point on which our differences have turned from the very beginning. You have never been able to distinguish the history of the Black Panther Party from the history of the organization of which you were once the chairman—the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. It is understandable that you can have such fears of black organizations being controlled, or partly controlled, by whites, because most of your years in SNCC were spent under precisely those conditions. But the Black Panther Party has never been in that situation. Because we have never had to wrest control of our organization out of the hands of whites, we have not been shackled with the type of paranoid fear that was developed by you cats in SNCC. Therefore we are able to sit down with whites and hammer out solutions to our common problems without trembling in our boots about whether or not we might get taken over in the process. It has always seemed to me that you belittle the intelligence of your black brothers and sisters when you constantly warn them that they had better beware of white folks. After all, you are not the only black person out of Babylon who has been victimized by white racism. But you sound as though you are scared of white people, as though you are still running away from slave-catchers who will lay hands on your body and dump you in a bag. As a matter of fact, it has been precisely your nebulous enunciation of Black Power that has provided the power structure with its new weapon against our people. The Black Panther Party tried to give you a chance to rescue Black Power from the pigs who have seized upon it and turned it into the rationale for Black Capitalism, With James Farmer in the Nixon Administration to preside over the implementa- tion of Black Capitalism under the slogan of Black Power, what value does that slogan now have to our people's struggle for liberation? Is denouncing the Black Panther Party the best you can do to combat this evil? 1 would think that your responsibility goes 4 little further than that. Even though you were right when you said that LBJ would never stand up and call for Black Power, Nixon has done so and he’s bank- rolling it with millions of dollars. So now your old Black Power buddies are cashing in on your slogan. In effect, your cry for Black Power has become the grease to case the black bourgeoisie into the power structure, By giving you the position of Prime Minister of the Black ‘Panther Party, we were trying to rescue you from the black bourgeoisie that had latched on to your coattails and was ‘riding you like a mule. Now they have stolen your football and run away for a touchdown: six points for Richard ‘Milhouse Nixon. In February 1968, at the Free Alucy Birthday Rally in ~ Oakland, California, where you made your first public speech after returning to the United States from your triumphant of the revolutionary countries of the Third World, you Party had made with the white Peace and Freedom ~t twos rere Panther occasion to denounce the coalition that the Black vy sumed to tell them how to conduct their business, It seems to me that you are now trapped between the extremes of your own rhetoric. On the one hand, you have from the struggle in Babylon, and on the other hand, you are not about to become the Redeemer of Mother Africa The enemies of black people have learned something from history even if you haven't, and they are discovering new ways to divide us faster than we are discovering new ways to unile One thing they know, and we know, that seems to escape you, is that there is not going to be any revolution or black liberation in the United States as long as revolutionary blacks, whites, Mexicans, Ricans, Indians, Chinese and Eskimos are unwilling or unable to unite into some functional machinery that can cope with the situation. Your talk and fears about premature coalition are absurd, because no coali- tion against oppression by forces possessing revolutionary integrity can ever be premature. If anything, itis too late, be- cause the forces of counterrevolution are sweeping the world, and this is happening precisely because in the past people have been united on a basis that perpetuates disunity among races and ignores basic revolutionary principles and analyses. You are peeved because the Black Panther Party informs itself with the revolutionary principles of Marxism-Leninism, but if you look around the world you will see that the only countries which have liberated themselves and managed to withstand the tide of the counterrevolution are precisely those countries that have strong Marxist-Leninist parties. All those countries that have fought for their liberation solely on the basis of nationalism have fallen victims to capitalism and neo-colonialism, and in many cases now find themselves under tyrannies equally as oppressive as the former Colonial regimes That you know nothing about the revolutionary process is clear; that you know even less about the United States and its people is clearer; and that you know sull less about humanity than you do about the rest is even clearer. You speak about an “undying love for black people.” An undying love for black people that denies the humanity of other people ts doomed. It was an undying love of white people for each other which led them to deny the humanity of colored people and which has stripped white people of humanity itself. It would seem to me that an undying love for our people would, at the very least, lead you to a strategy that would aid our struggle for liberation instead of leading you into a coalition of purpose with the McClellan Committee in its attempt to destroy the Black Panther Party Well, so long, Stokely, and take care. And beware of some white folks and of some black folks, because I assure you that some of both of them have teeth that will bite. Remember what Brother Malcolm said in his Autobiography; “We had the best organization that the black man has ever had in the United States—and niggers ruined it!""Power To THE PeopLe! —Exprince Cieaver, Minister of information, Black Panther Party. July, 1969. cut yourself off Puerto of Stokely Carmichael PHILADELPHIA B.P.P. PURGE Let This Be Known and Acknowledged By All Extremities the Black Panther Party Willle McIntyre is no longer a participant In the people's van- guard, He has been ultra-demo- cratic, He has been ultra-indi- vidualistic, and hehasbeen a fool. There is no room for ultra-demo- cracy in the Black Panther Par- ty. There is no need for him, There is no room for individual- ism in the Black Panther Party! There will be no more’ Neither the people, nor the Black Panther Party needs or will toler- ate a damned fool! *‘Not to obey orders but to give pride of place to one’s own opi- nions, To demand special consi- deration from the organization, but to reject its discipline. This is a fourth type.’’ (Part of an explanation on ideological self- cultivation - Liberalism, Page 145 from the Red Book) ‘In the sphere of theory, des- troy the roots of ultra-democracy. First, it should be pointed out that the danger ofultra-democracy lies in the fact that it damages or even completely undermines the Party's fighting capacity, rendering the Party incapable of fulfilling its fighting tasks and thereby causing the defeat of the revolution,’* (Page 162, The Red Book) One must never lose sight of the revolutionary truth. ‘The individual is subordinate to the organization’ ~-- and that no one person may ever move to endanger the people's revolution or the po- Utical work of the Party -- THAT INCLUDES WILLIE McINTYRE, Fight fail, fight fail, fight again, fail again, fight until ultimate yic- tory, Smash the State. West Mumia Cook Communications Secretary Reggie Schell Defense Captain Philadelphia Branch, Black Pan- ther Party *areG Oe] Ar i) THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE ye (A900 Tee LAT AA HUEY 'S APPEAL EDITOR’ s NOTE: The following article is taken from the appeal prepared by the attorneys defending Huey P Newton, Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, Huey’s attorneys have moved to have the case reviewed by the Court of Appeals of the State of Culifornia. The Black Panther News Paper will print the appeal in part-- every week to give the people all the facts as to why Huey P.Newton should be set free immediately, G. RELATIONSHIP OF CHARACTER AND CREDIBILITY OF DEFENDANT AND OAKLAND POLICE OFFICERS TO THE OFFESES CHARGED HEREIN It is clear that weighing the distinctly differing versions of the events set forth by the defendant, Heanes, and Grier (and bus passenger Miller contradicting him) would, per- force, have to depend heavily on the jury's assessment of the credibility of (14Jof these persons and of the police wit- nesses. Thus, questions of motive and intent and, ulti- mately, of character, were of critical importance and be- came questions of ultimate fact In this case, footnote 14, The prosecution concurred. Mr. Jensen in his closing argument stated (R.T. 3602-3): “Our inquire is, ‘Did he do it? And when he did it, given that whole background and frame of ex- perience, ‘Why did he do it? What was the speclfic reason? Did he need it? Was it purposeful, was it Judgment, was it choice? That is what we want to “We turn now out of a situation where there are two persons who saw and Identified and tell us what happened there as well as Mr. Newton. And Mr. Newton has told you what happened... “I need hardly tell you that this is not what Officer Heanes said, and that is not what Henry Grier said, And let's face it, ladies and gentlemen, somebocy doesn’t tell us the truth... ‘And let's be very realistic about this. The events that were described by Huey Newton are not the events that were described by Officer Heanes or by Henry Grier. So that we are faced with making this decision in terms of the truth. We are going to decide who told us the truth about what took place, because the man, Huey Newton, that was seen by Herbert Heanes, is certainly not the Huey Newton, the victim of an assault by John Frey. The man, Huey Newton, who was seen by Henry Grier, is not the Huey Newton who was the victim of a murderous assault by John Frey.’’ (Emphasis added.) And, compare, Heane’s testimony that he was ‘‘taking sides’’ in the case (R.T. 1931), end footnote Into this amalgam of issues of fact, identification, motive and credibility, the prosecution put a false fact before the jury, Le., that Frier had said he ‘‘did’’ get a clear view of the assailant’s face, The defense was prohibited from introducing the following evidence: l. The testimony of John Burton, an elderly Negro longshoreman who was arrested by Officer Frey in May of 1967 near the location of the shooting herein, at which time Frey took him to jail on a charge of drunkenness, Mr. Burton's testimony was that while coming off work after the evening shift, walking un- steadily due to a bad hearing nerve, Frey stopped and arrested him, refused to hear any explanation from Burton, treated him ‘‘like a boy,’’ abused him verbally and took him to jail (R.T. 2994-96), (Sald testimony was offered for the purpose of showing that Burton was not drunk and to show Frey's customary treat- ment of black people in the ghetto. The trial court relied upon Frey's police report and stated that the court was ‘‘not going to try the drunk case here.’*) 2. The testimony of Daniel Quinones, who had ob- served Oakland police officers threatening the life of defendant and physically abusing defendant at High~ land Hospital, to which he was moved on the day of the arrest (R.T 2902-2907), (Offered as part of the res gestae of the attitude of the Oakland Police De- partment toward defendant with respect to the provo- cation and behavior of Frey and the motivation and blas of Oakland police witnesses at the trial.) 3, The testimony of Gus Daniels, Lum Harris and Eugene Brown, Negro businessmen, that members of the District Attorney's staff called them down to the District Attorney's office on the pretext of lavesti~ gating a disorderly house, und then offered to '‘pay well’ for any information respecting the defendant's case (R.T. 2963-2973). i 6 Huey P. IV. ARGUMENT A, THE INDICTMENT WAS INVALID BECAUSE RETURNED BY A GRAND JURY ILLEGALLY CONSTITUTED. IN THAT ITS SELECTION PROCESS SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED BLACK, POOR, AND OTHER MINORITY PERSONS: AND PROCEEDING BY INDICTMENT ARBITRARILY DENIED DEFENDANT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRE~ TRIAL CONFRONTATION OF WITNESSES AND DISCOV- ERY. 1. CALIFORNIA STATUTES FOR CHOOSING GRAND JURORS VIOLATE THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Statutes whose provisions involve possible deprivation of Mberty must provide clear-cut standards of application. Placing an unfettered discretion in the hands of those who administer the law is an inadequate safeguard for personal aseele Giaccio v. Pennsylvania, 382 U.S, 399, 86 S Ct, 518 (1966). The California statutes on the formation of the grand jury provide no standards for choosing a representative grand jury: they allow judges or jury commissioners an unfettered discretion to choose a grand jury in any manner they deem proper. Penal Code sections 897 through 903.4 provide for the method of selecting the grand jury. The essence of these sections is that the’grand jury ts selected by the judges or the jury commissioners of the superior courts of each county, The only standards set for such selection (in addi- tion to meeting the basic qualifications of section 198 of the Code of Civil Procedure) are that the prospective grand jurors be in possession of their natural faculties, not be infirm or decrepit, be of fair character and approved integ- rity. The grand jurors are to be chosen from the different Judicial districts of the counties in proportion tothe number of inhabitants therein, These statutory provisions are very general in nature. They specify no method by which a cross-section of the community is to be assured in the selection of the grand jury. The general] standards of fair character and integrity are not sufficiently specific to insure such a cross-section. Thus, the judges or the jury commissioners are free to choose the grand jury from any racial, economic, religious or age group with no specifications as to the proportion, if any, to come from each such category, Selection of jurors from different judicial districts does not afford the required specificity. The judges or jury commissioners are, in fact, free to choose only rich, white persons from each of the judicial districts, or only poor, black persons, or some of each, Thus, the officials are given unguided discretion in their choice of grand jurors, Such a method of jury selection does not comply with the Constitution. California legislation must provide stand- ards which are designed to, and do, result in choosing a cross-section of the community without under-representa- tion of any group -- racial, economic, or age. 2. THE INDICTMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT WAS RE- TURNED BY ANILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY FORMED GRAND JURY The indictment under which defendant was tried was re- turned by a grand jury which was selected in a manner which violated defendant's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, The Alameda County procedure for selecting a grand jury systematically excludes representation of young persons, lower income groups, and members of the Black community, Defendant's conviction under such an indictment must be reversed under settled and well-estab- Ushed principles of constitutional law, Newton A method of grand jury selection which excludes or seriously underrepresents any portion of the community, whether it be an economic class, a racial group or a signifi- cant age group, cannot withstand constitutional attack, The Grand jury, ithe the petit jury, must be representative ot a cross-section of the Community. Labat v. Bennett, 365F.2d 698 (Sth Cir. 1966); Avery v, Georgia, 345U_S_ 559, 73 S.Ct, 891 (1953). The systematic exclusion of a group or class of persons from the grand jury denies to an indicted defend- ant the due precess and equal protection of the laws. See, e.g. Whitus v. Georgia 385 U.S. 545, 87 S.Ct. 643 (1967); Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S, 400, 62S.Ct. 1159 (1942); People v, White, 43 Cal, 2d 740 (1954), The grand jury which indicted defendant was picked from the friends and acquaintances of Alameda Superior Court judges, These friends and acquaintances were almost exclu- sively Caucasian business and professional people, over fifty years of age. This method of selection systematically excludes the poor, Negroes, and young residents of the county who are eligible to serve. Alameda County Jury Commissioner Schnarr and Su- perior Court Judge Dieden testified as to the formation of the grand jury. Each of the twenty Superior Court judges in Alameda County submits the names of three friends or acquaintances (Reporter's Transcript of proceedings on January 26 and February 2, 1968, page 33; defendant's (preliminary) Exhibit C, hereinafter ‘‘Preliminary R.T.""). These nominees must come from certain judicial districts within the county, But, aside from that qualification, there were not standards known to the Jury Commissioner for choosing nominees (Preliminary RT 34, 48), From these sixty names, thirty were then chosen by ‘lot (Preliminary R.T_ 52), Judge Dieden, the presiding judge who impaneled the grand jury which indicted defendant, testified that there was no set of standards the judges used in selecting their three nominees (Preliminary R T. 64), Judge Dieden stated he chose three friends of his who he thought were “public spirited,’ ‘interested in the welfare of the County,’ ‘tof good moral character,’’ and ‘‘possessed of ordinary intelll- gence” (Preliminary R.T, 65). He testified he didnot choose people to serve if it would be, in his opinion, an economic hardship (Preliminary RT 65), He agreed the grand jury was not chosen at random (Preliminary R,T, 69). The Judge took no steps to see that the nominees included persons in the 21-35 age group(Preliminary R.T 70). He testified that all of his nominees were over 50 years of age (Preliminary R.T. 70-71). The Judge also thought that all sixty nominees were over 50 years of age, The superior court judge hearing defendant's challenge rejected defendant's offer as to the economic and age makeup of the Alameda County Grand Jury, The Judge stated that even if all the nominees were over 50 years of age he still belleved the grand jury was consti! formed (Preliminary R.T_ 84, 90), The composition of the grand jury which indicted defend- ant Is best exemplified by this question asked of Judge Dieden by defense counsel (Preliminary R T. 73): "“Q. Judge Dieden, the people that you to the Grand Jury were people that were personally known to you and with whom you had either some long standing friendship or some acquaintance or some com- munity of interests with them, isn’t that right, sir? ‘‘A, That's correct."’ \ ; In 1965, a survey of the population of Alameda County revealed these statistics as to age; under age 21, 27.9%; under age 30, 42.6%; under age 40, 54.9%: under age 50, continued on next page / = o% ~~ X Ray "Masai" Hewitt, Minister of Education Like vaudeville, the Al Jolsen- type minstrel shows didn’t die without a struggle, and the ten- acity of its white-lipped, death throws had little to do with any Proportionate talent, education or entertainment value. That brings “us to the modern-day - stronghold _ Of Bullshit, Lunacy and Madness ~2'!The Watts Summer Festival’’, The mental corpse ‘known as a ‘'Festival’’ is typical Of the ‘‘Happy-singing-darkies- act’ that the politicians, fascist pig cops, and afro-styled-dashiki- wearing “I'm black andl’ m proud”’ bootlickers put on in numerous black ghettos every summer. The fact that the dates usually coin- cide with the hottest temperatures of the year, and the locations happen to coincide with the most rebellion-prone areas must be some kind of a freak accident The parade of the Zombles in Dashikis through the South Los Angeles ghetto, would surely have layed down and died, at last, of its own accord, had it not been for some behind the scenes work that bordered on the supernatural. Dr, Jekly Yorty, with an able assist from imported swine - “Mussolini Alloto,’* managed to prod the trusted but now tired minstrel show, threw a dull, Life- less routine that was totally void of relevance for the oppressed masses in the black community. It is interesting to note that while ‘Mussolini Alloto'’ sought to bring cheer and joy to the lives of the slaves on the southern half of “Ronnie's Plantation,’’ the fascist pigs that he has seen fit to triple in the black . . . sections of his plantation, were sticking to their back-shooting, business as usual policy. Luckily the 16 year old youth Jimmy Conners lived, al- though he was handcuffed and beaten with night sticks after he was shot. There’s an epidemic running rampant on Master Mus- Solini’s Plantation, It could best be described as‘‘SuspectedG.T.A -Shot while resisting arrest - Dead on arrival - Justifiable homicide,’’ With such obvious fascist pigs as ‘‘Moose Alfoto’’ involved, it’s no wonder that the whole scene was a disasterous Mop. Even that trus- ty band of bootlickers know as the “Black News Media’! could not inject life into the macabre ''Fes- tivities."’ It seems that the fascist pig power structure will have to work much harder to ‘*front off’ the black masses of Babylon as happy Singing, cultural, Afro-type, Dark- fes singing ‘‘Ole’ Black Joe’ in Swahili, With the bond of fraternal brotherhood (based on practice) established by the Black Panther Party with the revolutionary bro- thers of the African content, the market value on unadulterated bulishit will most certainly take a nose dive, That there's big mess brewing on the plantation fs an open, public secret; as evidenced by the mass- ive numbers of fascist pigs who maintained a heavy handed brutal “control"’ over the ‘‘festive ac- tivities’’. In the years gone past, the pig power structure sought only to ‘‘contain’’ the ‘festive activi- ies,"" to limit them to certain geographical limits, butalas, those good old days are gone forever. In the joy filled days of the past the problems of internal control had been left to assorted and sundry ‘‘militant’’ bootlickers, Such community-service-type- militants as SLANT, the US or- ganization, the Sons of Watts (or Philly or Harlem, or Hunter’s Point they all fit depending on which part of the plantation you happen to be on.) Young men for action, Teens on Patrol, Young Men for Total Democracy, etc., etc., etc., (the list goes on and on with its paper ger counter- art the War on Poverty.) The job of these niggers has alw ays been to give mouth-to-ass-resus- citation to the cultural hoax that wed to pass off as the old ‘'We don't have any problems with our Nig- ras'’, routine. They Were #isv..cuarsgeou nie seeing to it that none of the local ‘surly field niggers’’ would be able to show their true contempt for the plantation or the master, To insure the~ success of this mission, they have been given funds and technical equipment, protection, '‘Technical advisers,’ and ‘‘Consultants,’’ in much the same manner as bootlicking pup- pet regimes are propped up by the CIA all over the world, But the pig power structure, in line with its foreign policy, won't hesi- tate to step in, when it becomes obvious that its. ‘house niggers’’ can no longer handle and control the ‘field hands.’’ Vietnam in ee boug. THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 199 PAGE 7 MINSTREL SHOW ‘S7. Watts in ‘69! Most of the people In the com- munity are of the opinion that the name should be changed to ‘The PIGS Summer Festival because there always seems to be more pigs on the scene than people. The most well rehearsed, sensational act of the whole festival, ‘Black Festival,’ was by a predominant- ly (but not all) white group -- the L.A, P.D, Metro Squad, Their act could best be described as, “The three second-Six pig-Instant Arrest,-and hasty retreat,’ rou- tine. Their strategy seemed to be one of maintaining hundreds of ‘Search and Destroy’’ missions day and night. They seemed to fee] that for the safety of the individual pig, that their task forces contain at least six ples. Two pigs to arrest one brother and four pigs to protect the ar- resting pigs. The time factor was always kept in mind as a brother would be singled out, swooped down on, handcuffed, thrown into a waiting squad car and sprinted off, while a ring of escort pigs shouted repeatedly tothe arresting pigs, “Hurry up, get him In the car and let's get out of here,’* They were precise | because after five seconds among the people they begin to sweat profusely, and Huff and Puff like very old women. They were also sophisticated e- nough to save most of their usual Sidewalk brutality for a stat{on house encore, In the final analysis, the‘ Black- er than Thou'’ bootlickers in the “Sears and Roebuck Dashikis’’ with the thirty-two-tooth grins couldn't hide the squalor, misery, Oppression, and death that Is the daily reality in Babylon, The grin- Dinard “skinny” and bootlickin’ Uncle Toms had an African motif but it was still only a fair job of ‘*Down home bootlickin',"* Despite the music, fun booths, ht off ambitious’ individuals, backward organizations, private industries, and governmental a- gencies, the bullshit still stinks in Babylon. The “‘natives’’ are restless and it’s no secret, When the people have community contro] of the pigs on the law books, and some 12-gauge poll- tical power sticking out of every window, then and only then will there be cause for a festival, All Power to the People Black Power to Black People Panther Power to the Vanguard Masal, Minister of Education HUEY'’S APPEAL continued from last page qualifications but merely because they did not belong Letter From A GI. July 24, 1969 Brothers, I thank you for all your news- paper ‘‘The Black Panther’ has done towards my case, Publicity is a necessity. Although I was basically right, guaranteed by the constitution, 1 was convicted and sentenced. A hard sentence was put upon me for carrying out ee ee the rights I am asked to Z or, lam to feel that I am really twing tated tt keep everyone free but myself, and | find it difficult to face 3 months in a stockade for pre- judicial reasons. At Present, no action has yet been taken. The brigade commander, Col, Thomas B, Merteans is reviewing the re- cord of trial and will decide whe- ther three months hard labor in confinement, three months hard labor without confinement and a fine of 73 dollars a month for six months, Is to harsh for giving someone a plece of reading ma- terial that they might even enjoy or be Interested in reading, I cannot understand how a man like Col Merteans can resolve his con- sclence,(having fought for the ex- ecution of the constitutional rights) and still decide to jail someone who exercised one of its basic principles, Yet, if I handed the same man a pamphlet saying “RE- UP ARMY", I'm sure he would shake my hand and say,'‘keep up the good work."’ I now Join the many others who are being punished because of ex- pressing their thoughts ina “FREE' country. I sit here and wonder WHY does a man have convi and. 4 Th. - = the one placed on me ts a feared thing, it In itself Is a whole edu- cation that there is no other way to learn, Once again I thank you and all your people for their help, GI POWER ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Pvt. Kenneth C, Cross Ft, Jackson, S.C, 68.8%. Thus the grand jury in Alameda County is chosen exclusively from a class, those over 50, which comprises __ tess than 45% of those eligible (72.1% ofthe total population) in the county to serve. Attacks on the exclusion of the young from grand juries have been made in several cases, In each, the court found the young to be under-represented, but, since some young rsons were on the panel or were nominees for the panel, 4 attacks have unlformly failed, See, e.g., United States vy. Cohen, 275 F_ Supp. 724 (1967); United States v, Bryant, 291 F. Supp. 542 (1968). As explained by the court in Bryant, the representation of the young on the Maine Grand Jury was below statistical expectations, but there was rep- _ resentation which was more than ‘(mere token representa- tfon,’’ But here, no persons under 50 were nominated by the Judges for Alameda Grand Jury, Such a systematic exclu- ‘sion of those under 50 does not comply with constitutional *sunilariy, how many poor people and how many black persons are friends and acquaintances of Superior Court ? The judicial system of this state is made up pre- ntiy of white persons over 40-50 years ofage, former rneys, who now earn in excess of $20,000 per year, these persons select nominees from friends, acquaint- hees, and those with a similar ‘‘community of interests, @ could hardly expect to obtain any type of cross-section a Sa wns, 43 Cal, 2d 740, 753 (1955), Justice Carter criticized selecting grand jurors from the member- clubs such as the Rotary, Lions, and Chamber-of ho rsons who would be denied the opportunity Dany pervice under this system would not be ex- ded because of any lack of ability, intelligence or to the social and economic strata of the community which comprises the membership of certain private clubs and organizations, A system which tends to per- mit this form of wholesale exclusion ofa large segment of our citizens from jury duty would normally prevent the selection of juries from a cross-section of the com- munity, Such a system is highly discriminatory and should not be condoned,’' Here, all of those who do not belong to the very sinall and select group of friends and acquaintances of Judges are denied an opportunity to serve on the Alameda County Grand Jury. Defendant does not argue that the Alameda County judges have intentionally discriminated against the young, the poor, the working classes, and Negroes of the country; but ‘it seems clear that proof of intentional discrimination is not an essential element of a defendant's case,"’ United States v, Bryant, supra, 291 F, Supp. 542; Davis v. Davis, 361 F. 2d 770, 773 (Sth Cir. 1966), Discrimination exists where the judges or jury commissioners neither know nor seek to learn whether there are Negroes or young or poor persons qualified to serve, Hill v, Texas, supra, 316 US 400, 404, 62'S Ct, 1159, 1161 (1942), In referring to the systematic exclusion of Negroes from grand juries, the Supreme Court has sald, in Smithy, Texas, 311 US 128, 132, 61 S.Ct. 164, 166 (1940); “Where jury commissioners limit those from whom grand juries are selected to their own personal ac- Quaintance, discrimination can arise from commis- sioners who know no Negroes as well as from com- missioners who know but eliminate them, If there has been discrimination, whether accomplished ingeniously or Ingenuously, the conviction cannot stand."’ The Alameda Superior Court judges have violated their affirmative duty placed on them by the ‘Constitution and laws of the United States...to develop and use a system that will probably result {n a fair cross-section of the com- munity being placed on jury rolis.’' Rabinowitz v, United States, 366F 24. 34, 57 (Sth Cir. 1966), See also Avery v. Georgia, supra, where it Is Stated that those responsible for selection of the grand jury had “a constitutfonal duty to follow a procedyre -- ‘a course of conduct’ -- which would not ‘operate to discriminate in the selection of jurors. . .' "' (345 U.S. at 561,73 S.CT at 892) How many convictions would stand if trial jurors were chosen from among the friends and acquaintances of the judges? But a grand jury, no less than a petit jury, is to represent as nearly as possible a cross-section of the com- munity, Justice by cronies of those who make up the tem Is not Justice, The indictment fendant’s conviction reversed, Judicial sys- must be quashed and de- 3, PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DEFENDANT BY INDICTMENT RATHER THAN BY INFORMATION VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW, The grand jury Is an historical anachronisin no longer consonant with expanding notions of fairness in criminal procedure. Its emphasis on secrecy, its lack of confronta- tton, lack of evidentiary safeguards, lack of Tight to cross- examine, and lack of discover all place the grand jury:some thirty years behind evolving constiutional Standards, FREE HUEY THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 19%9 PAGE 8 . of attraction for everybody because the Yankee imperialists are waging a war of aggression, the largest In the world today and the cruelest in history, and because there Is a na- tion there which in spite of its being so small, has stood up to fight, determined to defeat the leader of the imperialists, the fiercest of our time, Under the presumption of making the earth theirs, the Yankee im- perialists have for years pursued the idea of occupying South Viet Nam. They have resorted to one method after another. Unceasingly intensifying the war, they have, up to the present, sent to South Viet Nam_the fourth party of their milltary forces which, lo- gether with those of the satellite countries and of the puppet regime, make up the aggressive army of over a million men. To this must be added the incalculable arsenal of arms and means of waging modern war, not taking into account the huge apparatus that the Pentagon utilizes to direct and maintain that dirty war of aggression. Neverthe- less, it has only achieved contin- uous and ever worsening defeats, It Is evident that the deadly wea- pons of Yankee imperialism cannot in the least intimidate the South Vietnamese people. Six years ago, that people was submerged in suf- fering and humiliation under the as- fixiating domination of the Yankee imperialists and their gang of lackeys; but today, under the glorious flag of the National Front for Liberation it has become a powerful and victorious revol- utionary army. During these past six years, the South Vietnamese people, closely united under the guidance of the National Front for Liberation have overcome many difficulties, and have carried the cause of the anti-Yankee struggle for national salvation from victory to victory, CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE NATIONAL FRONT FOR LIBER- TION WAS FORMED Viet Nam is one, the Vietnamese people are one; but after the Viet- namese people's victory against the French colonialists, the North was completely berated while the South continued under imperialist and feudal domination, Due to the re- organization of the belligerent armies in thelr respective zones, the revolutionary forces con. centrated in the North and the reactionary forces in the South, Under those circumstances, the Yankee imperialists entered the scene, ousting the French and taking over South Viet Nam with the aim Vietnamese Liberation Fig NLF VIETNAM South Viet Nam istodaythe center of turning that zone Into a new type for Liberation of South Viet Nam was plies three important questions. es J «2 hters Prepa of colony and into a military base at their disposal. They introduced their tnckeys, imposed a dictatorial regime and set the political and social bases for them by creating a new privileged class through the re-establishment of the Muerests that had been con- fiscated from the enemy during the August Revolution of 1945 and during the period of resistance against the French. The aggressiveness of the leader of the imperialists combined with the class revenge of the local reactionaries engendered the sa- vagery and barbarianism of the dom- inant regime of the US and its lackeys In South Viet Nam. In order to carry out their policy of increasing their military forces and intensifying their war prepara- tions aimed at the annihilation of the revolutionary movement in South Viet Nam, the Yankee imperialists use any and all methods andactions, no matter how savage they were. And in agreement with the new colonialism, they applied a two- faced policy, mixing terror and re- pression with seduction and deceit. But can that mask of pseudo-dem- Ocracy and pseudo- independence hide the bellicose nature of the Yankee imperialists and deceive a people who have a firm revolution- ary tradition, who have insurrected twice, who acquired the temper of steel during the nine years of antl- French resistance? Surely not, The deceitful methods therefore proved to be sterile and while these lost their effectiveness, the Yankee and their puppets stepped up their ter- ror and repression, In 1959 they set up guillotines, prepared the prisons throughout South Viet Nam and sa- vagely murdered and tortured hun- dreds of thousands of persons. While this was going, the Names of hatred of the South Vietnamese people leaped ever higher until they became an overpowering force. In Many places along the Mekong River the people rose in rebellion and undertook guerrilla actions. In view of this situation, the Yankee im- berlalists and their lackeys fran- tically increased terror and repres- Sion, thus trying to drown the South Vietnamese people in a sea of blood, But how could they conquer a people in arms? How could they prevent a revolutionary movement that was rs Sage a an impetuous torrent © of dest re dikes? roying the strongest During those moments of the life and death struggle against the enemy, the South Vietnamese 1 needed lex Pe ree leadership anda united front, Was thon that the National Front re for Enemy Attack my «=| of South Viet Nam. . But the objectives that the South ; Vietnamese people must reach are not limited to independence and de- mocracy; they must also satisfy the other aspirations of the people. The South Vietnamese people love peace for they have suffered bloody wars for many years, This feeling con- forms to the common aspiration of all the peoples of the world, But the US imperialists, bellicose and aggressive, have resorted toarmsto destroy the aspirations for peace of the South Vietnamese people, who have had to rise up weapons in hand to conquer true peace, a peace based on independance and liberty, not a The South Vietnamese people also As *\esplre to a real and positive ney- tee ai \s 3p trality, according to the charac- s< teristics of the present situation in ye South Viet Nam, tn, Southeast Asia »“~-and the world, This means that South Viet Nam, a5 a sovereign ‘independent and territorially united state will not form part of any military block nor sign any treaty contradicting or prejudicing its neu- trality. Therefore, all foreign troops and military personnel should wi'h- draw from South Viet Nam; our country does not accept the presence fof foreign armed forces, military personnel nor military bases In its territory, But today, South Viet Nam is anew type of colony and military base of the US. That is why, in order to be a truly neutral state, it mustfree itself of the domination of that {m- perialist power, Today, to fight for neutrality means to oppose Yankee imperialism's aggression andallits forms of oppression; it means the liberation of South Viet Nam from that domination. Integrated by citizens of one coun- try that is Viet Nam, and by sons of one only family, the Vietnamese, the people of South Viet Nam ardently aspire to the ra-unification of thelr Homeland, It is not an aspiration only by material interests; itisalso inspired by the deepest feelings of _every Vietnamese. born, satisfying a need of thel. TO CLEARLY POINT OUT jp brief, the South Vietnamese masses. The front undertook the his- THE OBJECTIVE OF THE REVO- people's struggle has the aim of toric mission of carrying forward LUTION AND THE AIMS TO BE materializing the legitimateaspira- the revolution, In ordertofreeSouth ATTAINED, The South Vietnamese gions of the masses, Thus, the ob- Viet Nam from the yoke of the Yan- people live under the yoke of a neo- jectives of the South Vietnamese kee imperialists and their lackeys. colonial and semi-feudal regime, peyolution are: To achieve indepen- THE REVOLUTIONARY POLICY OF There exist two basic contradictions dence, democracy, peace and neu- THE FRONT within the South Vietnamese society; trality, and advance towards the re- In order to lead the people tofirst, the contradiction between the ynification of the Homeland, These victory inits revolutionary struggle, South Vietnamese people and im- objectives are not fixed starting the National Front for Liberation had perialism with the Yankee imper- from mere subjective consider- to plan the correct political line, falists at their head, and the other, ations, but rather they have beende- Starting from a radical revolu- the contradiction between the Southtermined correctly by taking ob- tionary position and resorting to a Vietnamese people above all the far- jective reality into account and with scientifically dialectical method- mer population which makes up 80% a deep assimilation of the laws of ology, the National Front for Lib- of the total population, and the feu- social development, 2. TO OUTLINE THE METHODS FOR REACHING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REVOLUTION, After having determined the objectives of the Re- volution, the question of finding the methods to achieve them Is of de- cisive significance. While the struggle of the Vietnamese people counted with the Geneva Agreement as its juridical basis, and in South Viet Nam the US imperialists began to carry out the policy of neo- colonialism, making all efforts to give the lackey regime a guise of false independence and democracy, not a few persons nourished the il- lusion of being able to transform **pseudo-independence and pseudo- democracy’ into “true inde- pendence and true democracy’ in&@ peaceful manner, or to force the US imperialists, through a legal struggle, to implement the Geneva Agreement for the reuntfication of the Homeland, But the bitter reality of the years that have elapsed has completely destroyed that illusion. The main problem of all revol- utions is that of power. To solve that problem under the practical conditions of Viet Nam there 1s 90 other road to struggle to destroy the yoke of the Yankee imperialists and their puppets, so as to selze power for the people, or in other 1 words, the road of revolutionary vio- eration of South Viet Nam correctly dal landowning class. lence, of opposing revolutionary Vio- evaluated the South Vietnamese sit- In order to really transform thelence of the masses to the re- vation and set the policy for the South Vietnamese society, those two actionary violence unleashed by aa course of the Revolution. This policy contradictions must be solved in extremely brutal enemy, The reality consists of: Uniting all the popular order to carry out the fundamental of South Viet Nam's Revolution strata, classes, nationalities, par- tasks, These are, Independence for during the six years that have ties, religions and patriotic per- the nation’ and land for those who elapsed eloquently proves that to be sonalities, irrespective of political cultivate it”. This determines that the only correct road, However, it tendencies, in order to fight for the the South Vietnamese Revolution was by far not easy to find it during destruction af the yoke of domination shall be within the framework of a the years 1959 to 1960, since the of the Yankee imperialists and the national-democratic revolution pro- South Vietnamese Revolution, be- lackey Ngo-Dinh Diem gang; to make voked by the imperialists, the feu- sides the general characteristies of independence, democracy, peace and dal lords and the landowners, bat every national lberation war, has neutrality a reality and to advance mainly by the Yankee imperialists pecularitios that have not heen seen towards the reunification of the and their lackeys, who represent the See Next Page homeland, This policy reflects the most reactionary elements of the strategic line and the revolutionary landowning class and the com- tactics of South Viet Nam and im- mercial (compradore) bourgeoisie NLF VIETNAM in the August Revolution, nor base for armed struggle, but it is military and the political - the South hand and Yankee aggressors and war of resistance against also a congruent means of struggle. Vietnamese people have dealt un- their lackeys, who represent the Frenc ncolontalists thatwaspre- Therefore, it was possible to carry ceasing blows at the enemy, making most reactionary elements of the lously waged in South Viet Nam. out violent revolution in South Viethim feel at all times and on both landowning and compradore bour- _ ‘The South Vietnamese people began Nam parallel to the development of fronts (political and military), the geoisie classes, on the other. Thus, eee ent. without a people's go- armed struggle and __ political need to defend himself without being the people’s forces in South Viet ernment after having had one in struggle. : able to take the Initiative, and golng Nam encompass the working class, wide liberated areas of the South. Here political struggle is not equi- from one faflure to another. the peasantry, the petty bourgeoisie Besides, never before hada struggle valent to a struggle that {s possible 3, TO GATHER FORCES FOR THE and the national bourgeoisie, as well b 2 waged in conditions of neo- under the laws established by the REVOLUTION Once having layed as other strata and patriotic ele- colonialism. enemy; por it is by far that per- down the lines of the Revolution, ments. ¢ In this sense it must be said that Within this people’s bloc class the Cuban Revolution has furnished contradictions exist, even an- _ precious experiences for the re- tagonistic contradictions; but in the Polutionary movements of the world, face of a common enemy, these dlif- and especially for the peoples’ mo- ferent classes and these different ; -vements under neo-colonialism, such as that of South Viet Nam, Another aspect we wish to examine here, because it was one of the ob- stacles to the planning of the re- volutionary line in South Viet Nam, is the confusion of not afew persons regarding the relation between the peaceful reunification of South Viet Nam and the liberation of South Viet Nam through a violent revolution. Viet Nam, there is no doubt, will be reunified, and it ts obvious that reunification will be carried out by peaceful means on the basis of the approval of the people of both zones, with no one of them annexing the other by force, But while the yoke of the imperialists and of their lackeys exists in South Viet Nam, achievement of the reunification of the country will continue to be im- possible. To reunify Viet Nam, the South must first be Mberated, and that liberation can be attained only by a revolution with violence. Thus, the problems of reunifying Viet Nam by peaceful means and liberating South Viet Nam by revolutionary vio- popular strata can unite In a com- mon front, However, due to the dif- ferences in social position among them, each class and each social stratum adopts a different political attitude. If this broad bloc does not count with the radical revolutionary forces as the pillar, it cannot have energy nor will for the struggle. Therefore, the National Front has to take its support from the working class and the peasantry, who are more nu- merous and determined to make the revolution, A broad national front, that reckons with the most firm re- volutionary forces as a pillar, ts one of the factors guaranteeing the victory of the South Vietnamese Revolution, and is also a necessary condition to wage a people's war against theaggression of the great- est economic and military power of the Imperialist camp. Parallel to this putting Into prac- tice of a broad national front, the South Vietnamese Revolution can es- tablish an alliance of the workers Itforces are needed to put them Into and peasants with the soldiers of mitted by parliamentary struggle, lence are in complete agreement. is a matter of dealing with one ofpractice, The more numerous the ‘the puppet army, Because inthe end, On revolutionary violence thereis the forms of revolutionary violence forces, the greater will be their the latter are nothing else but work- an important problém that should be that uses the force of the masses fighting capacity. That is why itis ers dressed in an enemy uniform, mentioned: the relation between the different forms of revolutionary vio- lence. The Vietnamese Revolution has previous experience in the use of forms of armed and political struggle. For example, sometimes to counteract the enemy on the poli- necessary to unite the greatest pos- victims of compulsory military re- tical front. Millions of persons pro- sible number to win over those that cruitment imposed by the enemy; testing in the countryside; tens of are irresolute, to neutralize there- they are different from the expe- thousands of personsswarmingontoactionaries and isolate the enemy, ditionary armies of France or the the streets in demonstrations, To organize such a broad patriots’ US, and from the puppet soldiers thousands of peasants invading the front, it is necessary to take into under the former French colonial guerilla: warfare, of which thepea- citles and surrounding the main or- consideration the practical sit- rule In Viet Nam, santry is its main force, has been ganisms of the puppet regime, uation, the tasks of the revolution With that alliance, the struggle of combined with urban uprising, putting them in danger; thousandsof and the correlation of forces be- the South Vietnamese people cannot earried out mainly by the working women hindering the advance of thetween the different classes in only deal blows at the enemy on two class and other toilers, At other tanks, obstructing the guns, re- society, to adequately use the fronts - the political and the mill- times armed struggle has been pelling the enemy in Its cleanup forces of the revolution. The South tary - but it is possibile for it to resorted to as the main form, while operations, etc., are forms of pol- Vietnamese Revolution {sa national- apply the “tactics of the three united political struggle has played a se- condary role, etc, But, within the conditions of a South Viet Nam subject to the neo-colonialist regime of Yankee imperialism, political struggle does not only serve as a “Mr. Calvin B. St. Louis, 42 year old Carribean Worker from Bogles Village, Caricou Island, GRENADA; now lies critically ill in Whittington Hospital, Archway, London. N19. He is suffering from multiple injuries including ‘'6 bro- ken ribs, concussion and internal bleeding’, the result of a brutal fascist assault by British police- men in a police van and in the police cells of Holmes Road Po- lice Station, Kentish Town, NW5, London, on Thursday July 3, 1969 between the hours of 3:30-6:30 p.m. He was then charged with mis- behavior ordisorderly behavior.’’ These are facts learned from Mr, St. Louis himself and from other sources by our political reporters, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Mr St, Louis, who Is a fam- ily man with 3 children, booked tickets some weeks ago with tra- vel agents - Toypetika, Kentish Town Road, London N%7, for a trip home to Grenada, for his _ wife Elvira, his children and him- He deposited 133.16 pounds in cash. On Thursday July 3, 1969 around 3:00 p.m. he went In to the travel agents to confirm the and or to pay the balance | collect the tickets, He was told, contrary to the pre- arrangements, that he must itical violence as strong and ef- democratic revolution, directed spearheads ,'’ that is, the united at- fective as armed struggle. That Is against imperialism and the feudal tack by the political and military why political struggle also requires landowning class. Today, the Re- spearheads and the one consisting of a powerful army as well organized, volution has the task of solving the agitation and proselytizing within trained and led as thearmed forces. contradiction that exists between the the puppet army, putting the enemy With its two powerful armies - the South Vietnamese people on the one in the most serious danger. PI BRITISH G BRUTALITY pay a full fare for his 1 year old child. Mr. St. Louls felt that this was not what was agreed pre- viously and therefore rightly asked for his money to be refunded, After some discussion he was offered a crossed check for the refund of his deposit, He informed the travel agent that he had no bank account and would like cash, A heated argument resulted with the usual racist insults being hurled at Mr. St. Louls and the travel agents called in the police, When 3 policemen with a po- lice-vanarrived, the argument was still going on and eventually Mr. St. Louls was told that he would get his deposit refunded in cash but he would have to come back, Among the policemen was a cer- tain P.C, 202 and all the pollce- men showed clear indications of siding, as they usually do, with big business and property owners, They spoke roughly to Mr. St Louls and handled him roughly pushing him out of the travel a- gency into the streets, When he objected to being treated tn this manner, he was immediately pushed towards the police van, being told at the same time that “we'll have you for disorderly conduct,’’ In the van on the way to the police station he was called a Black bastard and assaulted, but the main beating up took place in the police cell at Holmes Road Police Station, Kentish Town, NW5. It is alleged that Mr, St, Louls was pushed into the cell hittinghis head against the wall, he was cuffed about the body and fell to the ground. While on the ground, one constable held his two feet while another (it is alleged PC 202) dealt him several vicious kicks in the ribs, He was unconscious for a while and when he regained consciousness was groaning loud- ly and complaining about pains ali over his body and head, The po- lice surgeon was called in and on sight of Mr, St. Louls without examining him, immediately ad- vised that he be sent to the hos- pital. It was at this stage that he was charged for‘ misbehaviour or disorderly behaviour’’ to appear at Clerkenwell Magistrate Court, E.C.l.on Friday 7/4/69 and was rushed to Whittington Hospital at 7 p.m, 7/3/69 accompanied by the same P.C. 202 one of his alleged principal attackers. At the hospital this constable had words with the doctor, Mr, St. Louls was examined as an emergency ease and the doctor declared ‘tenderness over the Sth ri’ and discharged him at 9:45 p.m, 1/3/69. Mr. St, Louis arrived home, 29 St, Leonard Sq., London N W 5, about 10:30 p.m. 7/3/69 and learned that police had visited his home while he was away. All through the night of Thursday 7/3/69 he suf- fered immense pain in the body and head and bled through the nose. On Friday morning 7/4/69 he was taken by his wife to see his own doctor, who gave him a medical certificate, which was rushed by his wife and himself in a taxi to Clerkenwel} Magis- trate Court, He was then rushed in the same taxi back to Whit- tington Hospital where on exami- nation and X-ray at 11:36 a.m. 4/4/69 they found he had ''€ ribs broken, was suffering from inter- nal bleeding and concussion,” The casualty doctors ordered im- mediate hospitalization, where he still is at the date of this report, His wife has consulted solicitors and the case came before the court as soon as Mr. St. Louis is fit, WE CALL ON ALL HONEST FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE TO DO ALL IN THEIR POWER BY PROTEST AND ACTION TO PUT A STOP TO BRITISH POLICE AT~ TACKS AGAINST BLACK PEG PLE London 7/10/69 Universal Coloured People's Association, C/O H,Moore,Secty, Carribean Workers’ Movement, 20 Kitchener Rd, E.7, 9 ‘THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 pace LETTER FROM VIETNAM Black power, Brothers of the Party, I'm writ- ing this letter not only in my behalf, but on the behalf of the brothers who are feeling the burt and pain that I'm feeling. Last night here in the Republic of Viet Nam in Lai Khe, the white pigs jumped on two of the brothers, one of them was almost killed by those dogs. They got full of their liquor and decided that they would relieve their pressure by beating up the brothers. It all happened when most of the brothers were in bed around 9:00 p.m,, July 13, Now after they beat up one of our brothers and left him to die in the mud and water, the white pigs started shoot- ing at us. I tell you, it's not even safe to walk around the area with- out one of them trying to shoot us up. Dig this: The white dogs who are really messing Us over are the medics who are supposedly there to take care of the sick, lame and the lazy, Now, this morn- ing, we, the Black brothers, have to go and see the batallion com- mander to talk things over, but we have tried to do this already. No more talk either; we just kill them off or they kill us off, That's just how bad it is here in the 1/28 AF. The big thing is that they don't like to see the Black man out of the ‘woods,’ Most of us have to lie our way out of the ‘‘woods,’’ because these white dogs won't give us a rear job, So we have to take the unfair treatment off them, So, I tell you these white dogs just show their a-- over here. They really let the Black man know how he feels towards them. So, brothers in the world, I John R, White, have 19 days left in the army, but right now my brothers need me to stand by them, I know for a fact that I want to get outof the white man's army to come home and Join the Black Liberation Army. But be- fore I come back to the States if it takes 19 days or 19 years, I will stand beside my Black broth- ers until I have used every breath in my body to fight those white dogs. So, brothers take heed, This is the treatment given to us in the U.S Army by the whites, I wish it was possible that every brother could read this, so feel free to reprint this in any form. The brothers of the warreally need help. POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK POWER John R. White FASCIST QUIZ **The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country, Russia is threatening us with her might, There is danger from within and from without...without law and or- der, our nation cannot survive. We shall by law and order be res- pected among the nations of the world, Without law and order, our Republic shall fall,’’ Guess who oinked that statement. Richard M. Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, Mayor Thomas Whelan, Adolph Hitler, Lyndon B, John- son, George Wallace? If you said ADOLPH HITLER you were exact (excerpt from a campaign speech made in Ham- burg, Germany in 1932), But if you said any of the other names you are also correct, ; We will fight fascism with unity, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 10 CHARLES BURSEY: ANOTHER POLITICAL PRISONER On Thursday night, August 7, Charles Bursey, our revolutionary comrade was convicted on 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, These charges stemmed from the April 6, 1968 shoot-out in which the pigs murdered Lil Bobby Hut- ton and attempted to murder El- dridge Cleaver, Charles Bursey’s case Is an- other example of the kind of jus- tice dealt out to oppressed people here in Babylon, Point #9 of the Ten Point Plat- form and Program states, ‘‘We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court bya jury of their peer group or peo- ple from their Black communi- ties as defined by the Constitu- tion of the United States,'' Charles was tried by an all-white jury. All the members ofthat jury were old people with nounderstanding of a 23 year old man born and raised in the Black community, On Thursday, the jury went out to deliberate at about 4:00 pmandthe courtroom was cleared. The Pan- thers and the people who had come down to support Charles sat out in the hall and conducted a Red Book class. Pigs wore running all over the place, oinking because they couldn't stand to see all the re- volutionary comrades sitting to- gether in unity, teaching each other about this oppressive system and how to deal with it. After waiting outside the court until about 5:30 pm, we went back to the office until 8:00 pm, then went back to the court. We stayed outside until 6:30 pm, waiting for someone to come unlock the front door. When we were let in the building, we went upstairs to the courtroom, It too was locked, so attorney Charles Garry let us in the witnesses waiting room. There while waiting for the judge and the jury we conducted another Red Book class, very quietly because we knew that the court wanted any ex- cuse they could find to throw us out of the building. Free Bursey. Bring | fre ie) Charles Bursey was in the hall talking to Charles Garry, His wife, Shellie Bursey, about 7 Panthers, and some supporters of Charles’, including mombers of Women for Action, and a lawyer were in the hall with Charles when one of our comrades came out of the witness’ waiting room and Informed us that the judge had ordered everyone out of the building except for the de- fendant and the defense team, A public trial in what is supposed to be the people’s courts, adminis- tering ‘‘justice’ for all! This was suppose to have been an example of ‘*justice of the people, by the peo- ple, and for the people,"’ according to what America's jive Constitution Says. But the fact is that people aren't even allowed in the court- room to bear witness to their so- called ‘‘fair and impartial jus- tice,’’ which the pigs hand down ev- ery day to Black people andall op- Pressed people. Pigs have to hide and sneak and lock doors because they're lying. They're lying in my face, they're lying in your face, and they're lying in the face of every man, woman, and child lv- ing in Babylon today. And they know if they come out before the people, let the people see what they are really doing, they know that the people will recognize them for what they are: racist pig cops, and ly- ing demogogy politicians who are Superman-punks, playing god, try- ing to destroy our lives by any means possible, Charles Garry told us that we would have to leave or we couldall be arrested, so we went out and sat in front of the building, waiting for 4 verdict or any news on what was going On upstairs. Charles Bursey came outside about a half hour af- ter we were kicked out, A true revolutionary, Charles knew he was going to be convicted by those racists, and he wanted to be with the people as long as he could be- fore he went to jail, Bursey went back, and this time his wife Shel- lie and one brother in the Party were allowed to go in the court- - ~~ room. Outside we sat and waited, We walted for our brother to come back to us; but he didn't walk back down those stairs. While wo were sitting out there, we noticed 2 pigs drive up and park on one corner then 2 more on another, The pigs were crulsing around the block in plain cars, marked cars, and on motorcycles, ‘They had surrounded the whole building, oinking and run- ning around, jumping up and down, and going crazy over all those Panthers sitting quietly in front of the administration building. No more than ten minutes after the pigs appeared, Shellie and Charles Garry came down and In- formed us that Bursey had been convicted. Charles Garry sald that we had just witnessed another ex- ample of racism in the courts and America’s injustice for oppressed people, Charles Bursey Is now a poll- tical prisoner, like Huey, like Lan- don and Rory, like Los Siete, like all people who oppose this racist, capitalistic system and who are rallroaded off to jall by these pigs on trumped-up charges, But the people will always rise up against the oppressor for their liberation, The people will free Charles and Huey and all political prisoners by any means necessary. Just Like Huey says, ‘‘The spirit of the peo- ple is greater than the pigs’ tech- nology."* Brothers and sisters, be strong. Free Charles Bursey Free all Political Prisoners All Power to the People Off the Pigs! t On Down. "Blood to the Horse's B i) row and Woe to Those Who Cannot Swim" FASCIST COURT RAILROADS CHARLES BURSEY Brother Charles Bursey is brave and strong, Fascism took him from us but fascism cannot jail Brother Bursey’'s mind The Alameda County Court is all fascist, Fascism is genocide, financed by the avaricious businessmanand the lying demagogic pig politicians who elicit white racism, in the name of ‘‘law and order,"’ Take one chicken-shit judge, twelve racist jurors with one ra- cist pig DA. (prosecutor) who conspired against one brother (Bursey), results in ‘legal’ geno- cide of a strong Black man, Our own Brother Charles Bursey was rallroaded by the route of the fascist court system. The last three days of Bursey's trial have seen some of the most racist tactics, all of which were sanc- tloned by the pig judge. How long and how much brutality and geno- cide will come down on us be- fore other oppressed people awa- ken and see what is going to hap- pen to them? Why wait until it strikes you or yours. Now Is the time to stop letting lying poli- ticians rideyourbacks to feather their own nest. They use one group against the other, they keep us divided so that they make pro- fit from both of us. They may just jail me, so that they can better use you, because if they don’t, the ruling class knows I will hip you to their games. A- merica’s ruling class Is using Hitler’s games, check it out, Think of what you do to your own chil- dren, Everytime a member of the Black Panther Party is jailed and you keep silent, you make it easier for them to jail you or yours one day sooner, The ‘‘keep- quiet’ crumbs from the tables of the ruling class will make a zom- bie out of you, All people who keep silent when they should speak out against this corrupt system are asking to be silenced per- manently, We of the Black Panther Party, will imitate our jailed brothers and sisters, We too will be brave and _ strong. We will never sell out one FREE CHARLES BURS ALL POLITICAL PRISONER’ another. We will never give up this liberation struggle. We refuse to be made into quiet zombies, Our threat to the ruling class who oppresses us is that while we wholebeartedly serve the needs and desires of our people;we also point out very clearly, that two A- merica’s exist, The poor blacks and whites are the have nots and the ruling class Is the haves -- which is a direct contradiction of life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The firm commitment to total liberation of black people led by the Black Panther Party and Third World Liberation Struggle will live on and on, The cry of oppressed people all over the world will grow louder and stronger until all oppressed people win their freedom, Because you have never been on a picket Line or gotten your head busted, or your organization har- assed, it doesn't mean you are not oppressed like us, it means you haven't gotten sufficiently moti- vated to start fighting your op- pression as yet, What the ruling class can do to one of us today, it will do to the rest of us to- morrow, We will all remain op- pressed, until we all join in the struggle for liberation and defeat oppression. You may not know what you can do or where to start. The first step is your call to us, the Black Panther Party or the Third World Liberation struggle. Buy our newspaper each week. Keep abreast of the truth, Don't depend on the Man's newspaper. He only lets you know what he feels will keep you divided or mentally conditioned for accepting his newspaper brainwash, But the power of the people is greater than the Man's lying technology. Be brave and strong sisters and brothers, We dare to struggle, we dare to win, Struggle we must because our cause is just! Right on!! All power to Attorney Charles ‘ Garry. RIGHT ON! Sister Marie Johnson, BPP EYS i ee ee Once again the long arms of FASCISM have stretched forth to ensnare a revolutionary fighter in- to the cesspool known as the Oak- land pig jail, Charles Bursey, our comrade in the struggle for the People’s LUberation, is now facing a life sentence for allejedly at- tempting to murdera pig during the ‘“‘ambush’’ of Panthers on April 6, of last year, The pigs are on a fast-paced time schedule to totally obliterate the Panther Party, its leadership and members because they fear APRIL Free all Political Pisoners My name April Cephas 9 years old, I go to liberation school in the Fillmore Area, Teachers are Jim Patrick and Kathy, We learn about Fascism amd picking up the gun. We learn about the red Book. We sing re- volutionary songs. We know about John Huggins and = Alprintinc Carter, The Cleaver had a baby Revolution is the only Solution April DAPHNE Aug. &th 1969 Dear Charles, Today we talked about why you were in Jail, Wed. we went to see your trial mit a pig kicked us out, I got to see your Jury, tt sure wasn't your peer group. They were all old and white Maybe you could write a book while you are in Jail like E}- dridge. Once when I was doing a report I read a book that was written on toilet paper before anyone ever found it and had it printed (he was in jall when he wrote it. He wrote it on toilet paper because that was all he had) 1 am sorry you are in jail. I know the reason the fascist pigs put you in Jail but I don't know how even the jury could believe all thoughs lies the pigs told, I hope you get lots of letters from your com- rades so you can get your mind on something, I love you very much Daphne Dessler NADINE Dear Charles Bursey, T love Charles Bursey Nadine Hilliard TEDDY Dear Charles Bursey, I am a student at the Liberation School in Berkeley and I heard about the pig that put you In jall on Aurust 7, 1969, and we just got through hearing about the lying pig telling Hes on you, and you got put in jail. We will free you and Huey too and the rest of the Revolutionaries. So, right on, Charles, All Power to the People. Panther Power Teddy the rising political awareness and Organization among the masses, Charles Bursey {s one of the many brothers and sisters who have been the victims of attempts of system- atic genocide, Our Minister of Information, Eldridge Cleaver Stated, coming out of the ambush in April of last year--''the pigs tried to kill me, just like they killed Lil’ Bobby and only the people shouting stopped them.” The pigs, dissatisfied of not having the Opportunity to finish our comrades off in the streets, are now bent on exhausting all means to destroy them in their So-called “courts.’’ To set up a kangaroo court, judge, old-white, decrepit jury is nothing according to their perverted sense of law, order, and justice. Students from the Liberation School (BIG FAMILY) had the op- portunity to observe again the mis- carriage of ‘‘justice’’. The young- sters, eager to show their support, love and sympathy for Charles were excited at the prospect of sitting {n court, hearing the ar- THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 11 SET OUR WARRIOR FREE --- FREE BURSEY guments preserved by Panther Attorney, Charles Garry. The bai- Uff of the court, upon seeing twenty-to-thirty young revolu- tionaries, Matly refused to allow them to remain. His only feeble, half-ass excuse was the‘‘serious- ness"’ of the trial negated the pos- siblity of *children’’ staying inthis courtroo, courtroom, As a result of their arbitrarily moving to bar the youths from the courtroom, depriving them oftheir Democratic Rights, youngsters LETTERS 10 CHARLES Charles DORIAN Dear Charles, RIGHT ON!!! I love Huey P, Newton and Charles Bursey because you are revolu- tionaries und you love all the people! All power to Charles Bur- sey! We're gonna set you free!! I love Bobby Seal and Li'l Bobby and all the people! Panther Power!!! Dorian eee eee eenennen ‘Bursey, Serving the Pe SEAN Dear Churles Bu rsey, 1 go to Mberatian school and I hope you can get out of jal. I wish we could have control of the pig's and get all of the black brother's out of jail. We are fight- ing very hard against the fascist bigs Sean Pe ople SONI Hello Charles, I hope you are feeling good, We hope you can come out of jail, and all of the big family miss you, SONI ROBBIN Dear Bursey, We are fine in the Liberation School. I am sorry you are in jail. FREE CHARLES BURSEY! POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Robbin took to the front of the court- house to chant ‘'Free Bursey’’ and expose in their own way the FASCISTS actions of the Oakland pig and power structure. The per- ception of youth is sometimes sur- prising, sometimes frightening-- (to the pigs). Here are just a few letters written by members of our ‘BIG FAMILY” to their beloved Com- rade Charles Bursey, FREE BURSEY POWER TO THE PEOPLE 5. Neely WENDY Aug. 8, 1969 Dear, Charles My name is Wendy Williams, I go to Liberation school, The big family and I came to your trial but a big fat pig kicked us out. We looked through the windows on the doors in the court room but the pig came and pulled down the shades, ['m sorry little Bobby died I cryed and so did my brothers. The people whowere not in your peer group were all white and old and they didn’t say anything to defend you, 1 am white but not prejudice. I have a lot of black friends, My dad helps around in the Panther office, My family all reads out of the red book. I have been collecting Panther Pa- pers. I have four altogether. I you can get set free. We have work on our books now, good-by I love you very much! All Power to You! Love Wendy Williams TINA Free all Political Prisoners My name is Tina ’'m 7 years Old. I live in the Haight area, Pye been going since July. I've been Singing song. We have learn about the fleld nigger. We have learn about the house nigger. To get Freedom is to get the gun and off the pigs, I am going to free all Political Prisoners by the red book, Huey teaches, and the gun, Free Rory and Landon Comrade Tina PETER Charles, my name 1s Peter Hin!- fard. I'm a student at liberation school, We at the liberation school love you, We love you because you are @ part of the big family, I love Huey too, I love Eldridge, I love David and June. | love all revolutionaries, Panther Power Peter Hilliard P_S, I love little Bobby and Bunchy and John ROCHELLA There's a pig upon a hill. If we don't get him, Bursey will, Sound off: Free Bursey Bring it on down Free Bursey! Dear Charles I know you know me because you know my father and my uncle, ! hope you like my song. | haye Tany other ‘songs made up for you, Truly Yours Rochella Hiliard THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 19%9 PAGE 12 LETTER 10 AVARICIOUS BUSINESSMEN Gontlomen My subject Is Gaberdine’s cloth- ing store on East l4th street in Oak- land, As you may or may not know many Black people deal with that store, As a matter of fact, | would venture to say that 99% of their customers are Black people. It ts my Impression that they are getting rooked with shady merchandise and false advertising, Additionally, the Selling policy of thelr store leaves a lot to be desired, | noticed, also, there was only one Black person employed there A week ago | chanced to walk through, just looking to see if they had improved since the last time I! was there 10 years ago, While there I observed a Black woman begging for a partial refund, Several hours before, she tad given the store $24.00 of which $7.00 was a down payment on some lay-away mer- chandise and the balance of $17 was for a cash-and-carry pur- chase, It seemed that the child at home for whom she had bought the clothes didn’t like them, and the la- dy wanted to return them and get her money, They refused, and she just kept saying, ‘Keep the $7.00, but give me back my other money,’ I just watched for 10 or 15 minutes, and she was no closer to success when | left than when! first started watching the scene I went home and told my daughter to drop in and see if she could find anything to fit her, It so happened there was only one pair of shoes that would, so I bought a pair to round out the sale, The pair she selected cost $5.98 originally, and the pair | bought cost $12.00 orig- inally. While making the purchase on my credit card, I did not notice that they had charged me for the highest priced pair. After we left, my daughter pointed this outto me. 1 returned, asked how come, and demanded they charge me for the lowest pair. I got absolutely no- where, with the manager, As a matter of fact, he showed me nothing but utter contempt. It is my opinion that someone should do something about a store like this, I thought that shady type store had gone out of business in the 1940's. 1 dointendto write alet- ter to the Better Business Bureau and the East l4th Street Merchants Association, Eva Every man has the right to receive an education -- to learn all that human history, technology and science have to offer. This right must not and cannot be de- nied, because the only way that any man can survive, can cope with his environment is if he is fully aware of the things that make up his environment, of the things that aim towards his des- truction, and of the things that aid him in his struggle for total liberation, We are all involved inthatstrug- gle for iiberation. At this stage of human history anddevelopment, all oppressed people throughout the world are involved in the strug~- gle against fascism -- racist pig cops, demagogic politicians, ava- ricious (greedy) businessmen, The people of Vietnam have been unjustly subjected to the racist, imperialist, capitalistic reaction- ary forces that place material gain before human life, It might appear that In standing up against the United States, the mightiest of all the imperialism, that his- tory has imposed (oo great a task upon the Vietnamese people. But they are achieving their freedom in a way that has aroused the admiration of mankind. The people of Ethiopia are strug- gling against feudal oppressionand the fascist military forces of the United States who, along with E- thiopian Pig Halle Selassie, have made a fascist bargain. Pig Nixon and Selassie met in Washington, p.c. on July 7th to renew the agreement between the U.S, to ne aa . ETHIOPIAN STUDENTS VAMPED ON BY FASCIST PIGS OF WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. fascist pigs exhibited open terror against a group of Ethiopi- at students at the Ethiopian Em- bassy on July 7, 1969. Armed with M-16 rifles and wielding tear gas, the filthy pigs charged wildly on the students who were holding a peace-ful demonstration. This at- tack on the people by the forces of the pig power structure was attack made by the U.S.