Vol. 3, No. 30

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THE BLACK PANTHER 2° Black Commuhity News Service IN VIETNAM LOSE shay, THE VIETNAMESE SAY, pons VY “IFTHE ENEMY _—_‘jerfam REFUSES TO GET \' OUT ANNIHILATE = HIMi”
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, i9e9 PAGE 2 FREEDOM CANNOT BE GAGGED! By Tem Hayden What ts mow taking place im the federal courtroom where we of The Comaptracy are being tried is & repeat cf what cecurred i the streets of Chicago at the Demo erailc convention last year New as then, police and gow eramect officials are creating a virtual riot, One has only to look Stross at ¢o-Cefendam Bobty Seale, bound and gagged by order of jeder Julius Hoffmas, to rea- Mae who is manufacturing tbe dis- order. As @uring. the convention when thousands of Gemonstrators sowght to Fegister their protest to the War and GeDemocratic party in power, the governmest Is Senying ts famdamental constitutions) rights, In Seale’s case it was the (0 defend Dimself afer Hott- Man refused to delay the trial a few weeks unti] stiorney Charles Garry, Seale’s cbiet attorney, re- covered from an operation. When Seale and the seven other Com splracy defendants tesist upon ex- ereising this right, they are ac- cused of disrupting the judicial process, Again, as during the convention, & Dear police state cttains. Chicago police aed U.S. marstals have takes over the entire federal basis. ing “to preserve order,’ as though the forces of diseréer were to te toued is frost of the judicial bench, fet behind it, M has become a trader: whenever threats, denial Of basic rights and police state machinery fail to break the revolu- themary spirit, & police riot takes Place-«in this coertroom as in Ch. EH. CH Anyone who has closely bern following the trial in Chicago now Must realine that Fascism is rus- t sing fampant in courts where pe ileal prisosers are bedne tried, { have been following the trtal Chewely and the proceedings of that of “Jedge Magoo has hardened my stand behind the Diack Panther Party and J am quite certain it has also wom the wangsurd party « increased support al) charges ard tor wader the ccesitution, that being cago during our coefroatation in late August The eigh of us are being charged with ptr > riet”" during the convertion, Mf convicted, we @ach tace $20,000 fines and 10 years G jafl, in addition to Nobby Seale, the defendants are Dave Det linger, Abtée Hoffman, Jerry Ru- bin, Rensie Davis, Joba Froines, Lee Weiner and myself. Here's bow Hodiman Roddy Seabe Botty came teto the coert Cet 20 abead of the juice and jery. He sabvied Panthers and others in the gallery and cave a stort speech. Me said be would stand on comstitwional righ to defend self in the court, Several times Botey told his isteners to “coo! i" 8 matior what happesed le then sat down and waited for the pallet trial to begin, The Panther leader--ihe caly one of us who is Black--berks back to & law passed curing Recon. struction to subwtantiate Ns de- mand that he te allowed to defend Disself. Hoffman insists thet our lawyer, William Kumatler, ts Seale's lawyer, too, but Lobby in- sists-.without amagenism to Kus- siler--that his choice ts Garry, Failing that, he prefers to defeed Lu bimeel!. His Gefen: Was meetioned by 4 witness or when the other attorneys had finished cross examination, The government position is that Seale made his point for the appel late record during the fret days only what he ts entities to he righ to cross examine witeesses, the right to represent himself or bare a lawyer of his oun choice sented RaDgaroo cowrt under thedireciicn a AIL these have teen Judge Motimam is truly “bintant racist", fer be has dented em to lobby, dodge lieftman, merely Tricky Seck's Ouaky'", ie trying to have be trial labeted « mi Chairman Bothy, has made evi- evitable, an agpeal to the higher Gent by Ge treatmem he tas re- ceived, \o the whele of Americs courts, They realize that Uf this alled rist comspiracy law was what bas been known by many ever ested for constitetionallty Black brothers who have come im Ut would not survive, it is an ob Contact with justice in a racist views deslal of the free speech @ortety, & tir impartial trial is amendment . bmpossitde, Chairman Hotey ashe The purpose of the trial as of the trial and be shoeds sit rally from sow on TMs fost- to ounts to having lotey re fern to the statusof legalized slav- ery in the absurd expectation that in three