--by ite racist pig cops who serve pig Nix- on and all of those evil lying poll- ticians who say they are serving the people of this decadent American society, They do nothing but oink in the people's faces, They are joined with the avaricious businessmen like Rockefeller, Goodrich, and Eastman who keep their fascist fingers on the money of fascists who make appropriations in the pig capitol Washington D.C July 7th was not the first time that the fascists showed their true nature to the Ethloplan people by giving full support to that lying, funky terrorist Haile Selassie and all of the pigs in his reactionary regime. With US. military aid (in- cluding occupation of US troops in Ethiopia) the regime is terror- izing workers, students, and peas- ants. Dispossessed peasants are revolting against the feudal explol- tation of Ethiopian people. Peas- ants are kidnapped, shot or hung, Workers on strike have been dis missed, imprisoned, or physical- ly eliminated, Fourteen were arbitrarily Ethiopian students imprisoned by Washington DC.'s fascist pig de- partment, Many of their comrades were indiscriminately injured when Nixon's racist ple cops fired wildly at the people. Nixon is aly- ing pig who sends his racist pig cops out of their fascist precincts to vamp on Ethiopian students be- cause they oppose fascism tn Ethi- opla, Then he oinks in the face of the people about ‘law and order’. The people must arm themselves against such fools. We must car- ry on the struggle of all oppressed people against U.S. imperialism Our struggle against fascism is international in scope. Chairman Mao says, ‘Imperialism will not last long because it always does evil things, It persists in grooming and supporting reactionaries inall REVOLUTION IS INEVITABLE suppress all opposition to Haile Selassie’s reactionary regime in return for maintaining the most important US fascist pig mill- tary base on African soll. Des- pite the bombing of whole Ethi- opian villages, the kidnapping and murdering of Ethiopian students, peasants and workers, the Ethi- opian people have resolved to struggle against fascism In Ethio- pla until all of their just demands are met, until all political pri- soners are freed, And they say to the world that no amount of re- pression will stop their struggle. The people of America struggle against the same racist pig cops who function as protectors of the fascist power structure, occupying the Black communities inthe same manner and for the same reasons that the fascist U.S. armed forces occupy Vietnam - The greedy businessmen who need those forces to protect themselves against the people in Latin Amer- ica who are refusing to let the robbery of their communities to go a step further, are the same greedy businessmen who rob the people in the black colonies in America, The lying politicians who oink in the faces of other oppressed countries are the same greasy pigs who oink in the faces of black and other oppressed peo- ple in this country “The slavery of Blacks in this country provides the ot) for the machinery of war that America uses to enslave the peoples of the world, Without this oll the machinery cannot function, Weare the driving shaft; we are in such a strategic position, that, once we become dislocated, the func- tioning of the remainder of that ma- chinery breaks down, Penned up in the ghettos of America, surrounded by his fac- tories and all the physical com- ponents of his economic system, we have been made into the ‘(wretched of the earth,’’ who are relegated to the position of spec- trators while the capitalists run their international con game on the suffering peoples. When the Black Panther Party called for a United Front Against Fascism, it was because there ts a need for all groups that oppose the dehumanization, the economic and social exploitation, the bru- tality and murder, and the mis- education being used by the reac- tionaries to standing in the way of the people's natural and social development, The pigs are deter- mined to deny Black people the right to receive an education. They know that if people were exposed to the truth about this decadent American society, they would re- fuse to let the fascists continue to exist. “The Black Panther Party is an armed body for carrying out the political tasks of the revolu- tion,’ We realize that {t ts going to take a revolution for Black people to attain freedom, the power to determine their own destiny, to get full employment for our people, decent housing, education, clothing, justice and peace, The Black Panther Party defends it- self with guns not merely for the sake of defending itself, but to organize the people, arm them, and help them to establish revo- lutionary political power. We are here to serve the people by edu- cating them, exposing the true nature of this decadent Ameri- can society, The Black Panther Party has initiated a program to serve Free Breakfasts to our chil- dren, This exposed the avaricious (greedy) businessmen in Black communities nationwide, The Li- beration Schools being instituted in all branches and chapters are schools in which our children can receive a true education. Without knowledge of our history and our role in the present day society, we have little chance to relate to anything else. Revolutionaries have been jailed and revolutionaries have been murdered by the pigs in their fascistic attempts to stop the re- volution. Pure fascisin Is here -- illegal searches, phony charges (N.Y, 21, Jersey 3, Denver 2, Chicago 16, Connecticut 10,) high bails ($200,000 each for Rory and Landon; $100,000 each for the 21), massive arrests, The charges made against the Black Panther Party are examples of the lies perpetuated by a system which thrives on the oppression of the masses of the people. All of their actions are done in the guise of democracy *‘Law and Order,"” All of the reactionary, racist, imper- lalistic fascists are beginning to see that they can no longer mis- educate, With each repressive ac- countries who are against the peo- ple (such as Halle Selassie in Ethi- opia), It has forcibly selzed many colonies and semi-colonies and in- Stalled many military bases, It threatens peace with atomic war. Thus, forced by imperialism to do so, more than 90 percent of the peo- ple of the world are rising or will rise up in struggle against it. It is the task of the people of the world to put an end to the aggressionand oppression perpetrated by imperi- alism, and chiefly U.S. imperial.” We must form a United Front Against Fascism! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Beth Mitchell tion taken by those reactionary fools, more and more people are becoming aware of the fact thatthe so-called educational institutions are pig factories being protected by fascist forces to uphold, main- tain, and teach people to support the fascists. Students all over the U.S. have demonstrated, held sit- ins, protested the institutions, As Eldridge said, ‘In the final anal- ysis, the struggle that is now going on on the college campuses cannot be settled on the campuses, it has to be settled in the com- munity,"* No amount of repression will stop the Black Panther Party in its struggle against Fascism, "*Re- volutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable In class society, and without them, it ls impossible to accomplish any leap in social de- velopment and to overthrow the reactionary ruling classes and therefore Impossible for the people to win political power,"’ The reac- tionary forces can jall a revolu- tlonary, but they can't jail a revo- lution! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VANGUARD FREE HUEY FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS Beth Mitchell Black Panther Party Harlem Branch Min, of Information - This Capitalist System has cor- rupted the minds of the poor and oppressed people of the world. The Black Panther Community News Service, recognizes that misinformation is the raw material for funny ideas. On the morning of August 1, 1969, many Panthers left the San Francisco Branch of the Black Panther Party togo intothe streets to inform the masses of the fas- cist conditions that exist in this decadent American society. In the early morning hours, the San Francisco Bus Terminalis a central location for city workers. We proceeded to this location, a- long with four other Panthers with Papers . On arrival we split up in- to different areas, We stationed ourselves at the two doors through which the workers pass, for arri- val and departure of buses. We sold papers theré for about one hour. The workers were steadily buying papers, The fascist State pig saw this and ordered us to move. We went down to the side- walk where another brother was Selling papers, off of the so-called State Property. We sold papers and educated the workers there for one hour. Brother Harold Holmes had to return early in order to teach the young minds of the revolutionary brothers and sisters, at the San Francisco Liberation School, which is located at 1642 Ellis St, In the Fillmore District. We also wanted to return to continue to sell the remainder of our papers on Sutter & Fillmore. We walked upto where we could catch the bus back, Gail Spillard when we saw two brothers from Vi- etnam, also waiting of the bus, Naturally they wanted a paper, and were interested in hearing about the Black Panther Party, Harold gave them a paper and told them that the war they had fought was an uniust war, and now they have to join a just war. At that time the Fascist State Pig came out and told us to come down to his office. We asked him for a reason and he gave none. We then informed him of our Con- stitutfonal Rights, as he didn’t ap- pear to know them, Ignoring this, he grabbed Harold by the back of his jacket and pushed him into the Terminal. He also grabbed Gall’s arm and pushed her intothe terminal with the attempt to get us downstairs, On our way down- stairs the two soldiers and a bus driver followed us down, The three brothers questioned the pig, which is their Constitutional Right, as to why and where he was taking us, He told them to shut up and to get out or he would arrest them, Re- cognizing that his oink was invalid, they continued to follow us to the Pig’s office. As we proceeded to the Pig's office, a pregnant sister saw the harassment by the pig and took interest. In the office, Pig Montgomery, asked us for our ID We had none. He then told us we were un- der arrest for non-possession of identification. He asked for our names, We told him, He asked for our address, We toldhim, Heasked if it was an apartment or a resi- dence, We told him that we took ‘* five’. The fool pig thought it was the apartment number, show- Ing that he didn't know the fifth amendment, He stil} continued to ask and harass us about fur- ther information, We kept telling him we took the fifth amendment, He told us he didn't want to hear that ‘‘five’’ bit, The sergeant sig came in and checked on the ad- dress and Said, ‘That's the Black Panther Office'’, That's when fur- ther harassment was shown. When they took us to the back of the of- fice, Harold tried to give the sister, standing In the doorway, the pa- pers so the pig wouldn't get them because, they take them and don't give them back. The pig snatched the papers out. of the sister’ s hands and then told us to go In the back. Montgomery searched Harold like & freak and then threw him into the cell. Then pig Montgomery told us to take off our coats. He searched them also, The pig sargeant, then called down to City Prison and said, ‘*We got some Black Panthers down here,"" When the pigs came down there with the pig wagon, Mont- gomery told them our charge was 647-E, Gail heard them say, Inre- ference to Panthers. ‘Oh’ yeah, they're some smart bastards. Pig 1106 then came to handcuff Gall & Sharla together. He asked pig Montgomery if Sharla was a girl or a boy. Sharla has a large na- tural, was wearing large earrings, and her measurewents are 36- 23-38 so you can see the harass- ment right there, Pig 213 then hand- cuffed Harold. We could see that the handcuffs hurt by the expres- sions on Harold's face. They put HE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 13 FASCIST PIGS DENY FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ‘Sharla all three of us into the pig wagon en route to city prison on Bryant St. After we had arrived tn the base- ment of the pig pen, pigs 213 and 1106 asked etch other for the rub- ber hose. They also commented on Eldridge and asked when he would be back, We went up to the floor on which they booked us Harold Holmes THE GRAVEDIGGERS DIG AGAIN! August 2, 1969 Richmond California. The pro- tectors of the ruling class once more showed the masses of the people what they think of them, At about 2:00 p.m, the pigs vamped on the lumpen brothers, as if they (the lumpen) were a serious threat to the gambling syndicate in Reno. The scene took place onthe corner of Truman and Chesley streets right down the street from the Black Panther Office of Richmond, At this time Bobby Bowen (De- fense Captain), Sister Cynthia, an elderly brother and myself were in the office, We had been listen- ing to Eldridge’s record ‘‘Dig’" and the elderly brother, who had been living in Richmond since 1943, was telling us some of the ex- periences he had encountered with the pigs. He (the elderly brother) was telling us how the plain clothes pigs would always masquerade as ‘fone of the people’’ just long e- nough for his pig counter-parts to run to the set to help him sub- due the ‘‘criminal type people’’. The brother was blowing whenall of a sudden we heard a loud crash- like an accident, So we, Bobby and myself, went to Investigate. We arrived on the set in time to see the pigs pile out of their mobile pig pens like the gang busters they are, with their clubs drawnand the mace polluting the already polluted air, It was obvious that the arrest procedure wasn't designed just to bust up a ‘'gambling’’ game, but was designed rather to provoke a ‘friot'’--Dig it? It was well plotted, The racist pigs employed a pork-chop oppor- tunist, bootlicking, sellout nigger, to bust the brothers, This jive buf- foon had been hanging around on the corner where the brothers were gambling all morning so he could point his finger at the ‘‘culprits’’, This he did with great zest once his counterparts olnked into the set, After the bust had reached its high pitch, the pigs were sticking the brothers in the ribs and back with their long--long sticks. One brother told us that the ‘‘only bro- thers that were arrested were the ones who were indecisive for a mo- ment, The rest got away clean,’' So pigs, right on--the more you oppress the people the deeper the hatred and understanding becomes on the part of the people, By treat- ing the people like they were dirt, you are dealing with the ‘‘dirt'’ that will surely cover your dis- gusting pig bodies, ** Right on'’ “ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE” “DARE TO STRUGGLE, DARETO WIN’ “FREE HUEY" Black Panther Party, Richmond Branch Hampton and put us in jail, As they were booking us the typist asked what we were charged with. Pig 1106 said it was either 647-E, or 647- C. He also said that it didn’t mat- ter because they could adda couple of more charges onto that. They took our finger prints and mug- shots and put us in the tank with about 20 other sisters. Harold was confined for further abuse by the pigs for not having his draft card with him. The pig, Montgomery, toldus we had been charged with non- posession of identification, Not un- til we reached the ball bondsman’s did we find out what 647-E_ was. It wasn't for non-posession of iden- tification it was for loitering. Chairman Mao says that it Is good if we are attacked by the ene- my, since it proves that we have drawn a clear line of demarcation between the enemy and ourselves, It is still better if the enemy attacks us wildly and paints us as utterly black and without a sin- gle virtue; it demonstrates that we have not only drawn a clear line of demarcation between the ene- my and ourselves but acheived a great deal in our work, The Black Panther Newspaper is the most vital tool for organizing the masses, Right on! Free All Political Prisoners! All Power To The Vnaguard Free All Political Prisoners! All Power To The Workers! Panther Power To The Vanguard! Gall Noldon Sharla Hampton KANSAS CITY B.P.P. PROVIDES FREE MEDICAL CARE The Kansas City Chapter of the Black Panther Party, Is happy to announce the opening of its FREE HEALTH CLINIC, for the benefit of the poor and oppressed masses, We know, from investigation, that the conditions of the masses of the people in this community does not provide adequate incomes in order to receive the best of medical care, Also the present system of government does not recognize these needs as being imperative, Therefore, since the present system does not recognize these needs, the Black Panther Party is implementing this Free Clinic, in order to provide the most es- sential and basic medical care possibile. This Clinic will be free of charge to all who are in need and require assistance, This is the People’s Clinic, The Clinic will be dedicated in the name of ‘The BOBBY HUTTON COMMUNITY CLINIC and present- ly, we are requesting the services of any professional doctors and nurses, who may be able to volun- teer on a part-time or full-time basis. Also, any donations of money or medical supplies and equip- ment is being accepted at the Clin- ic, located over John's Pharmacy, at 3lst and Jackson. FOR FURHTERINFORMATION, CALL: 924-3206 or come by the Black Panther Office 2905 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, Missouri ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY LIBERATION SCHOOL On July 20, 1969 a Liberation School was opened in Queens (Corona Section) The registration accumulated over 90 children, The registration was opened the pre- vious Thursday, On the first day of school 82 children were present, There has been an average of over 60 kids a day in the three days the school has been opened, The in- Structors are all Panthers in- cluding the aids, The school is held at the Malcolm X center located at 101-16 Northern Blvd, Corona, New York, The ‘children range in age from 2-16, whereas the ma- jority of the group {ts from 9-13, The classes taught vary accord- ing to the children's ages, The children are ted lunch daily from 12 noon until all kids are fed and satisfied. The school opens at lam daily. It ends at 3pm Mon. - Fri, The avaricious businessman could never donate enough. Money is Spent daily out of party funds to assure that all the childrenare fed & good lunch. (The spirit of the peo- ple ts greater than the man’s tech- nology). Even after one of the in- structors and one aid were busted by the pigs the school continues in full swing with better cooperation from the people The school is broken up into three groups due to the vast dif- ference of age, 2-4 yr. olds are taught by Doris Bush and Thelma Davis, 5-9 yr. olds are taught by Claudia Chesson and Gina Bryant, 10-15 yr. olds are taught by Ronald Morris. , AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 14 Doris Bush is the coordinator of the Liberation School, This sis- ter has proven herself with the other insturctors to be dedicated to the fullest extent to the re- volutlonary cause through her deeds and acts, The instructors have not in any way been slack in their work or slow to respond to the revolutionary cause. (All Power to the People) The Liberation School has heigh- tened the contradictions among the masses and brought a lot of support from the community. Meeting the needs and desires of the people from the street lights to the Liberation School has brought the struggle in the com- munity and surrounding areas to a higher level People are asking members of the Party to run in the community politician spots to bring a revo- } lutionary change inthe community, This is the type of effect the LI- beration School has had on the com- munity people in Corona, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK POWER TO BLACK PEO. PLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN— GUARD FREE THE PANTHER 2] FREE ALL POLITICAL PRIS- ONERS FREE HUEY! Black Panther Party, N_Y. Chapter Branch, Queens Corona Section THE PEOPLE This is a proposal for the tac- ties of a Black Panther Party Free Medical Program which can be instituted by any chapter. It involves a minimum of financial outlay and technology, and a max- imum of cadre contact with the community, a maximum of med- cal benefit to the community, and a maximum of political education for the community, Black Panther Party Health Cadre Six Month Program to Rid This Community of Preventable Dis- ease, FIRST MONTH - anemia (‘low blood’) prevention month, Thirty percent of poor people in the USA have low blood, Low blood is eaused by malnutrition, Intestinal worms, heavy menstruation or other disease, It makes the people weak and tired, and shortens their life, Health cadre mombers will co- ver the community door to door and onthe street, Fingerstick blood tests will be done to uncover the anemia, Each case we find will be treated, SECOND MONTH - Intestinal worm prevention month, One out of ten poor people In the USA have intestinal worms (‘‘para- sites’’), They live in our gut and make us sick by drinking our blood, eating the food we swallow, and causing diarrhea, These worms are easily prevented, but our government likes them because it keeps oppressed people weak and sick. Health cadre members will take shit samples from ever- yone and look for worms under a microscope, If you have worms, we will give you medicine and advice to get rid of them, THIRD MONTH ~- malnutrition prevention month Two-thirds of the people of the world are mal- nourished, that Is, they don't get enough food for their body to pro- perly do its work, In this commu- nity, we are part of that two- thirds, By acting intelligently, we can improve our nutrition, Health cadre members will visit the homes in the community and tell the people how to shop and eat intelligently, The Free Break- fast for Children is the way to get enough food for our children, We will stop malnutrition by any means necessary, FOURTH MONTH - weapon safe- ty month, Our people live in frus- tration, and many tines we Oght each other with knives, clubs or guns because we don't know any better way to rebel. This is just what the nan wants us to do; that wuy, he escapes our wrath be- cause we take it out on each other, Using guns, knives, grenades, etc, is the only way to counteract the armed rulers of our country, But it ts foolish to use them on each other Health cadre members this month will talk to community mem- bers about why the nature of this society makes it necessary to have weapons, and why it is important to use them intelligently, FIFTH MONTH - eye and ear month, The health cadre will bring portable eye and ear testing ma- chines Into everyone's home look- ing for hearing problems and vis- ual problems.. We will help you solve these problems so that you and your family will be able to see and hear what's going on SIXTH MONTH - mouth care month, The health cadre will ex- amine the mouths of the people for tooth cavities, vitainin defi- clency and guin Inflammation, Most poor people's teeth rot out on them by the time they are 40 because of improper care and diet. We will advise you of your condition, tell you where to get it treated, and tell you how to take care of your teeth and guins In addition, the Black Panther Party on Staten Island offers con- Unuing medical treatment of drug addiction and complete help in getting out of the draft. Notify a health cadre member if you can use these services, Submitted by Health cadre, Staten Island Branch Black Panther Party Randolph, Liberation School National Coordinator, with Children. FASCIST POWER STRUCTURE COPIES PANTHER BREAKFAST PROGRAM While an interview was being given to a reporter about the Breakfast Program, it was brought to the attention of the Ministry of Information that the power struc- ture had made strides to imple- ment a Breakfast Program for School Children in the fall. He wondered what our reaction would be to this and we related, right on. We want the children fed, andif it takes the vanguard party to show the piggish administration how to serve the people istead of ex- ploiting them, then we say right on again, Now if this program is to be a true program and initiated with- out strings attached part of the pro- blem would be solved, But we must not be fooled into believing that the oppressor ts going to give up some- thing to the people without gaining something in return. We must adopt a ‘*wait and see’’ attitude, but while we walt and see we do not intend to stop serving the people. So, the answer to the reporter who wanted to know if we would close down our program, Is HELL NO! Too many programs have been pro- posed by the power structure only to be left in the wind. The Black Panther Party will serve Breakfast for Children, right on, The Liberation School has run into a temporary road block, as was the case with the Breakfast Program, Finding a place to have it Is our problem. We cannot open in the same place that we have the Breakfast Program because, they have other programs already implemented there, We are working on the United Front Against Fascism, so that success and progress will bea joint venture, ~y The Black Panther Party seeks — no recognition for serving the peo- ple. and examples that we are servants. All across the cou our Breakfast Programs havel implemented. The peoples Un Front in the fight against fas will be developed all across decadent fascist soclety and shall hound the gbpressor doom, righton. 7 — ALL POWER CONGRAD RAGE AND KA’ FREE HUEY AND RADES — ; Ff The people see by actions — THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE. 15 PIGS INTENSIFY EFFORTS T0 DESTROY SAN DIEGO PANTHERS 22, On July three car louds of fascist dog pigs vamped oa Panther brother Anthony Dumas, jamming him with questions such as, ‘Is Jimmy Johnson or Ronald Freeman in charge of the San Diego Branch?’ ‘Did they come toteach the members of the San Diego Branch how todeal withthe pigs?"’, and ‘*Do you really believe that the Black Panther Party could wipe out fascism?" The harassment continued on in- to the following day when two fas- cist pigs of the power structure swooped on two comrades, Lydia Runnels and Plez Bolden, while they were conducting political work, These were Just a few of the gestapo fascisis who conducted terror tactics In our Black com- munity, The lying, racist pigs told the comrades that the Black Pan- ther Party was deceiving the Black people and ifthey caught them sell- ing papers or even on the streets away. (Panther Power) While doing political work, Walter Wallace and Mo Moran were stopped, and Walter was arrested on tra‘Tic warrants. He was re- leased on O,R. (own recognizance) Walter Wallace was busted again on August 4th and charged with being under the Influence, He has not been released, On the 30th of July, the fascist dogs chased three brothers, Jimmy Johnson, Zeke Tate, and Sylvester Bell down an alley. They shot and blocked off the streets, but they fafledto catch any of them, These are just some of the terror tactics used by the power structure's plg forces to keep the Black Panther Party and the people of the community down, But we are subversive to the fas- cism that’s golng on in this coun- try today. We will move to a high- er level, ‘‘When the enemy attacks us It is not a bad thing, itis a good thing since it proves that we have VIGILANTES WAGE TERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN HOUSTON (Reprinted from Liberation News Service) A bomb exploded in the office of Houston's new left bi-weekly tabloid, Space City News, early Saturday, July 26. Damage was minor, although one staff member barely escaped injury. The bombing Is believed to be the work of right wing vigilantes, prob- ably belonging to the Ku Klux Klan, The bomb, a home made device, was apparently intended only as a warning. It caused no real damage, although windows in three rooms were shattered, Immediately after the bombing someone called on the telephone and said; You're gonna be dead motherfuckers if you don't quit messing around,” Two persons were in the office at the time of the bombing, A 26- year-old chemical plant worker associated with the paper saw the man who threw the bomb and gave chase, As he ran through the front door, the device exploded behind him, The bomber jumped into a car parked around the cor- ner and sped away, The car's li- cense plates were covered with cloth. Right wing terrorist activity is commonplace in Houston; white radicals, black militants and even local Liberals have had their homes and cars shot up many times in the past, Previously, harassment was occasiona) and scattered, but within the last few weeks it has become more organized and concentrated, Right wing elements, with what appears to be tacit support of the police, are waging a systematic campaign to drive from Houston all leftists, espe- cially those who have worked with- in or supported the black libera- tion struggle. In addition to the Space City News bombing, the following events have occurred within the last two months; --On May 27, a car belonging to University of Houston SDS mem- bers was firebombed, The car was parked in front of an SDS house near the UH campus, The tires were slashed early in the evening and the car was bombed at 10:15 p.m, The car was totaled, SDS member Wayne Draznin said, “This action is clearly intended to be taken as a warning of esca- lation." --While local SDS members were in Chicago attending the June SDS convention, two of their homes, located on opposite sides of town, were broken into and robbed, It was clear that the robberies were political, Items stolen included a mimeograph maching a typewrl- ter, two filing cabinets, guns, movement literature, and other items used in organizing work, --A red, white and blue arrow was shot into the front of an SDS house, On it was the message: “The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Is watching you,"’ --Wayne Draznin's prophecy of escalation has been fulfilled within the last week, Early Friday morn- ing, July 25, the vigilantes were especially busy. They slashed the tires of a car parked in frontof the Space City News office. They fired five bullets into the upstairs window of a local SDS home, A car belonging to SDS members was riddled with bullets. And an apart- ment belonging to SDS organizer Bartee Haile was robbed and van- dalized: everything of value was stolen, including files and move- ment correspondence, and the apartment was demolished -- clothing was slashed with a knife, food was strewn all over the floor. Late Friday night, an SDS house received © lelephone call from a man who identified himself as the Grand Titan (sort of a province chief or county chairman) of the United Klans of America, He talked with SDSers for two hours, attempting to scare thom with all the information he had abou: |hatr tvaryday activities. And he was, indeed, very well versed, Accor- ding to Doug Bernhardt of SDS, the alleged Grand Titan knew doelalls about his past that he thought no one but his mother knaw \ ils country have experience! this kiaio’systematic terrorisin from right wing Vigilintes directed at white radicals. Local leftist fear that the frequency and degree of re- pressive violerice here will con- tinue to escalate, Heavy raps on security are underway: methods of armod self-defense are being worked out Thomas Dreyer that they would kill on sight, That is FASCISM itself, On the 24th, the fascist pigs vamped on another brother, Sonny Ackles, while he was 11 route to inform three other Panthers that 5 the pigs were swooping through | the alleys. Shots were fired, but all four Panthers managed to get Panther drawn a clear line of demarcation between the enemy and ourselves.’" (Mao) Power All to the Political Vanguard ree Prisoners ong Live the Minister of Defense _ PUBLIC SERVANTS It Is good, from time to time, to nind ourselves that public ser- nt public servants, We pay their grunt, and in re- turn they are supposed to give us service which ald and convenience us, This applies especially to the cops who are the public servants we are most likely to make con- tact with, for good or ill, from day to day. When some clown like the sher- iff of Alameda County, or our super sheriff in Sacramento, begins to make noises like Louls the Sun King, it's time to remember that we pay the salaries of these ba- bies. They are supposed to be re- sponsive to us, not to dictate to us. If we remind public servants that they are public servants--gently at first and maybe forcibly later-- we are certaintoimprove the qual- ity of public service. The concern that some people have about the police and some of present modes of behavior Is elo- quently expressed In a letter I got recently from a man In Da- vis, of age 52. ‘My God, can't intelligent people see what's happening? Lf they don’t remember Hitler, at least they can read. Or do they just sit and stare vacantly at the boob tube, hour af- ter vacuous hour? ‘“‘Anything Herr Reagan or the pigs do is perfectly all right, so long as it happens to them-there, and not to me-here, Shooting (in the back, yet), beatings, and God- knows-what, and all WITHOUT OUT ARREST. The pigs become the judge, jury and executioner, onthe spot. ‘*People parroting Reagan speak of ‘law and order,’ This slogan got Hitler elected Chancellor, and led to the Third Reich, The actions of the pigs in the recent Berkeley mess, and at Santa Rita, were nel- ther law nor order, ‘The sworn duty of the police is to uphold the law, and to pro- tect those who are in their custo- dy, not matter what the suspect has done , or they think he has done, They are not, under any circum- stances, to mete out and punish- ment. Period, There is a distinct line-up, now, of the ‘pigs vs. the people.’ It is becoming more clearly evi- jent every day. Witness the In- creased use of military jargon by the police, whendiscussing any ac- tion, Little Ronnie Reagan uses such terms as‘hand-to-hand-com- bat,’ etc,, and sounds like a bat- tle-shocked veteran who is ready for a long KR and R and psychia- tric treatment, In my opinion,’’ It have long maintained that the cops are not better or no worse than the soclety which had pro- duced them, Most of the work the cops do, like picking up winos and whores and bootmakers are func- tions which are intended to ease the conscience of society, In fact, most of the work the cops do is not even remotely connected with crime or criminals, but merely with behavior which Is looked on with favor by the majority, Of- ten this majority Is one which existed hundreds of years ago, and simply isn't there anymore, But the “laws'’ are, There is a good case to be made for the idea that all city char- ters should be revised to give con- trol of the police to community- selected neighborhood councils so that those whom the police serve will be able to set police policy and standards of conduct, This charter amendment could provide for community control of the police by establishing police departments for the major commu- nities of any city: the Black com- munity, the predominantly white area, the Mexican-American com- munities, etc, The departments would be separate and autonomous and could, by mutual agreement, use common facilities, The cops and their functions are going to have to be reexamined, and seriously, one of these days, They are doing too many things they shouldn't be doing, and too few that they should, They are public ser- vants, They need, and should be given, direction, taken from “The Fearless Specta- tor’’ by Charles McCabe thirty a.m., 25 is of fascist pum., the pigs & : m the Dlinots ed an unprovoked attack on the Black phaherege myer 5 erie Bet anor ba bet Ais office, set fire the head west : : pies t fancline all ewer the arrested three P. hers, cll ensver (gs etaind wounds on the head which the aside wea fascists say were mode by “objects of unde- us punks had to shoot the door times before they mid open it. There . miy one lock. Witnesses say, after the ealising the ie —. rer ‘ hat the been takes pigs entered the building, then the fire started. r : nerbagacneren Panther Party ur any tear cas stom ternative ant 4 Ge pies sdf fire to a al gas can fowd in the kitchen, re were not any teargas cannisters ‘‘catch All newspapers or information not " é ; - ‘ e ~ Twenty-tour squad cars ¢, the pigs made certain were soaked re : brothers with 257 cf /UT PS aoc tear waler, enemies of the people then broke all «riters and other machines used tn ga- = stock post. trwtalizing and nformation for community, It \) . eee wa 9 hen ve been enough to take the people's n exploitative move called taxes, $500 used to feed the hungry ery morning. Bread, boxes of baby for the free BREAKFAST FOR PROGRAM was destroyed by the Medical supplies that were to be : - coe \ free Medical Health Clinic wert myyiitt ae |\\"\: floor. mt ond brutality had been a con- wi day. Five brothers hod been y the fascists had forced them car and threw dope in it, why we fell the people they must ned fo protect themselves from the ist pigs and tiwir flunkies. [IF THE PAN- ERS WERE NOT ARMED, THEY WOULD VE BEEN MURDERED few pigs, you get a little satis- fill some more pigs, you get faction. And when you kill miplete satisfaction."" Hampton fonations to Fascist Swine Leave Their Mark rother into ihe and Larry upstairs aod beat ihe wih the tents beir sictouta Larry aad Alvin we then & baile ae Gl reMaeed to lormation, One 5 tds poece Larrys Nant give he'd bil y fetesed and the pte 5 piece and fired it about mech ur so above Larry's heed, hang to Alvin, AD pige saw (hat iney Were Grating veh revolstionsries amd mot any shows af all oud cinders punks who woslt inform whee put party, They ate ty the process ander pressure, hey twat Larry of Belpdtg ua/ repair) cer citer aod Alvis beck Geweetairs tere They Bate agee 62 Cher! act of ete was whe hac fee bewe bates Species: eget tow (het they real ioe very bedty. Lirether larry aabiiter wher @ reaity tc, they and afier thet hie mand weet sort of thet met eafy fan # Barge & tans for 8 ebdle. eck Pwr Party otfe« Whee larry came to, Se sak. can Mijews te them tee they were Reagttal The Pecgie say Comemetty Cam brothers were met wvended wit (ewegstaiisution) of the poli Guns, but tary were betty testen, mgd te nttieted lementiatety rocker Pete was rrperied we have Deed inpertes and a broken fiager. Dedeat Puactom i Amertes Pigs Attempt to Wipe Out Chicago Panthers by Any ae bes snd Broken Caner, ‘Sasdead Fractions 1A m theirs teers, thom, Tree (0) Pelitiest Tiere taewr th Available Means bras nbd other parts ot er bexty rumen ane 1 wer, nT? Brother Larry's Ghserts With Every Pig Attack, We Will Fight That Much Harder er THE BLACK PANT "Al two-thi -Mm,, 25 squads of fascist pigs nine times was only pigs entered t The was a There were gas cannislers ing fire or informati catching fi with walter, The enemies of the typewrilers and other ’ ed in community. It the people's called taxes, d the frungr morning, Bree boxes of ba for the free PROGH fascist pigs. Medic supplie used for the free scattered on the fl <svecac | CHICAGO PANTHI out of their car ¢ This is why be armed s from the fascist p fl . IF THE PAN THERS WERE NOT A ; THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MURDERED, Pigs Attempt to Wipe Out Chicago Panthers by Any Available Means With Every Pig Attack, We Fight That | ALOLST ®, 19 PAGE I 2 & do unless troike ee who shot bark whee atiacked by th 387 the fascist cops, continue to say ow these pigs to eurnt y \ PANTHER OFFICE THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 18 rj peeee sessed i A/PO 100 4 Early Thursday morning, July 31, three blue and white cars drove up in front of the office of the peo- ples’ army, the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, The ges- tapo pigs then got out and like drunk maniacs with guns, whichtheyare, started to shoot up into the office in the hope that they might be able to murder some of the servants of the people, members of the Black Panther Party, who feed hungry children every day, open up free medical health clinics, and serve other needs of the people in our op- pressed communities, These fools believed they would be able to shoot at Pete, Alvin, and Larry, Pan- thers-in-Training of the Black Panther Party and that these broth- ers would not protect themselves, simply because the people shooting at them wore blue uniforms and called themselves POLICE. But the pigs were shocked damn near to death when their fire was returned by brothers, Pete, Alvin, and Larry, who along with others have devoted their lives to the service of the people. The blind, Ignorant pigs failed to finish what they had started by shooting andinturn they were the ones that got shot, The blind, poor-shooting pigs fl- nally gained entrance to the office Once they were in and thought the people of the community could no longer see them, they proceeded to take out thelr blind angeronthings ther KANSAS CITY PURGE The Kansas City Chapter of the B_P.P. as of July 31, 1969 purges the following renegades and coun- ter -revolutionar’ reactionaries from its ranks. THE BLACK PANTHER Dia FASEIST |: | o— =I FUNNIES PRESENTS: a OE aN bes Evidence of Pigs' Fascist Attack Remains ATTACKING FASCIST PIG TROOPS TURNED BACK BY PEOPLE'S ARMY FASCISH. SS — which could not defend themselves such as furniture, newspaper, and food, They attempted to set fire tc the office in the hope that they might destroy our food (which we use t feed hungry children) and office e- quipment. Along with their attempt at arson, these punks, these poor- shox g, maniacal, mechanical pi acted in the ture nature of Al Cay This gang of terrorists, comm known as the Police Department, stole close to $500.00 and burglarized the office, They did this tn the hope of stopping the Black Panther Part) meeting the needs of the people The Party money that these punks Chicago stole was to be used to feed hungry children, and the office equipment they damaged was being used totell people about gestapo acts just like this one which the ples commitev- ery day. These nervous pig punks ar- rested the brothers when they failed to shoot Larry, Alvin, and Pete. After thoroughly handcuffing them so they could no longer defend themselves, these sissy pigs then proceeded to beat and brutalize these brothers whose only crime was to defend themselves against a gang of murderers, This incident shows to the people of the com- munity that we must move to put into action No. 7 of the Black Pan- Party Ten Point Platform Dennis O’ Neal John Burges Geraldine Davis Vernon Tatum Charise Allen Diane Willlams Larry Johnson Steve Sayers Theresa Gray Maurice Galbreth Archie Weaver Nadine Whitney Lonnel Marshall, Allas, Ice Cubes, Robert Lee Newman Alias, Robert Lee Finner, Right-On Newman, He was a renegade and adventur- ist, Did not have faithin the People THEY WERE 68. WHEN THE TWO AGING SISSIES, MICKEY AND J: EQGAR HOG, THAT ELDR EALIZED PPED THRU_THEIR: FINGERS aye VPTIGHT, BUT TG IT... ... BROTHER ‘ELDRIDGE 1S FREE! aN for All to See. which says, ‘Wewantan immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people.’ We must arm our- selves so that we maydefendour- selves against these armed and dangerous maniacs known as PO« c Once we have armed our- we have to stand together for our own protection, because if they can shoot Into and attempt to burn the Black Panther Party office and make it legal, then surely they can break Into peoples’ homes with their brutal fascist gestapo pig tac- ties and kill anyone, As outlined by our Minister of Defense, HUEY I NEWTON, we must draw the line at the threshold of our doorstep, For anyone who kicks down our door, or just comes in our door in a rowdy fashion, we don't care If they have 12 gadges, 16 uniforms, and 36 squad cars, The St. Valentine’ s Day massacre shows us that everyone wearing a uniform is not anofficer of the law; and therefore, once they have stepped outside the realmsof legality into the realrns of illegall- ty, they shall be treated as an out- law. FREE HUEY! LONG LIVE FRED HAMPTON! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISON- ERS! Iilinois Chapter Black Panther Party or the Party, Jackie Campbell Allas, Sharon Cooper, Sister Right-on. She was a fool and a renegade, She let her man, Robert Newman, put her back on the streets selling her stuff, She did not want to serve the peo- ple, Linda Mosley. She was a fool who joined the party to catch a man. When she could not she tried to disrupt the unity in the party. ALL POWER FREE HUEY BRIAN O'NEAL IDGE HAD BUT MICKEY HAD OTHER WORR- 166... ALL OVER THE STATE THE OPLE WER RISING UP. THE TO DONATE The Harlem community and the Black Panther Party are working together to feed the hungry children of Harlem, one of the most ex- ploited Black colonies, Until the close of the school year, we served Breakfast free every morn ing before school at F riendship Baptist Church (ISist near 7th Ave.) We have continued the pro- gram through the summer at All Saint's Catholic Church (130th and Madison) and Saint Mark's Meth- odist Church (197th and St, Nicho- las) The food for the Free Break- fast for Children Program ts sup- plied by the merchants in the Harlem community, These are the same avaricious businessmen who exploit the Harlem community and Black workers daily and take huge profits out of the community, Some of the merchants have been very cooperative and have agreed to return some of these profits in the form of food for our chil- dren. But the racist, avaricious : ly) businessmen at A & P Storeswho specialize in over- pring, wurde and ¢ charging the working people have refused to feed the children. When to donate to the Program, they ie rpaying ver we asked ther Free Breakfast || HARLEM : A&P REFUSES — TO FREE BREAKFAST oinked, ‘‘We spend too much money as it is on donations to the com~- munity.’’ After we explained what the Free Breakfast Program was all about and then how much money A & P took from Harlem, the head pig of the entire A & P chain show- ed the people of Harlem that A& Pp does not intend to give our people anything in return for the exploi- tation conducted by these greedy pigs. ‘(We'll give you $10 a year, we won't give you any more.” The Black Panther Party calls upon the people of Harlem to de- mand that the greedy capitalists at A & P end their robbery of our Black Community. A & P must donate to the Free Breakfast Pro- gram and feed our children. We cannot and will not allow these fil- thy pigs the right to exploit our community every day and then olnk about returning $10 4 year, ‘(lf the U.S monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world, The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United states, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE BETH MITCHELL ASU SUPPORTS B.P.P. New York City, N.Y. July 29. Andy Stapp, Chairman of the American Servicemen’s Union has directed members of the ASU to support the Black Panther Party and has called for th e immediate release of Huey P. Newton, The call for support for the Panthers came in an open letter to Bobby Seale in the July 22 issue of the BOND, newspaper of the ASU, The open letter said in part: “IT send greetings of fraternal solidarity to the Black Panther Party’s United Front Against Fascism Conference in Oakland, Calif. ‘‘The Black Panther Party is the special target of extreme repression from those wealthy and powerful because interests who this organization has given heroic rule Ame2rica leadership to the tens of millions of Afro- American people who comprise the oppressed black colony with the U.S. Fifteen members of the Black Panther Party have been mur- dered by racist cops trying to disrupt and wipe out those of the oppressed. forces who fight for the freedom ‘The American Servicemen’s Union demands that all GIs unjustly held in the Brass’ stock- ades be released immediately and that Huey of the Black Panther Panthers be set free.’’ P, Newton, the imprisoned Minister of Defence Party, and all jailed AND AS THE VANGUARD PARTY TO THE FASCAST THREAT, (TS OFFICES BECAME “THE NO, 1 TARGET OF THE FASCIST FIRING SQUADS <4 —- "Cae eg Su EN CALIFORNIA WINE! D f pe int rn \ site FS ) MANS \) BALL) YER HONOR i? » New York City 21 Panthers re jailed on $100,000 bail each ‘charged -- not with any overt act, but with ‘conspiracy.”’ Con- ‘spiracy to blow up department stores in which black and white ‘people shop and work! The Pan- _ thers have justly asked why any- one would want to blow up the people they are trying toorganize, But this is the distorted picture the major white press has been trying to present, Now there is word that the gov- ernment is planning more mass arrests in N.Y - for conspiracy to blow up the jails in which the other Panthers are held! Ali that is needed for a ‘conspiracy’ charge is the word of some in- former or police plant about some conversation that supposedly took place. This after generations of lynchings, beatings, burnings and terror by the Klan and other ra- cist forces which have hardly ever received token punishment, much less been stopped ahead of time by means of conspiracy charges, The Black Panther Party is an STOP FASCIST REPRESSION BEFORE IT STOPS YOU Organization struggling for the lib- eration of Black people after 400 years of oppression. their gree- ting is ‘Power to the people,’’ They have set up free Breakfast Programs for School Children in several cities. They believe in black and white working people fighting for control of their lives against the power of the billion- aires and bankers who rule this country, They also believe in the right of Black people to defend their persons, homes and families against racist attackseven If It emanates from someone in a blue uniform, They have been growing very rapidly, For these reasons the government has been repress- ing the Panthers In cities through- out the country. WE MUST EXPOSE THE REAL CONSPIRATORS-THE U.S. RUL- ING CLASS, IN ORDER TO STOP THEM! Youth Against War & Fascism, 58 West 25th Street, NLY.C: 242-9225, 675-2520 LETTER FROM EDWARD JOS All Power to the People: The fascist pig power struc- ture is doomed. Capitalism and all its lackies are doomed and as a result, its products of exploi- tation, genocide, racism and sup- pression of the peoples’ rights are doomed, Knowing that the peoples’ ever growing awareness signifies their inevitable fate, they, the fascists, seek to buy time by making vicious attacks on our revolutionary forces. Hopefully, their attacks will discourage others who are thinking about rising up against this evil system, What these blun- derous fools fail to realize ts that these same attacks that they belleve are wiping out the revo- lutionary movement, are acting as a STIMULUS to oppressed people and helping to Intensify the strug- gle. They cannot seem to accept the fact that you can jail a revo- lutionary but you can’t jail a revo- lution, Under this flood of pressure many of your reputation seeking, button wearing, vacillating paper panthers will show thelr true reac- tionary nature, By the same token, those brothers and sisters who truly love the revolution and wish to serve the people will bloom in revolutionary greatness, It ts most Important that they, the masses, understand the factors Letter from Jail, Dr. Curtis Powell Hog Nixon is a puppet and a stooge for the military-economic dictators - the Few, Thus he says “'...the American people In our cities..., are fed up to here with violence and lawlessness.,,"". Pig Procaecino, running for mayor of New York, when asked on how he would‘ handle minority groups” elted his father as an example “He'd go to their funerals,, . . il Was remarkable his rapport with the colored people.” That is the racist approach to rapport with Black People - to go to their funerals. That Is a good Indica- tion of their Law and Order, Let us look at this Law and Order, Who are the real lawless? Law and Order for who? Where does justice fit in? Why Isit never mentioned? In this society, Justice is by the Rich, of the Rich, for the Rich, Law and Order Is forthe rest of us. The pigs are not in the streets to protect human Iife or human rights, but they are there only to protect property (buildings, money, etc.). and to protect it well. Never before in the history of the world has slaughter been elevated to sucha plane of precision and quantity, as in this system, Ask the people of Vietnam about their ‘' police ac- ton.’’ Ask any Black ‘‘imilitant,"’ That word militant itselfis strange coming from this system - the most militant and violent in man- kind’ s history. Now this system of the Few, this system of imperialism, colonial- ism, exploitation, and racism All Power to the People: 1 hope ‘all is well with you.and *“ people, I'm writing in regards to Murray Kempton of the Post who, as you probably know, had approached the lawyers pertaining to-his interest in writing and finding out the truth about what the fasc are trying to do to the Party, Tf read the letter that he rote and fee] we really haven't anything to lose, But at the same time, if we just allow him ‘an off hand view of the Party and fhat's going down, his writings wt have the impact of the m the racists are 1 think what fs needed ht into the machinery of sion that the guilt ridden $ are In truth afraid to mize and confront, Be- r position as the op- ow can we communicate se 1 B.M, punch cards shows itself In legislatures, civil service, industry, unions, bureau- cracy of welfare, schools, courts, and Pig Forces, It Is presented in unequal housing, unequal edu- cation, unequal employmentoppor- tunities and unequal justice, The rights of the Few become a pri- vilege for us, In June, Dr, R, Korn of the University of Call- fornia stated that law and’* justice’ was harsh on the poor and that 80 per cent of all inmates ‘should be turned loose right now," Thus used, in this manner - Jaw and ‘*justice’’ becomes a tool by the Few to keep the poor in jall. Who are the lawless? By being the slave of this society, the black man knows the answer to this, He ts used to enormous bails, kangaroo courts, courts disregar- ding the law and breaking the con- stitutions, destroying ethics. We are ruled not by laws but by force, Where the pigs take money to let narcotics into our areas and to fill thelr arrest quotas - bust some small black sellers - yet the pig's word is law, This op- pression continues in prison where the majority of the inmates are Black, For instance, here in New York, some of us are at the Men's House of Detention for Manhattan (appropriately nicknamed ‘The Tombs"), Here 80°% of the inmates are Black, (We don't commit 80% of the crimes), Since we have been here, at a pretrial prison, (In a country where one is supposedly innocent until proven guilty), at least 5 men have died through the so much that we should try to employ varying techniques in our approach, This is not to say we should suffer through these cats phobias, but we should let it be seen exactly what the machinery fault of the guards, At least one Black man was beaten to death. He was beaten to death In front of 40 witnesses and yet the word got out, The Pigs said that he committed suicide and thelr word is law. They destroy ethics to the point where asst, D A.’s pose as legal aids to get inmates to give up Information and cop out, They break their own laws to the point where men are brought here for nothing and kept here Like animals nothing, They some times even convict people without them having lawyers here, We can prove all of this; this Is the law we see and their order Is anorder of pig terror, of grief, of poverty, of disease, of illiteracy. Now when there is resistance to this type of bullshit, as there is now, the Few get scared, as they are now, and we get down to the nitty gritty - the increased Law and Order, The Law and Order of Wilmington, Delaware. And now to falsely ar- resting us, members of the Van- guard, and holding us for ransom, When we know, they know, the prisoners know and even the guards know that we are innocent, That this is bullshit This is now beginning to reach new depths in Tyranny, Injustice and Oppression, They are scared, They want to stop this, But they are fools, paper'tigers. ‘This Is a challenge to all mankind; there is one cholee we cannot make, we are incapable of making, We will not choose the path of sub- mission,"’ No one can destroy the LETTER FROM DHARUBA agrandizement and profit but In terms of the end results Wf it Is handled in a revolutionary manner, the Party and the people may get a bigger revolutionary gain. Can you dig it? We cannot allow fami- arity but we can't be aloof. In short, we have to allow the mach- inery of fascism to scare him to death so he will be predisposed to write what's really happening instead of intellectual discourse and masturbation, We have certain brothers and sisters who can re- late to the Gestapo coercion and repression that the pigs are off into, | just wanted to let you know my general attitude in this matter, I know you are going to do what must be done anyhow. But mainly I just wanted to say that we must attempt to re-pro- gram the computers when we can, and later for them if they are too far gone, Be cool and tell the brothers I said, ‘‘Venceremos.’