or fear years an imeekf, Dotty stressed that be was not disrupting Sanded the right to crossexamine the witeres on the stand after cur lawyere--Kuastier and Leonard Wetnelass--had Maished. Seale and Hoffman were having an angry Selerctange whee US Attorney Richard Schulte bounded to the lecturn, waved his Geger at Seale and told the jodee that before court hed tegue that more. ing Seale had told his followers im the courtroom to be ready to attack, Seale slammed Als haad ce the tate and showted: “You know 1 told them te cool it You're a Nar.”' At this polnt the judge ordered Sarshals (0 seat Seale. They threw him down isto bis chair twisting his arm, Court soon recesued and the jutge warsed Seale he would be dealt with appropriately After the recess, early all Blacks, Mpples and usde pressmes found that their places in the courtroce: had been filled by a gallery of middle-aged pecote who seemed to resembbe moat the Political hacks who filled the com. vestion with ‘We love Mayor Da~ everyone knows, ts to make it appear that the violence of last year’ sGemonstration was planed by the eigM sow om trial, this is wtrerly ridiculous and completely untounded. The denial of the eight, Dobby Seale in particular, the right to cross exaite witcesses is an ObviONS allemgt to Cover up some- thing. Whateve rying to be hidcen must be vital to the court becawse they are denying those os trial tf COnatitetional rights, A conspiracy does exist how. a Cover nm ental conspd racy of sappression of political activists Wack and White are bel! bent a kicking ts As, the capt tallets who would at @raat ination to people, ul <4 places of power, The eves bey” placards last year, Then came the gagging Nomat- epared we were for It, even fost Rew smen- able and emotion- ally tntole Int the gaging alec demecestrated once again hat the spirit of the people was greater tham the man's technology: Dotty wasn't stlenced, When court resumed two Black marabals carried Bobby into the courtroce:, his ankles and wrists manecied to a metal chair and & singte piece of cloth like a handkerchief! pulled across Cpen mouth and tied bedied » bead. When the judge brought i the jury Hw chear several of the jurors were emotionally @aker Even the government representa- tives seemed desperately uncom- fortae Hetty abmeat im metiately began to speak, coce again demanding Ms constitutional rights to Gefend Mimself. The tree of his voice was motes: that caly added to the drama, The fader instructed marshals to improve the gagging. From Wednesday afertoce un- «0 Friday sorsing marshals (and ome supposes warious specialists ané schentists) attessgted to con- wiruct a perfect gag and cootinually failed. Seale was next brow courtroom th a wooden chair with beather straps around Bis ankles aad wrists, presumabiy to stop the sound of the clanking chains, bot % only made Bobty appear to be ie am electrio chair. Over the ortginal cloth gag, the marstals began to add more cloth, ome inch wise strips of adhesive tape and gauze Areteh bandages, bowsd over the top « ba Ms bead and ted ender his breathing made difficelt and he was renming & fever tecagee the caceteg ee irrituting a tonsil oom. dition he had Conspiracy attorneys made & motion that the trial te recessed) so they and two de. feetaats--Hutts and myself.. could fly to Sam Franctaco to con~ salt with Garry atewt Ge sem stepa ts dealing with the orisia, With creat refectance, (he gov~ ernment and the judee allowed the recess. Hoffman warted es sgainat making press statements because be did not want to be in bed wateh- ing television and see Mimeelf or the government vilified. | sald that the purpose of the trip was te see what could be dom sext is re- solving the crisis bet that | would sot tw cages, tT meeting in San Francisco i members of the Panther 1} comm ities ané represeata. thwes of the firm of Charles Garry, Attorney Arthur Kisoy was also there from New York, Garry tesumed practice ona part time taste Oct, 20, tet eves this present level of activity rane against the wishes of his doctors, There is 50 ponelbdiity of Garry entering a rough and teste trial on a @afly tesis enttl mid. November or tate Eves Garry re well, how~ ever, we feet that this case las been so hopelessly prejudiced that Ais coming would caly be a tran- quillaer for the jwige--aot a step toward a fair trial,’ Garry's postion ts that the trial abculd be dismiased or that at the very beast, Seale