* All Power to the People Dharuba Richard Moore 5UA3 THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1969 PAGE 19 that compose the power base of this system, This point is best explained by our Minister of De- fense, Huey P, Newton, The op- pressor must be harassed until his doom, He must have no peace by day or by night. The slaves have always outnumbered the slave masters. The power of the op- pressor rests upon the submission of the people."* Here in prison this fact becomes even more evident. The concen- tration camp I am being detained desire to be free. ‘‘They can only indict the Revolutionary, . . not the revolution’’ There will be no more cop-otts. There can be no peace with fascism. No compro- mise with tyranny, A few black faces on television ts not freedom, some Black entertainers is not freedom. There is no freedom without INDEPENDENCE, We must overcome this oppression of our people. We must organize them; give them the correct {deology, so that independence and freedom will be theirs. It will be difficult, But for every one that they jail, ten must take his place. Forevery one that they kill, 100 must take his place, it Is time to organize all of the people and show them why they must turn thelr back to this ‘‘progress’’, And we must show them how to do It, We are Black men, We must be what we are, We are not mid- dle class white Americans, We are not free, white and 21, We are Black men, It is time to be what we are and not to live In an illusion, When a boy grows into a man he puts an end to his il- lusions, It ts an illusion to be- eve that we can become free and independent in this society. It Is an illusion to believe that we can become free and independent in this racist bullshit. It Is an illusion to belleve that capital will make us free and indepen- dent - this is his capital and his capitalistic and imperialistic eco- nomic system. These are his laws, his order, his education, This Is ee me, in 1s overflowing with poor black and Puerto Rican people. One can't yet, these brothers unknowingly have already begun to strike out against the system, The brothers here are very receptive and once we began to show them the con- tradictions that exist within this society, these mental blocks began to fade, When the brothers started having P E, classes, the response was great, It is just a matter of time before the brothers totally reject the ideas that the pigs have tried to put in their minds and bring this repressive dehumani- zation process to an end, The story is the same here as it is the world over, Whenever oppression exists, there exists those who will rise up against oppression. As long as pig bru- tality and suppression existsour people’s struggle will continue to grow. Surely no one can doubt the fact that the oppressed masses of the world will be victorious in their fight for liberation, All Power to the People Black Power to Black People Panther Power to the Vanguard, Edward Joseph (Jamal) his system, his m—---f----- = system, And it is M----- Fe----- system, It is an illusion to belleve that we are a part of this system, even if we wanted to be. We choose no candidates, elect nopresidents, make no laws, set no standards, This system can only weaken or destroy the Black man. For the Black man to survive on this earth, this fascist, capitalistic Re- public must be stopped = in its tracks, It is time. It Is time for Black people to stop singing and dancing and bullshitting and drinking and shooting dope. We got oo time for nodding. We must put everything and everyone dr- relevant to the revolution aside, It is time for us to put asid. our differences and engage our common enemy. It is time for us to Unite the People. It is time for us to take care of busines - to use everything at our commandor this business, We, the Black Pan- thers, are the Vanguard and the password is RESIST! The pig must have no sleep, no peace until we are Free, until we are Independent, Tt is time. Panther Power to the Vanguard All Power to the People Dr, Curtis Powell, Ph.D. Black Panther Party LETTER FROM WILBERT GREENE Sister Sharon: lam writing you my sable sister from one of the many cells in this country which they (our ene- mies) call America - land of the free, which houses many of our brothers and sisters - Branch Queens House of Detention for Men, | agree that the charges in which our brothers are being held are ridiculous and vary from pilfering a candy bar to cons- piracy, But the major reason is because we're Revolutionary and are starting to pull the covers off them (our enemies), They have kept us blind for over three cen- turles, We realize they are pla- cing ‘trumped up’ charges on us, Therefore, they are starting with our hegemony; Brother Huey, Brother Eldridge et al . . . But as I read in the Party paper (1 forgot which), ‘They can kill a Arista A but not a revolu- on,’* During my incarceration I have had the pleasure of meeting Brother Kenzle and Brother Mike. Though IT haven't had the oppor- tunity to talk to Brother Mike be- cause of the tight, maximum se- curity which our enemies have placed him under, it is through Brother Kenzie that lam awaken- ing to this decadent society in which we live. He has presented me with the Ten Point Program and Platfrom that I adhere to earnestly, Therefore I would like all of you beautiful brothers and sis- ters to know that though I am con- fined here in Queens Detention Branch, L am fully a supporter ofthe Black Panther Party, And although | am unsure, and my de- parture from jail seems quite vague at present, | would Like to announce that upon my release I would like to be considered for membership, Until theri I will con- tinue ras c the Party whether it be here ns. ' Branch) or anywhere, an? Free the NY, 2t AN Free Huey | s ' Power tothe People \ ay Brother a | ; <r eal THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 20 How the fascists serve the people THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE AGAINST “Fascism, the power of finance capital, is the open terrorist dic- tatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic, most racist, and most imperialist elements of fi- mance capital.'’ (Dimitroff) The fascist dogs; the avaricious (gree- dy) businessman, the demagogic (lying) politician, and the racist pig cop have all joined forces in an open warfare against the peo- ple. The businessman overworks, underpays, and overcharges the masses to keep us in everlasting poverty so that we cannot afford the bare necessities of life: food, clothing, and shelter. He forces us into the worst possible conditions: rat-infested housing, rotten food, intolerable health conditions, sky- high prices for inferior merchan- dise, and dope. The avaricious businessman floods our communi- ties with dope and reaps all of the profits while brothers and sisters arrive overdosed-dead on arrival at the hospitals, All of the money that Is stolen from the oppressed community goes into the business- man’s pocket or into the banks, stocks, andtrusts inorder for them to make more money, The lying politician runs down a lot of rhe- toric about our ‘‘Constitutional Rights"’ and how everything will be allright if we use our ‘‘ guaranteed'’ freedoms and rights to ‘‘move on up."’ He says all of this, and on the surface it appears to be all fine and good, but at the same time he ts plotting behind closed doors to legalize the further restriction of the people's already restricted FASCISM freedom, The pig cop comes down on the masses with all of his wea- ponry to enforce the insane phi- losophy of fascism, ‘‘law and or- der,."" He beats pregnant sisters into miscarriages, he shoots bro- thers and sisters in the head for general principles, and he incar- cerates our revolutionary com- rades on jive-time, trumped-up charges. We have a name for all of these acts against the people, ‘“F ASOISM."’ The people are getting hip to all of thls madness, When we, the re- volutionary brothers and sistersof the Vanguard Party go among the masses conducting propaganda, we are raising the level of awareness of the people so that they are able to see fascism for what it Is: lies and terrorism used to super- oppress the people, The day is ra- pidly approaching when the people of the world will rise likea mighty storm and wipe all of the fascist ruling class off the face of the earth and force them all to flee to the moon with the other Astro Pigs. We know the pigs are instituting an open terrorist dictatorship. We know that they are mobilizing all of their funky pig forces in order to vamp on the people, and we know that by their actions they have pro- ven themselves to be the enemy of the people. To the pigs; we know that you are fascists, we know that you are reactionary capitalists, and we dig the fact that you will not disappear on your own, The people are hip to your Mes, your terrorism, and your murderous in- tents, and we are not going for it anymore because we dig where you are coming from and you know that we are hip to your games. We are armed. We endorse a .45, a 357 magnum, a .4] and a .44 magnum, a 9mm, 2 tank, a cannon, a mortar and anything else that will free us from your oppression, We are at the point where we are saying that it ts either you, pig, or the peo- ple and we relate to the fact that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Huey says that the gun is the basic tool of l- beration and we can dig it. So prepare yourself to face the people because we want our freedom, and we will get it by any means neces- sary. So all that needs to be sald ts-- UP AGAINST THE WALL FASCIST PIG, THIS IS A HOLDUP AND WE'VE COME TOTAKE WHAT'S OURS. We are putting you on trial for treason against the people, and we sentence you to death at the hands of the motive force in the making of world history~----. -.- THE PEOPLE ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN- GUARD FREE HUEY FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISON- ERS OFF THE PIG Ronald Tyson Black Panther Party, Harlem Branch BLACK DRAFT RESISTER IS SENTENCED (Reprinted from Liberation News Service) New Orleans -- Walter Collins, a black civil rights and anti-po- verty activist, has been ordered to spend five years in jail and was fined $500 for refusing induc- tion into the Armed Forces. Collins, 24, was convicted on five counts of draft refusal, U.S, District Court Judge Edward Boyle, sitting in a crowded court- room, ordered the maximum sen- tence on each charge -~ five years -- to be served concurrently. Collins received a total of six Benjamin Smith, argued that Col- lins could refuse induction only once, Smith said that the draft board persisted in sending him no- tices In order to persecute him because of his political activity ~~ which included leafletting athis place of induction, Collins has been active in the Southern freedom movement since he helped organize the early sit- ins to desegregate public accom- modations in Louisiana, He worked with SNCC voter registration drives in Mississippi and Louls- lana from 1964 to 1966, Most anti-war work, withSNCC projects in New Orleans and with the South- ern Conference Education Fund (SCEF) project in Laurel, Miss. After he was sentenced, Collins sald; ‘lf I am guilty of a crime, it is the crime of thinking, The draft is a totalitarian instrument used to practice genocide against black people. Poor and working class people are drafted to fight, not for American ideals, but for the interests of a few capitalists who control this country,"’ An appeal is planned. induction, notices. His attorney, recently, be , has, been, active, Jn 9 . INDIANA CHAPTER PURGES The Indiana Chapter is contin- ulng to purge its ranks of agents and fools, We find that along with the agents and fools, we had glory seekers who prostituted the party for personal gain. Some of these fools thought that serving the people meant getting a pat on the back and pictures splashed across the universe, The only pats we have for fools and agents are the kind that land swiftly in the rear, with a well planted boot, Stanford Patton, formerly De- puty Minister of Education was expelled for violation of rules #4 and #18 and falling as an of- ficer to set an example to the membership, Donald Hughley, Panther in Training was expelled for violation of rules #4 and #18. Larry Wellington, Panther in Training violated rules #4 and #18, He was suspended and with the proper attitude and political edu- cation, he could be reinstated, Hughley was suspended for his outlook on the revoluton and an arrogant attitude, He thinks his definitions are the only correct ones. Harry Blackwell, former mem- ber of the central staff and is known to have consorted with the F BI. on numerous occasions, He is known to have been flown to San Francisco under an assumed name, to testify against Deputy Chairman Fred Crawford. submitted by, Donald Campbell Deputy Minister of Information Indiana Chapter STATEN ISLAND EXPELLS Furman Manning is expelled from the Staten Island Branch of the Black Panther Party for vio- lation of rule #4, counter-revolu- tlonary remarks; rule #18, failure to attend Political Education classes; point #1 ofthe Eight Points of Attention; points # 5 and #7 of the Eight Points of Attention; and rule #1 of the Three Main Rules of Discipline, Rule #4 ~ Fuman Manning failed to report to the office after eat- ing Saturday, July 26, 1969, after being ordered to return inan hour, Jersey Ci COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY Violation of rule #18 - Manning has failed to report to the of- fice on July 27 for Political Edu- cation class and later stated, “Puck the Black Panther Party, The people are what's important. And Black people couldn't run the country if it was given to them because there wasn’tenough Black brain power,’’ Captain of Defense Staten Island, B Pp Sonny Collins ty B.P.P. Tells It Like It Is In regards to the recent pig- moon invasion we have just a few comments to make to the people. To say in the least, the Apollo 11 Moon Landing further points out the contradictions that exist within this decadent Ameri- can society, that is perpetuated by this fascist government, Firstly, U.S. Congress declared Monday, July 2lst to be a national holiday, It took only 3 quick days for those pigs to get together and oink to the people, making the pig- moon landing a national holiday, While on the other hand they haven't yet come up witha decision to make Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday &@ national holiday, Its been over 15 months and hundreds upon thou- Sands of petitioned signatures since Dr, King’s murder, re- questing to make Dr, King’s birth- day------ & national holiday. But pig congress finds this modest re- quest too Insignificant and pushy. The ruling class made mucho dol- lars on this whole jive moon ven- ture, which is far more than they profitted off of Dr. M, L King, Jr. We assume by congresses si- lence and failure to act that they have already made its decision on the entire King matter, Secondly and most important is this fascist government's whole concept of priorities, which points out its insensitivity towards human needs and the whole idea of hu- manism, This cesspool of a government places more emphasis on Stardust and Flash Gordon crap than on the welfare of the people, More than 24 billion dollars have been spent on this space im- perlalism, No one on earth or any- where else can convince the Black Panther Party that this kind of money, energy, resources, etc. Shouldn't have been spent right here, helping to alleviate some of the problems that exist here. For those who wish todonothing about their daily oppression, on the basis of wanting to receive their pie-in-the-sky, look out, because the pigs are moving to control that.. We say we can't go along with all this Flash Gordon, Space Ghost and the “the man in the moon’’ jive there’s so much pain and suf- fering. What is needed to remedy all this bullshit is a revolution, A revolution that will rocket the pigs out of power and into hell and place the people in power. What we need is a government that is totally responsible to the wel- fare of the people and dictated by the people-~----not silly insensi- tive pigs wallowing In moon- dreams, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE PANTHER POWER TO THE VAN GUARD The Black Panther’Party on Radio Every Saturday Nite | 6:45 - 9:15 p.m. : W.LIB, 19.0 AM 407.5 Fal Jersey City, New Jersey ¥ y ee ak et ee : a8 te a wd . ——— THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16/199 PAGE 21 VALLEJO BPP PRESS RELEASE A Community Demand to Meet the Urgent Desires and Needs of the Black Colony Having taken a close survey of the poor conditions in Vallejo in general, but in particular those conditions affecting the black com- munities of North and South Valle- jo, and having communicated with & vast amount of the occupants thereof, the Black Panther Party recognizes the necessity to go forth to see to it that the desires and TEMPTED MURDER BY THE FASCIST PIGS OF RICHMOND CALIF. On August 9, 1969, the Black Panther Party ichmond Branch was surrounded by fascist Richmond City pigs, county pigs and federal pigs (F.B.1.). At 11:01 p,m, a bright light was flashed into the front window of our office; we went to the window to investigate, At this REVOLUTIONARY, PERIOD “It is time to intenslfy the strug- gle’’ as Brother Eldridge says. We have been shot at, vamped on, over, under, around, and through by those mad dogs they call law enforcement agents, and the Black community in general has been raped and molested long enough, We have been over- worked, under-paid, and over- racism and negligence at the hand of the power structure of Vallejo in relationship to black people be put to an immediate end without fail. The Black Panther Party re- cognizes the politicians as theore- tictans of high-handed rhetoric and demagogy because we see a clear the office, and offices. While the side, we got on the diately talked with the as it was happening, Power to the People Richmond Branch Black Panther Par “EXHAUSTING On Tuesday, July 22, a law suit was filed in Bergen county Superior Court, Chancery Division seeking to end the continuing har- assment of the Black Panther Party in Jersey City by the Jersey City Police Department. The suit was initiated on behalf of the Panther Party and other black citizens of the Bergen-Lafeyette section of Jersey City by attorneys for the New Jersey Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Law Center for Consti- tutional Rights, As stated in the complaint, ‘‘the Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the Police Department of Jersey City and its members from harassing and inti- midating the Plaintiffs and other politically conscious black citizens of Jersey City and from interfering with the constitutional rights of Plaintiffs and other members of the Class they represent to freely or- i ganize, assemble and associate for political and social purposes and “+ to use the streets of Jersey City for communication of their ideas } and beliefs," __. Many ofthe incidents complained / of in the suit have arisen out of -the Panthers’ distribution of leaf- lets highly critical of the Jersey ‘City police department, In one instance leaflets were allegedly confiscated from two boys, 10 and ‘M4 years old, who were distributing gas in. the Bergen-Lafayette This is not the first time a Bult has been brought to protect the Organizing effort of a group om police harassment in Jersey City, In a now classic case, Hague -¥. CIO decided in 1939 by a United Mates Supreme Court, the Jersey r Police Department was en- from harassing labor or- ing efforts, ¢ suit also seeks the removal Jersey City detectives, h Moran and William Hamil- ned, harassed, and in some nces beaten members of the Panther Party and other citizens who have associ- time we observed ten car loads of pigs who leaped out of their pigmobiles and surrounded all windows and exits, We can see this is a clearcut example of how the pig power structure is moving across this country trying to destroy the Black Panther Party members pigs were oinking out- telephone and imme- radio station, which in turn put out to the people what was happening, The people responded by running into the streets of the community, The pigs oinked a while longer, “The masses are the real heroes,”’ masses have boundless creative power,’ then split, ‘*The ALL LEGAL MEANS: ated with the Panthers, The Panthers presented a peti- tion with 500 signatures on June 2, 1969 to Mayor Whelan and George Whelan, director of the Jersey City Police Department, seeking the removal of Moran and Hamilton from the Bergen-Lafay- ette area. Throughout the country the Black Panther Party has been in sharp conflict with the police. Much of this conflict has arisen from the Panthers’ publicly avowed aim of not tolerating violations of black citizens’ constitutional rights by the police, There have been nu- merous reports of police harass- ment, intimidation, and arrest of Party members, L. A. PURGE The following people have been expelled by the Central Staff of the Southern California Chapter as of August 5, 1969: Julio Butler Paul Masset Janice Culberson Fred Wheeler Andre Joseph Joseph Samuel Hill Special notice should be made of Julio Butler, a one-time uni- formed pig, who has a record for having joined many left or mili- tant groups in L.A, and may well still be a pig, These people are not to be in anyway with Black Panther Party members, functions, offices, ac- tivities, etc., in any branch or chapter anywhere, No member in the Black Panther Party isto make any contact In any way with the above people. Violators will be subject to appropriate punishment. All Power to the People Central Staff, Southern California Chapter Black Panther Party needs of the black colony are met, The Black Panther Party also re- cognizes that black people have a right to determine their own des- tinles: All American City of Vallejo, Call- fornia. FROM: The Black Panther Party, Vallejo Branch, representing Country Club Crest, SUBJECT; A Community Demand to meet the urgent desires and needs of the Black Colony. A. SAFETY: at 35 miles per hour from Sears Point Road north to Gateway Drive and 25 miles per hour from Gateway Dr, to Cororan, 2. We want immediately, a stop light at Gateway Dr. and Fair- grounds Drive, B. FREE PROTECTION: 1, We want all water hydrants checked to insure that they oper- and understanding this, we are justified in demanding that the TO; Local City Officials of the 1. We want a speed limit posted line of demarcation between their political line and their social prac- tice, As the true representatives of the people, the Black Panther Party will not rest until the demands are met, ate with the best of efficiency, 2. We want six (6) fire alarm boxes in the community to be located at Taper & Griffin; Taper & Wendy; Sage & Gateway; Grif- fin & Kemper; Sage & Griffin; and one at Cornin Dr. & Dien- Inger Streets, We have been unable to locate any fire alarm boxes in our community. a RECREATION: 1, Enlarge Clee Thompson Me- morial Park. We want a park free from old dilapidated equip- ment (swings, slides, etc.) with new equipment including swimming pool and recreation cen- ter and parking area large enough to provide for our community, We feel that the existing structure is an insult to our community In relation to other park areas in Vallejo, LETTER TO EDITOR Dear Editor: So far I've only recelved three issues of the weekly Black Panther newspaper but already I see how the fascists lie, brutalize and change the truth about the Panthers and their cause and how they make the B.P.P seem like gangsters in the public newspapers and on T.V. But thanks to your news- paper | see what the truth is and the pigs and fascists make me throw up. When school starts ['m going to take your truthful news media to school and show my friends and when possible write poems and give speeches In English class on the good of the Panthers, Even though I'm white I don't think of myself as a honkie but rather as a white blackman, It’s damned well about time that the people realize what the fascists are doing, how the fascists are using the people and start to rise up against these bastards. Keep up the good work, All of us know how difficult it is or at least can guess, WE NEED YOU!!! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE and kick out the (fascists, racists, pigs, etc.) let's unite against fascism Let's stamp out the fascists, the racists and pigs Let's call the blacks blackmen, and not call them nigs Let's stamp out the tyrants and all evil and bad Capitalists ruining the whole world make me so sad, Let's liberate all the poor blacks, the Indians and all others While the capitalists say,*'They ain't worth the bother,’' Let's show the rullng system that the youths of today Will have to use violence If it doesn't listen to what we say, The system !s no good, never was and won't be ‘All power to the people’ ts the best for you and me I'm for the Black Panthers; these strong, brave cats They’ re working toward REAL jus- tice, unlike fascist rats; The Panthers are working all over this planet They can be nice or harder than granite Free Breakfasts for Children and Liberation Schools Open the people's eyes to the fas- cists dirty pool. The Panthers, Huey Newton and good Eldridge Cleaver Fight for the people who'll live on forever The Panthers will live forever or until nv more needed It'll be safer for the capitalists if the Panthers demands are heeded, charged constantly and have been in the company of rats, roaches, and fascism to our limits, We were lied to and In turn endorsed judges, mayors, senators, congressmen and even the President himself under the false assumption that they were ‘‘for the people.’* All we had to do was to get them Into power and everything would be cool. We found that to be a le, So we put our foot down on the swinny neck of fascism. We draw the line of demarcation at the threshhold of our communities and whosoever violates that line Is subject to total annilation by the vanguard. Its funny how the politicians are always on time for the people when they want the vote but are never around once they win the election, It's funny how the pigs always seem to be around whenever the Panthers are out In the community helping the people but never around when a real crime Is taking place, YES, all of this Is mighty funny but you know something else... the people aren't laughing, None of the oppressed people have any- thing to laugh about. So we say ‘‘REVOLUTION” and revolution is not restricted to the wearing of a Dashiki or the growing of a Natural, it cannot be so re- fined, There's no such thing as a ‘*part revolution’’ such as the li- terary or the theatrical aspect of it. It cannot stop there, We advo- cate ‘‘complete revolution’. . PERIOD. Act I - Education Act II - Revolution and the whole world is the stage. I am a Black Liberation Soldier .- Dig? Marcus Rebel formerly, Kioma Hines Friend of the Black Panther Par- ty. Philadelphia Chapter THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 22 WHAT WE WANT — 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. 22h, | 2. We want full employment for our people. LAW AND ORDER ANG ORD LAW aa ER ay LAW AND cnoeR 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people. 3. We want an end to the robbery by the capital- ist of our Black Community. 8. We want freedom for all bl ack men held in f State, county and city prisons and jails. peace -_—_—_~.. {we FINO THE) — BROTHER NOT PP 4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings. 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 commmities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States. 10. We want land, bread, housin » education justice and peace. And as our sag De policfeal sbisaeee a United Nations-supervised plebiscite to be held throu ghout the black colony in which only black colonial sub- 5. We want education for our people that exposes aeaiae aes fr lack pels aie | the true nature of this decadent American society. al deatlews SF BPR Eesaialae 2 MR We want education that teaches us our true history *: | re t-day society. wire October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program What We Want What We Believe (REE 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 é¢mployment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if f white American businessmen will not give full employment, then the ns Of production should be taken from the businessmen and placed in community so that the people of the community can organize and em- THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 199 PAGE 23 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 naturg’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 is the 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 whieh 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, ~ ) THE BLACK PANTHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 24 ee SUBSCRIPTION FORM @ eg an eee nila nie ah Support Your Newspaper-- Subscribe Today! 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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 STAFES, including all captains subordinate to cither national, state, and local leadership of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY will caforce 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 verbutum by heart, And apply them daily. Each member must report any violation of these rules to their leadership or they are counter-revolutionary and are alse subjected to suspension by the BLACK PANTHER PARTY. THE RULES ARE: |. 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 purty. 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 PANTHER PARTY must be known and understood by cach Party member, 11. Party Communications must be National and Local. 12. The 10-10-10-program should be known by all members and alse understood by all members, 13. All Finance officers will operate under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. 14. Fach person will submit a report of daily work. 15, Rach 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 aud do Political work out in the community, including ¢ aptains, Section Leaders, etc. 20. COMMUNICATIONS — 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 PAN- THER PARTY must submit a monthly Financial Report to the Minis- 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, money 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. 8S POINTS OF ATTENTION 1) Speuk politely, 2) Pay fairly for what you buy. 3) Return 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) Ii we ever have to take captives do not iktreat 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 fram the poor and oppressed Misses. 4) Torn in everything captured from the athicking enemy, .BASTA YAt SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 Page PAGE 8 _ JORDANIZENSE -CHICANAS ‘by ENRIQUETA LONGAUEX Y VASQUEZ While attending a Raza conference in Colorado this year, | went to one of the workshops that were held to discuss the role of the Chicana woman. When the lime came for the women to make their presentation to the full conference, the only thing that the workshop representative said was this: “It was the consensus of the group that the Chicana woman does not want to be liberated.” As a woman who has been faced with having to live as a member of the “Mexican-American” minority as a breadwinner and a thother raising children, living in housing projects and having much concern for other humans “leading to much community involvement, this was quite a blow. | could have cried. Surely we could have at least come up with something to add to that Statement. | sat back and thought, why? Why? | understood why the statement had been made and I realized that going along with the feelings of the men at the convention was perhaps the best thing to do at the time. Looking at our history, | can see why this would be true. The role of the Chicana woman has been a very strong one, although a silent one. When the woman has seen the suffering, of her peoples she has always responded bravely and as a totally committed and equal human. My mother told me of how, during the time of Pancho Villa and the revolution in Mexico, she saw the men march through the village continually for three days and then she saw the battalion of women marching for a whole day. The women carried food and supplies; also, they were fully armed and wearing loaded “carrilleras.” In battle they fought alongside the men. Out of the Mexican revolution came the revolutionary personage ““Adelita”, who wore her rebozo crossed at the bosom as a symbol of a revolutionary woman in Mexico. : Then we have our heroine Juana Gallo, a brave woman who led her men to battle against the government after having seen her father and other villagers 2S hung for defending the land of the people. She and many more women fought bravely with their people, And if called upon again, they would be there alongside the men to fight to the bitter end And now, today, as we hear the call of the Raza and as the dormant, “docile” Mexican-American comes to life, we see the stirring of the people. With that call, the Chicana woman also stirs and | am sure that she will leave her mark upon the Mexican-American movement in the Southwest How the Chicana woman reacts depends totally on how the “Macho” Chicano és treated when he goes out into the so called “Mainstream of Society If the husband is so-called successful, the woman seems to become very domineering and demands mofe and-mere limes, “Why are the women oe demanamey” Bul (en tf realize. this is the price of cerning a slave : A woman who-has no’Wiy of expressing herself and realizing herself as a full human has nothing else to turn to but the owning of material things. She builds her entire life around these and finds security in this way. All she has to live for is her house and family and she becomes very possessive of both. This makes her a totally dependent human. Dependent on her husband and family. Most of the Chicana women in this comfortable situation are not particularly involved in the movement. Many times it is because of the fear of censorship in general Censorship from the husband, the family, friends and society in general. For these reasons she is completely inactive Then you will find the Chicana with a husband who was not able to fare so very well in the “Society” and perhaps has had to face defeat. She is the woman that really suffers. Quite often the man will not fight the real source of his problems, be it discrimination or whatever, but will instead come home and take it out on his family. As this continues, his Chicana becomes the victim of his machismo and woeful are the the trials and tribulations of that household. Much of this is seen particularly in the city. The man, being head of the bouschold and unable to fight the system he lives in, will very likely lose face and for this reason there will often be a separation or divorce in the family. It is at this time that the Chicana faces the real test of having to confront society as one of its total victims. There are many things she must do. She must; (1) Find a way to feed and clothe the family. (2) Find housing. (3) Find employment. (4) Provide child care, and (5) Find some kind of social outlet and friendship. (1) In order to find a way to feed and clothe her family she must find a job Because of her suppression, she has probably not been able to develop a skill She. is probably unable to find a job that will pay her a decent wage. If she is able to find a job at all it will probably be only for survival. Thus she can only hope to exist; she will hardly be able to live an enjoyable life Even if she does have a skill, she mus? all at once realize that she has been living in a racist society. She will have much difficulty in proving herself in any position, Her work must be three times that of the Anglo majority, Not only this, but the competitive way of the Anglo will always be there. The Anglo woman is always there with her superiority complex. The Chicana woman will be jooked upon as having to prove herself even in the smallest task. She is constantly being put to the test. Not only does she suffer the oppression that the Anglo woman suffers as a woman in the market of humanity, but she must also suffer the oppression of being a minority with a different set of values, Because her existence and the livelihood of the children depend on her conforming to an Anglo society, she tries very hard to conform. Thus she may find herself even rejecting herself as a Mexican-American. Existence itself depends on this. (2) She must find housing that she will be able to afford. She will very likely, be unable to live in a decent place, it will be more the matter of finding a place that is cheap. It is likely she will have {o live ina housing project. Here she will be faced with a real problem of being able to raise children in an environment that is conducive to much suffering. The decision as to where she will live is a difficult matter us she must come face to face with making decisions entirely on her own, This, plus having to live them out, is very traumatic for her (3)To find a job she will be faced with working very hard during the day and coming home to an empty house and again having to work at home. Cooking, washing, ironing, mending, plus spending some time with the children. Here her , role changes to being both father and mother. All of this plus being poor is very hard to bear. Then, on top of this, to have a survey worker or social worker t you that you have to have incentive and motivation and get ahead! These are tough pressures to live under. Few men could stand up under them, I (4) Child care is one of the most difficult problems for a woman to have to — face alone. Not only is she tormented with having to leave the raising of her children to someone else, but she wants the best of care for them, For the amount of money that she may be able to pay from her meager wages, it is likely that she will be lucky to find anyone at all to take care of the children. The routine of the household is not normal at all. She must start her day earlier than’ un average worker. She must clothe and feed the children before she takes them to be cared for in someone else's home. Then, too, she will have a very hard day at work for she is constantly worrying about the children. If there are medical problems, this will only multiply her stress during the day. Not to mention the financial pressure of medical care (5) With all of this, the fact still remains that she is a human and must have sume kind of friendship and entertainment in life and this is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks facing the chicana alone. She can probably enjoy very little entertainment as she can not afford a baby-sitter. This, plus she very likely does not have the clothes, transportation, ete. As she can not afford entertainment herself, she may very often fall prey to letting someone else pay for her entertainment and this may create unwanted involvement with some friend. When she begins to keep company with men, she will meet with the disapproval of her family and often be looked upon as having loose moral values. As quite vften she is not free to remarry in the eyes of the Church, she will find more and more conflict and disapproval and she continues to look upon herself with guilt and censorship. Thus she suffers much as a human. Everywhere she looks, she seems to be rejected A This woman has much to offer the movement of the Mexican-American. She has had to live all of the roles of her Raza. She has had to suffer the torments of her people in that she has had to go out into a racist society and be a provider as well as a mother. She has been doubly oppressed and is trying very hard to find a place. Because of these facts she is a very, very strong individual. She has had to become strong in order to exist against these odds. And what usually happens to this woman when she tries to become active in the “Causa’’ One would think that the movement would provide a place for her, one would think that the organizations would welcome her with open aris : and try to encourage her to speak up for her Raza, One would think that because of her knowledge and situation the groups would think of liberanon schools with child care for the victims of broken homes. in order to teach then culture and history so that they may find self-identity, But, NO Instead one finds that this woman is shunned again by her own Raza, When she tries to speak of Machismo, she is immediately put down and told “We know all about it, there are many many books written on the subject * She receives nothing but a censorship again. She tries so hurd to say. “yes, there ts much on Machisnvw, bul can’t you Machos look at the women and children who are the VICTIMS of your Machismo?” She tries so much to speak up and instead finds herself speaking to deaf ears and a completely closed mind F Then she tries other ways, perhaps to offer her skillsand knowledge — in some way. This too ‘is difficult. If she docs 4 good job. she will hav, walk lightly £ around the men for she may find herself accused of being agringada” or 4 “Agabachada”™ (Anglocized). To top this off. quite often the men will accept of i allow an Anglo female to go in and tell them how to run things. The Anglo will r pethaps be accepted and be allowed more freedom than the Raza wonnit, Through all of this one sees-a discouraged Chicana woman. One that lungers and ; bleeds to help her people and is turned away and discouraged. Whit ts to become of her? Will she be forced into being a skeleton in the closet that one does not want to see? The Mexican-American movement is not that of just adults fighting the social system, but it is a total committment of a family unit living what it believes 10 be a better way of life in demanding social change for the benefit of mankind, When. a family is involved in a human fights movement. as is the Mexican-American, there should not have to be a Woman's liberation movement within it. There should not have to be a definition of a woman’s role. We should get down to the business at hand. Do we want a liberation for the Raza? Is this” supposed to be a total liberation The woman must help liberate the man and the man must look upon this liberation with the woman at his side, not behind him, following, but alongside of him leading. The family must come up together. The Razamovementis based on Brotherhood. Que no? We must look at each other as one large family. We must look at all of the children as belonging to all of us. We mush Mrive fort fulfillment of all as cquals with the full capability and right fo develop humans. When the man can look upon*his” woman as HUMAN and with 1 love of BROTHERHOOD and EQUALITY. then and only then, can tie feel th truc meaning of liberation and equality himself. When we talk of equality in th Mexican-Amercian movement we better be talking about TOTAL equalit beginning right where it all starts, AT HOME... / ie) | BASTA YA! SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE LA RAZA AND THE MELTING POT Our people have struggled in this country generation after generat- fon in the belief that the Ameri- can dream would someday become & reality, that the poverty and degredation which we must face day after day would change for the better, We were told that if we stayea quiet, worked hard and learned English well enough, then some- day we might be allowed to join the great American melting pot. The American melting pot makes no distinctions between race, creed or national origin, we were taught this in our schools. But our acceptance was always postponed and ‘‘manana’’ became an Anglo-Saxon curse on our backs. Go slow, learn more English and salute the flag. Meanwhile there was poverty, degradation and disease, because La Raza has never been recog- nized as a race of human beings in this country. And if conditions have seemed to improve, the im- provements may be seen through the eyes of a dog whose master has become wealthier and there- fore is able to feed him a higher quality bag of bones, but our bones have very little meat, We have worked, studied, and learned our lessons well and we can perceive that the great dream was in reality a Me and was never meant to include us. Now we are prepared to take care of ourselves, to work for our own common good and to reject the Meaningless position which this society has imposed upon us, We aesesoebscicbetedcsobeoio bed an A <i SERVE THE PEOPLE a> 7 are preparing for the day when the society which we are forced to exist in will reflect the real needs and aspirations of our people. The American Melting Pot will become an entirely different pot of stew, We are through letting the po- ce run amuck on our streets, “peating, shooting, and black-mail- ing our peoole, We will not al- low the press and politicians and big buisnessman to take our seven brothers to the gas chamber be- cause someone allegedly shot a policeman. We, Los Siete De La Raza, can no longer stand and watch cop after cop shoot our people and then get released while at the same time seven of us, La Raza, are i- dentified, charged , prosecuted and condemned by the press months be- fore the trials of our brothers e- Los Siete De La Raza cannot receive a fair trial in this coun- try because we know that they will never be tried by a group of their peers, Every attempt will be made by the racist prosecutors to ex- clude from jury duty all but the most Anglocized Latinos. The seven brothers are facing the gas chamber because of the apathy which exists among our people and the political situation in the state, The prosecution has graphically demonstrated its lack of concern about the brothers lives by only giving the most cursory of examinations to the ‘evidence’ which may spell their doom. Two of the brothers, who were in school while the killing took place are still being held on murder charges! It is obvious that our brothers are being used by Mayor Alioto and Chief Cahill as political prop- aganda inorder that Alioto can pre- sent himself as a tough law and order man tothe voters if he runs for the governorship, We must not allow these cheap self-serving politicians to use our bodies as stepping stones in their thirst for political power. We as La Raza as well as al! of the people must now make the choice of either Protecting ourselves from this growing machinery of human des- truction or sit around until each one of us'is taken away indivi- dually. Los Slete De La Raza is co- mmitted to the struggle of basic human rights for La Raza and all peoples. We have had enough of this never ending chain of abuse lies, trickery, and powerlessness. We are committed to the people- to serve the people to protect the people and to critize the people injustice towards each other, [ere YOUNG LORDS LIBERATE CHURCH The Young Lords Organization took over the Armitage Avenue Methodist Church on June 11. The Church, which is in the center of YLO territory, had been used as a hangout when the YLO was still a gang. After the YLO became a political organization, we used the Church sometimes for meetings. But we needed real office space—a place where people could come to find us, and where we could take care of our business. We therefore asked the Church if we could rent space from them, For many months we had asked them, but they always turned us eo They had no good excuse for turning down, The Church has only about to 30 members, and they only use Church for one hour on Sunday. the rest of the week the Church is The Church said no to us, but they didn't mind renting their space to the boys of the pig power structure. Until the YLO and other youth got them kicked out of the Church, the Joint Youth Development Committee, part of the Human Resources Commission (which files daily reports to the Mayor’s office on all gangs and community organizations), had rented part of the Church for their office. Afler three days of leafleting to explain the situation to our community, the YLO took over the obullding, We immediately set to work changing the locks on the doors, scrubbing the floors, washing down the walls and generally keeping the place free of litter, et Cetera. Someone called the pigs, but after discussion between the YLO and the Church's board members the pigs were persuaded to leave. Since then several meetings have been held between the YLO and the Church’s board members. We were asking them to rent us office space or sell us the building. After a few days the board members held a press conference to announce that they will let us use the ground floor of the Church for a children’s care center Monday through Friday. They said that the YLO would pay half the utility costs and bring the Church up to Building Code standards. The board will not rent us office space, but have promised that they will help us find office space in the neighborhood. We are fixing up the basement as a day-care center. We have painted the walls and begun to collect equipment. Until the Church finds us other office space, our office Is at the Church, on Armitage’ and Dayton, ‘BASTA YAI SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 6 is “Ol Free Who controls television? Any viewer, having been bombarded by TV commercials knows television is not free, It is paid for by spon- sors, advertisers whose Interests it is to sell their products, TV succeeds, People are told to buy and they do...buy, buy, buy, One of the ways our economy is propped up is by convincing people that they need a new car, new soaps, new color TV sets. Capitalism cannot have survived without increasingly expanded markets, When there are no new people to buy the products, what happens? New needs are created, primarily by TV, inthe already ex- isting people and products are made that will break down and wear out quickly, No wonder thousands dollars are spent on a 30 second commercial, Television serves the interests of major corporations, To the wage earner, it is not a benefit, but nerely @ means of relieving him of ils money. It is controlled, all of it, news included, by corporate power--money--monopoly capital. It ts not objective facts, News Is carefully sifted to ald those in pow- er retain thelr power by keeping in ignorance and furnishing with false or slanted information the people, the workers, those whose labor makes this country rich. The corporations control the people, control the government, It is their government, not a democ- racy, not a people’s government, No politician ever gets elected without the corporation's money/ influence behind him. How can a small, rich minority convince the masses of people to support a government not operating in their interests? Propaganda is fed to the people through corpor- ate controlled television. The power structure manages to keep us isolated, separated from each other by preaching a philosophy of individualism, as evidenced by the popularization of the Western Hero and the Super Spy, the rugged In- dividualists, who alone win against all odds. A myth fs perpetuated, Anyone can succeed in this dog eat dog society and Is himself to blame If he does not, Individualism and racism are two of the means of preventing us from uniting and finding the true cause of our problems, profit-mo- tivated capitalism, Those in power know that if the majority of the people stopped their in-fighting, saw through the sham, refused to be divided by the false ruling class philosophy of individualism and racism, if the people united to fulfill their own needs, the peo- ple would take the power away from them, There would be revolution, MORE COTCKROATHES ADR Your Moncy Do you live in the Mission? Do you live in a nice place? When was the last time you said ‘thome sweet home’’? When was the last time the tub fell through the floor? When was the last time the cock- roaches backed you up against the wall? Have you had any sleep lately or has the stomping of the rats walk- ing on the kitchen Moor kept you awake? Will your place still be standing ~ in the next two years? AMEN DOF YOu U “HIRTY FIVE DOLLARS, ¥® DAY To TELL HIM WoRK =f vA WELL ~| OWN PAYG HIM, HE PAYS —\\ “Te MACHINES! . Has the landlord raised the rent because you have too many kids or has he just kicked you out? Do you and yours have enough to eat? The rats (including the landlord) have enough to eat, That's because they live off the people---you and me! They come with their fat hands to take your money for their rot- ten house. The rent has doubled in the last three years, This Is caused by the rich businessmen that want to move all the people out for their own profit, They'll be putting a tunnel through the Mission and moving out all the peo- ple to make it a business district. They come by to take 1/3 of your pay so you can barely have en- ough for food for your kids. You tell him,‘*Why don’t you fix my place a little?’ And he tells you, “Next week...next month,,.next year.”’ You are not alone with this, What we have to do Is get together so we can have better homes for our selves and our familles, POWER TO THE PEOPLE FREE LOS SIETE, THE F The picture which America produced in its own mind of people has traditionally been ful] of distortions and self serving lies, We may sing and dance gra- cefully as we cut each other to bits with switchblades in ‘West Side Story’', And In that sense we are colorful, sensual but violent creatures from another planet, played by cardboard blue eyed an- ge)s--anglos buried In tons of tech- nicolor makeup which represents the color of our skins, but never us, the real people who don’t come in wide screen stereophonic sound and a musical score which is an insult to our real music and our real lives. Spicks can’t make {t in Hollywood. The case of the Mission 7 isa good illustration of the perverted and insulting mentality which seeks to keep our people in a cage. The news media in alliance with self seeking politicians and their instr- ument of oppression, the police, are attempting to make Los Siete Ge La Raza into the perfect ste- reotypes they have created of a greasy, sadistic, murderous, ‘bunch of punks’’, to use Mayor Alioto’s phrase. They are sitting as keeper, judge and executioner of our brothers and by logical es- tension, of all our people, They ..have already tried, condemned, and executed our brothers and, as far as they are concerned, the e- ventual trial is.a mere formality-- the issue has been decided and the judgement handed down, From Wildcat Ss The widow of patrolman Brodnik, the glare of Mashbulbs and TV cameras announces her belief that if capital punishment were aban- doned it would provide encourage- ment to those who might commit this type of crime in the future. Our brothers are being made an example of, their guilt or innoc- ence is not important, what is necessary is that the people should be taught a lesson, If a hyster- . {cal campaign of this nature had been perpetrated against someone wf a different or more “respect- able’’ background, the reactions of all fairminded people would right- fully be that the questions of guilt, innocence and punishment should be settled in a fair and impar- {lal court of law and not in the circus atmosphere of racist hys- teria which has already condemned our brothers. As far as the news media, the defenders of law and order, the TV watchers and news- paper readers are concerned, itis all very clear cut, Our brothers have been dehumanized in their eyes; they are vicious murderers, criminals and street punks, They have as much right to life and fairness in the handling of their case as cockroaches and other forms of less desirable insect life, The Martinez brothers, Jose Me- lendez, Jose Rios, Gary Lescall- et, Nelson Rodriguez and Gio Lo- pez are the living stereotypes which this country in its mind has created of our youth and by log- ical extension of all of our peo- ple. ; We know this Is a false image; We know the Mission 7 are human beings, our own flesh and blood, they are as guilty as any of our children who have dared to love ‘heir people and attempted to un- selvishly work for social justice and the uplifting of all La Raza. The Mission 7 have been re- fused ball and is the ‘‘ good people” of San Francisco have thelr way they will never breathe free air again or be able to embrace their families. Our brothers have been brutal- ized and mistreated while in jall, this is nothing new, it Is to be expected-~ it is a very old story which has recurred constantly throughout the history of La Raza in the New World, Perhaps it has happened to your young son who has been arrested for not moving quickly enough to satisfy a racist cop's whim, or your nephew who was arrested on one trumped up charge or another and perhaps kill- ed while “resisting arrest’. You know what these words mean, just another "‘spic’ getting out of line- our history is full of many such painful memories and every oneof — us have a favorite story of abuse — and maltreatment at the hands of Law and Order, It is nothing but It must and will stop. a I'm sick and tired of our child- ren being degraded in their sch ee and made to fee] ashamed o eir parents, their , food, themselves, week ough and our voices will be (of Suck Be La AZA iAMNISTIAL “A BUNCH OF PUNKS*, ‘Mayor Alloto has called the Seven--he is already sure they are guilty, A gang of hoodlums, intimidating merchants, the Chronicle wrote about them a week before the incident which left one cop dead, another wounded, and seven of our young men charged with mur- der. I guess they looked like punks to Alioto--they had brown skin, and all of them didn’t speak English very well. But 1 know them, and that is not the kind of guys that they are. The two Martinez brothers were in the same situation as a lot of people who come to the “land of opportunity” and find out that the only opportunity they have Is to be a High School dropout, Either they have trouble In school because of cultural differen- ces or language problems, or they graduate to become ser- vants to the so-called ‘real* mericans. At the time I met Mario Martinez, one of the Seven of our race who are accused of killing the cop, he was about to drop out of Jefferson High School. He just didn’t dig the school. He had trouble with the teachers and the counsellors, He couldn't speak English too well, And he couldn't see what good an education would do him, AH he-knew was that to get any- where in this country, you needed money--so he was rea- dy to drop out and get a job. We were recruiting for the “College Readiness Program" at the College of San Mateo, and we persuaded, him to try it. The College Readiness Program takes in students like Mario, who don’t have the grades or are about to drop out, and tries to give them financial aid, adequate coun- selling-counselling which un- derstandx OUR problems--- and a ful-time tutor to help develop the reading, studying, listening and Ubrary skills that the public school system never bother to teach him. cate their brothers and sis- ters. They formed COBRA-- the Coalition of the Brown Race for Action--and In its first school year, the organ- ization succeeded in forcing the College to hire five more counsellors for the program, to hire more black, frown, and yellow skinned faculty members, and to begin an Ethnic Studies Division, The Ethnic Studies Division will begin operation this Fall, These young men--now ac- cused of murder--continued to struggle for our community, They were at San Francisco State, helping to open up the school to our people, and to end racist education. They were working with our stu- dents in the strike at Mission High School, It is a funny thing. They keep telling us not to drop out of school; to get a good education, But when Mario and Rodolfo and Gio and Nelson went back to their people, to talk to their bro- thers on the street about going back to school so they could serve the people--then they became a special target of the cops. Jose Rios, Gary Lescallet and Jose Melendez -- three more of the Seven -- had also decided to go back to school, and they were work- ing with still others, advising them of their rights, urging them to work for our people. Now all seven of them, fighters for La Raza, are In the Man's prisons, 1 don’t know exactly what happened in front of the Rios home on May list. But I do know that the Chronicle and Mayor Alloto has called these fine brothers ‘punks” and *hoodlums”, Do they sound like “punks” to you? Who are we going to believe? The Sky's The Limit eyo More than this, we tell our young men to go back to our people, He must not be the only one to profit from his education--and he must also recruit his brothers and sis- ters for the program. Mario, one of these ‘punks", went to summer school at the Col- lege of San Mateo in 1968, and now he even dreamed of going on and becoming a doc- . tor, I went to Mario’s house fre- quently as his tutor, and met his family and his brother Rudolfo Martinez--another of the Seven, He was working as a waiter in the Olymple Club in San Francisco then--and he had some stories to tell about the racism he had to put up with from these great, rich men, At the same time he was going to school at city College of San Francisco. But he couldn’ t hack it--he was thinking of dropping out, I told him to come up to the College of San Mateo, we'd see if we could get him some financial support. I told him it wouldn't be much, and he’d have to change his style some, I told him I used to be a good dresser myself for a while--but I decided to go back to school, and to use the Little money I could get to feed myvseelf--and to faad my Drain, Moedolfo Martines also enterred CSM last Fall. Mario was mainly responsible for Rodolfo’ s deciding to con- tinue in school. He was also in charge of recruiting stu- dents from the Mission and from Daly City, Last summer he recruited 30 or more, in- cluding two more of the Seven, gio Lopez and Nelson Rod- riquez. Like most of our peo- ple, they had been destined to become servants in the factories of America’s white ruling class, or nameless vic- tims of hunger, unemployment and police repression, All of these brothers re- alized that the only way to eliminate the suffering of their. people is by helping each other and working together to edu- TO FREE OUR 7 BROTHERS SEND DONATIONS TO: CHARLES GARRY St4tl MARKET 3 T: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA BASTA YA! SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 4 LA RAZA Y LA MELTING POT Nuestra ha luchado ene. genera Ea trfs paheracice bajo la creéncia que el“sueho A- mMericano’’ algin df serfa una re- alidad, que la pobreza y la degra- que tenemos enfrentar tras df cambiarfa para mejor, Nos han dicho que si permane- cemos quietos, trabajamos duro, y aprendemos Inglés subsistemen- te bien, entonces algun dfa tal- vez se nos permitré pertenecer al pueblo Norteamericano, En la escuela nos ensenaron que en Norteamerica no habian distinc- jones entre razas, creencias, u origenes nacionales, ero siempre nos postergaron, y ‘'mafana’’ se transformé en una maldici6n Anglo-Sajona; vaya de~ spacio, aprenda mis Ingles y salude a la bandera, Para mientr siguio la pobreza, la degradacion, y la enfermedad, porque la Raza nunca ha sido reconocida coma raza de seres humanos en este pafs, Y si las condiciones parecen haber mejorado, el mejoramineto puede ser visto de punto de vista de un perro cuyo duetio se ha hecho mas rico y consequentemente puede darle de comer mejores huesos, pero nuestros huesos tienen el mfhimo de carne, Hemos trabajado, estudiado, y hemos aprendido nuestras lec- ciones blen y podemos darnos cuenta que la gran {lusi6n en reali- dad era una mentira y no era para nostros. Ahora estamos preparados para defendernos, para trabajar por Buestro bien comun, y para de- scartar la posici6n sin sentido que esta sociedad ha impuesto sobre nosotros, Nos estamos preparando para el dfa en que la sociedad en la cual estamos obligadosa existir reflejar& las necesidades reales y las aspiraciones de nuestra gente. El ‘*melting pot'’ Norteamericano sera una caldera enteramente diferente, Nostros, los Siete de la Raza, ya no podemos quedarno mirando & un policfa y otro policfa que ma- tan a nuestra gente y en seguida Salen libres mientras que al miam< tiempo, a siete de los nuestros nosotros, La Raza, nos identifican, hos acusan, nos persiguen y nos condena la prensa muchos meses antes de que empieze el juiclo. v IGLESIA LIBERADA POR EL YLO © OO £8446 40808 @ 42 AG Aae 48/Sirva Al Pueblo Los Young Lords ocuparon la iglesia metodista de Armitage y Dayton el 11 de junio. Esta iglesia, en el centro del territorio del YLO, habia sido usada como un lugar de reunion cuando el YLO todavia era una pandilla. Despues de, la politizacion del YLO, contimuamos a usar la iglesia de vez en cuando para algunas reuniones. Pero necesitavamos un lugar para una oficina, un lugar donde el publo nos pudiera encontrar en cualquier momento, donde pudieramos atender nuestros asuntos. Decidimos pedirle a la iglesia que nos alquilara espacio. Durante varios meses les repetimos nuestra oferta, pero siempre nos rechazaban, Nos rechazaban sin razon, pues la congregacion unicamente cuenta con 25 a 30 personas y el plantel es usado solamente por una hora los domingos. - El resto del dia, y de la semana, el * edificio permanece vacio. Los Siete de la Raza no pueden conseguir un juiclo justo en este 5 por que nunca seran juzgados por un grupo de sus pares, Esto lo sabemos muy bien, Los fiscales racistas harfn un gran esfuerzo, Con gran empeno, para excluir del jurado a Latino menos los Latinos mas Americanizados. Los Siete hermanos podrian terminar en la camara de gas a causa de la Apatia que existe en nuestra gente y a causa de la situacion politica en el Estado de Cal- {fornia actualmente. La fiscalfa ha demostrado gra- ficamente su falta de interés por las vidas de los hermanos al dar ‘sOlamente una mirada pasajera a Ta ‘evidencia'’ que puede sig- nificar su condena. Estamos hartos je dejar que la policia corra desatada por- nuestras calles, asotando, dis- parando, y sobdrnando a nuestra gente. No permitiremos que la Prensa, los politicos y los nego- clantes llevena puestros siete her- manos a ja chilara de gas porque ‘parece que Algujen mato a un polidfa"'. Dos de los hermanos, que estaban en el colejio durante el! delito to- davia estan presos, acusados de asesinato! Es evidente que e] Alcalde Alloto y el Jefe de la Policla Cahill estan utilizando a nuestros hermanos como propaganda politica para que Alloto pueda presentarse frente a los votantes como un hombre de ley y de orden si decide presen- tarse de candidato a gobernador. it, podemos permitir que estos polfticos egoistas usen nuestros cuerpos como puentes para satis- facer su sed por e) poder politico, La iglesia rehuzo alquilarnos espacio, pero cuando el JYDC (Joint Youth Development Commission) les pidio espacio, no hubo ningun problema, Esta agencia mantiene un registro de todas las pandillas y de todas las organizaciones del pueblo, y recopila reportes diarios. Si no hubiera sido por el YLO y otras organizaciones, el JYDC todavia estaria ahi. Nosotros los sacamos de la iglesia. Escribimos un bolante para explicar nuestra posicion a la comunidad, y por tres dias nos encargamos de distribuirlo. El tercer dia, ocupamos el edificio. Inmediatamente cambiamos los candados y las chapas, limpiamos los pisos y las paredes, establecimos una politica de limpieza, et cetera, Alguien llamo a la policia, pero despues de unas conversaciones entre e] YLO y la mesa de directores de la iglesia, se fueron, Desde entonces el YLO y los Nostros, La Raza, y todo el pueblo, tenemos que escojer;onos protegemos contra esta mfiquina de destrucci6n humana, o nos senta- mos &@ esperar hasta que nos leven uno por uno a la destruccion, Los Siete de la Raza estamos consagrados a Ja lucha por los de- rechos humanos para La Raza y para todos los pueblos \\Wf SANG AW / ; a YY \ directores de la iglesia se han reunido varias veces. Les pedimos que nos vendieran el edificlo o que nos rentaran espacio. Despues de algunas dias, los directores llamaron una conferencia de prensa y anunciaron que nos permitirian el uso del sotano de lune a viernes para una guarderia de ninos, Los gastos de electricidad, gas, agua, et cetera serian compartidos igualmente por el YLO y la iglesia, y el edificio seria rehabilitado para poder satisfacer las normas del codigo de construcciones. Los directores no nos alquilaran espacio pero nos han prometido ayuda para que podamos encontrar una oficina en e} barrio. Hemos comenzado a renovar el sotano para que sea una guarderia: Las paredes han sido pinatadas, y ya tenemos algo de equipo para los ninos, Nuestra oficina se encuentra en la iglesia, hasta que encuentren un sitio mas aproplado, HE WY Ya nos basta esta acomulaci6n de abusos, mentiras, engfhos e im. potencia. Estamos consagrados a] pueblo, A servir al pueblo A proteger al pueblo y a criticar la injusticia de los unos contra los otros, = — = NO SiS Quién controla “la televisfon? Cualquier persona ha sido bom- bardeada con los anuncios de la T.V, sabe Ja televisfon no es gra- tls, Esta costeada por los patro- cinadores, las agencias de pub- Icidad cuyo intereses est{ prin- cipal en vender sus productos, La T.V. tene exito. A la gente se le dice que compre tal cosa y izas!,...van y lo compran, Com- prar, comprar, comprar... ‘Una de las maneras para apunta- lar esta economia es en conven- cer a la gente de que necesitan un nuevo coche, nuevas marcas de . jJabones, nuevos aparatos de T.V. en colores, etc, - El capitalismo no hubiera podido Sobrevivir sin un aumento cons- tante de mercados, Que ocurre si moO hay génte para comprar los productos? Enseguida se inventan “hiievas necesidades, principaime- nite a traves de la television, para _ ta misma gente de siempre y se fabrican productos que apenas se san se gastan o se echan a per- der con una rapidez asombrossa. No en balde se gastan miles de res en un anuncio de 30 seg- La indGstria de la televisfon sir- AY ve los intereses de lus corpora- ciones mas importantes. Para el trabajador la TV. no constituye un beneficio, sind tan solo un me- todo de sacarle del dinero, LaT V. esta controlada totalmente, inclu- yendo las noticias, por el Inmenso poder de las corporaciones -- el dinero--el capital monopolista, No da la verdad objetiva, Las notic- jas son culdadosamente seleccion- adas y matizadas para ayudar y mantener en el poder a los que lo tienen y en la ignorancia a la gente suministrandoles infor- macion falsa o parcial a los tra- bajadores y a todos aquellos cu- Las corporaciones no solo con- trolan al pueblo, tambien control- an el goblerno. Este es su gob- ferno, no una democracia, ni un goblerno popular. Ningun polltico jamas sale electo sin el apoyo mon- etario y la Influencia de alguna corporacion, Como es posible que una pe- quena minoria riquisima pon- venzea a las masas del pueblo a continuar apoyando a un goblerno que m opera en el interes de este filtimo ? Al pueblo se le alimenta con la propaganda que sale de la televisfon controlada por las corporaciones, La estruct- DIMERO : Vive usted en la Misfon? Vive usted en un lugar decente? Cuando fue la filtima vez que el vano s@ cayd a travéz del piso? _ Cuanto tiempo ha sido que usted ha dicho , ‘casa querida casa'’? Cuanto fue la ultima Vez que las cucarachas lo tenfan a usted en _ £ontra de la pared? Ha dormido usted? No lo han de- _ Jado el galopeo de los ratones en Ia cocina, ‘Puede su casa estar permanente en los dos siguentes anos? Ha subido 1a renta el dueiio por \ 4 - Fe aus dice el ‘Goer ~ Le dijo que , As Pees | PRAGA Aud. (390 At Dia pAeAr AR MAS RA, Pécudnro , ) Le PRAGA: que usted tlene muchos muchachos © le han hecho para afuera? Tiene usted y los suyos bastante para comer? Los ratones (incluyendo el dueno), tlenen pastante para comer. Eso es porque viene de la gente! Us- ted y yo! Vienen con sus manos goraas para quitarle el dinero para su maldita casa. La renta se ha doblado en los tres ultimos anos, Esto es hecho por el rico hombre de neg- ocio que quiere mover a toda la vente Dara su propla convinencia, DE Dow: IDGAR Aumce / cle ms A obrene 4 DINERO Paes <6 7 es Gratis ura del poder nos mani_« para mantenernos alislados separados entre si, predicando constante- mente una filosoffa indi vidualista, como se puede ver en ia popul- aridad del Héroe del Oeste y el Super Espia, individualistas re- cios, que dado e} caso se enfren- tan solos contra todas las adver- sidades. Asi se perpetua un mito. Pues cualquiera puede triunfar en esta sociedad donde rige la ley de la jungia y si fracasa el un- ico culpable es el mismo, Este Individualismo asi como e) racismo existente son dos de los medios que nos previenen de unir- nos y de hallar la verdadera cau- sa a nuestros problemas: el cap- italisma motivado por el afan del lucro, Los que tienen el poder a- hora saben muy bien de que si la mayoria de la gente dejara de pelearse entre si, y viera el en- gano y se negara a dejarse div- idir y confundid por la falsa fil- osofia de) individualilsmo y del ra- cismo de la clase dirigente, si la gente se unlera de verdad para resolver y llenar sus necesidades el pueblo tomarfa el poder en sus manos. Entonces si habrfa una revolucfon, MAS CUCARATHAS Van aconstrutr un tunel por la Mis- fon y a mover a toda la gente para hacer la Mision un districto financiro, Vienen a quitarle 1/3 de su pago para que tenga apenas para sus ninos. Le dice usted,'‘Porque no arregla usted mi lugar un poco? Y el le dice ‘‘La semana que vi- ene--el mes que viene--elano que viene."’ Usted no esta solo con esto. Lo que tenemos que hacer és juntarnos para tener mejores casas para nosotros y nuestras familias “Quien hace 403 zarAra ? AAce BASTA YALSATLRDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 PAGE 3 La Pecvioa ne LI Puteco La imagen de nuestra gente trau. iclonalmente creada en la menta- Idad Norteamericana por los pro- plos Norteamericanos esta des- figurada y llena de mentiras ego- istas, Podemos bailar y cantar gra- closamente yal mismo tiempo hac- ernos pedazos con cuchillos en ‘‘West Side Story’’, y en ese sen- Udo somos seres pintorescos, sen- sSuales, y violentos de otro plan- eta, interpretados por angeles ang- los de carton con ojos azules en- terrados en montafias de maquill- aje technicolor qué representa e/ color de nuestra piel, pero nunca a nosotros, el pueblo verdadero que no aparece en la _ pantalla ancha ni en el sonido estereofdn- ico ni en la partitura musical que es un insultoa nuestra musica ver- dadera y a nuestras vidas ver- daderas, Los ‘‘spics’', como nos dicen, no consiguen nada en Hol- lywood. El caso de Los Siete de La Raza es un buen ejemplo de la mentalidad perversa y ofensiva que hace todo lo que puede por man- tener a nuestra gente enjaulada, La prensa, en conjunto con poll- ticos egocentricos y suinstrumen- to de opresion, la policia, estan haciendo lo posible por presentar- lewal publico una imagen de los Siete que colncide con el perfe- cto estereotipo creado por ellos, del ‘‘monton de maleantes’’ gra- Sientos, sadicos, y asesinos, como dice el Alcalde Alloto. Se han delegado el role de cul- dador, juez, y verdugo denuestros hermanos, y, por estensfon lo- dador, juez, y verdugo de nuestros hermanos, y, por extensfon logica, de toda nuestra gente, Ya han juz- gado, condenado, y ejecutado a el julclo verdadero no es mas que una formalidad: el] caso ha Tae decidido y la sentencia ya se 0. Tibertan PARA LOS SIETE 7 “An t0s ZAPATOS eL. EAI un Lia? et 405 od foms obtance 44S ARQUIVAS CALLETE = JE OIRA 429P/1M 20 La viuda del policia Brodnik, a la luz de camaras de televisfon y camaras fotogrificas anuncio que en su opinion, si la pena de muer- te fuese abandonada, serfa una for- ma de dar apoyo a los que en el futura podrfan cometer tales crimenes, > A nuestros hermanos los estan usando como ejemplo, su culpa- bilidad y inocencia no Importa; lo necesario es que la gente aprenda la leccfon. Si una campana hister- ica de esta naturaleza se hublese hecho contra alguien de un origen distinto, mas‘respetable’’, la re- accion de cualquier persona justa ~ habria sido que las questiones de culpabilidad, inocencla, y castigo se deberian de decidir en un tri- bunal justo e imparclal y no en la atmosfera de circo de unahisterila racista que ya ha condenado a nuestros hermanos. En cuanto ala prensa, los defensores de la ley y del orden, el que mira la tele- visfon y el que lee el diario, todo esta muy claro, A nuestros hermanos, en los ojos de esta gente, ya no les perte- nece el termino'‘humano’’, porque son asesinos terribles, criminales y bandidos callejeros, No tlenen mas derecho de vivir y de jus- ticla en su juicio que las cucar- achas y otras formas menos ac- ceptables de insectos, Los hermanos Martinez, Jose Melendez, Jose Rios, Gary Les- vallet, Nelson Rodriguez, y Gio Lopez son los estereotipos vivi- entes de la Imagen creada en ls mentalidad Norteamericana de nu- estra Juventud y logicamente deto- dos nosotros, Nosotros sabemos que esta imagen es falsa, noso- tros sabemos que Los Siete son seres humanos, nuestra propia ca- rne sangre. Sontanculpables como cualquiera de nuestros hijos que se hublera atrevido a querer a su gente y que hublera tratado de trabajar generosamente por la jus- ticla social y para levantar a toda La Raza, A Los Stete se les ha rehus- ado la fianza, y si la ‘‘gente Bu- ena'’ de San Francisco salen con la suya, nunca jamds respiran el aire de la libertad, ni podran ja- mas abrazar de nuevo a sus fami- liares. A nuestros hermanos los han brutalizado y maltratado en la carcel, pero esto no es nada nuevo ya lo esperabamos, es una histor- fa viejisima que se ha repitido con- stantamente en la histéria de La Raza en e] Nuevo Mundo. Talvez ha ocurrido que a su hijo lo hayan llevado preso por no moverse lo sufisientemente rapido para satisfacer el antojo de un policia racista, © a su sobrino 4 quien Io sentenciaron con alguna évidencia fabricada o posiblemente a otro que lo mataron por que se resistfo a que lo cojieran preso; Ud. sabe el significado de estas palabras, no es mas otro ‘‘spic’’ que se porto como no se debe; nuestra histéria esta Ilena de mu- chas dolorosas memorias seme- jantes y cada uno de nosotros tie- ne algun cuento favorito de algun abuso © maltrato a manos de la ley y del orden. No es nada nue- vo; pero se tiene que acabar y se va @ acabar, Basta! Ya no aguan- to mas y estoy harto de la hum- flacion a la cual someten a nues- tros hijos en los colegtos y a que los hagan sentirse avergon- zados de sus padres, de su id- toma, de su comida y\de ellos mismos, ; Ya es demasiado 4 nuestras Vo- ces tlenen que ser escuchadas, — tl