should te allowed to defesd himself anc that the guve rtenest ts entirety tobame for what has happened. The Panther Party position is that the case is a clear demonstration of the lack of justioe for Black peopte, Cur meeting on te coast ex- hausts at this potes acy fatst hope ihe @Overamert might have Rad for using Garry to get itself off the book The government mest teow escalate the gagging of Betty, remove Mm from the case, move for & mistrtal of what Is perhaps to keep Ms mouth closed, ‘Sill get the blame, Ca Oct. 30 Bobby attergted to In the meantime Garryand many loosen Sts lof arm and scrithles other lawyers are im a seat a sole that Bis cirostation was ie a court to dis- bwing cet off. The note was given misy everyone or to Weinclass told the court bet Seale self, The suit that Seale had peek ope . 4. It dented, culation In Rie igs j leosects¢ the strap on his left arm, Betty mut- tered and shook Me bead viclertly to indicate Ms pain, Then, the police riot begua. The marshals streck him in the groin, in the chest aad te the face with short pynches oF elbow News, Jerry Kal was hit in the face by a marshal’s elbow as Jerry tried to polat out the violence that was taking place, Seale was then removed again, The jury which had gone out just as (he violence began, d4 not see the beating, Whee the jury came tack ta, Reanle Davis stood and tel¢ them Seale was beaten and tortered ot of thetr presence, Hoffman agin sent the jury out. Dy Friday Oct, 21 it was clear the (rial was headirg toward an explosive climax, Sead soribthes a pote saying be wan subjected te crvelLand ctahment because his lation was betag of the workd are on Mie court thanks to Chairman Botty's us- daunted ry for justioe, credit must also te given to Juige Magoo, for MMs ieability to cope with Bot®y's ery, be has shed mech Light on the suppressive policy of Tricky Dick and bis runting dog fluakion, People are not going for all the bel ~t A=erica preaches, the lacomsistanctes are becoming arer amt the people of the (oppressed peoples) are forming a proletartan tater. mationaltetic force that will rise aad crush the pig power structure, ALL POWER TO Ti PLOPLy Jobn Coleman wi y Foreabe Davis and Dave Delitsger ca the two coasts amd & march on the Justice Department Now, 15 te stop the trial and free Bobby. On the East Coast i is really peoessary to tie the Nov. 1S demon stration to the trial, There should be actions on the 13th and 14th At federal tulltungs throughout the Country to stop the trial, We think the entire trial is such a travesty--from the nature of the law, to the way we were indicted, to the proceedings taside the cowrt- Toom--that Sis comptetety ille- citimate, To say ‘Stop the trial’ or to say ‘Free Huey” ts really fo say that there ts so such thing as 4 fair trial possibte for polit- ical Gisserters sad ideulogical crimes, Reprinted from GUARDIAN STATEMENT - THE SANYA LIBERATION COMMITTEE We 2,000 Sanya workers firmly ‘apport the struggle of the Mack Panther Party, The people of Japan api =the US. will win over the slabe powers in their strugeie a- faiest US. impertatiem Wedemand the immediate release of Mr, Bobby Seale, the Chairman of the Black Panther Party who is being w- Justly detained by the U.S, author- ities. We tuliewe that the struggle of the Black Pasther Party ts also the Mrucgle of cur Sanya workers, We aiscerely hope we will struggle hand be hard ents} vietory. Sanya Liberation Comseittes SAlaj! Tamura, Chairmas siso @Apress cor warmest We solidarity with all members ef the Diack Dacther Party ‘, ® } fi * a
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F LACK PANTH DAY NOVEMBES JUDICIAL TERROR POSES = ats AS LAW AND ORDER eee German AGH STATEMENT wtal terroris ven r Ge & Pon arters, ao mur- the sen working there the iregertalist state starts with epee erreris inst * t n trea beeal justification 4 . vie oocupat f the 1 ot ther Party White Amer trace of humartcrm ty a class ( or the othe sptracy 6 te to chet Hows owt a conspir fcity ‘ , Ave bees educated by German y that the fascist murderous began its work when the a3 cow a conaptra tensive letions = within qoetl the o * « ch mibita ened and the nd . war ‘ athe system was ne . , e vigh were in- ty of clbing thee ticle t re clas at 4 a jalism totay is facing ar st to che defeat by the erate Vieteamese ecaart people's Nght and the revolutionary sige Julius J. Hottman wasas- 4 od Gat be te careed and @ eft is spreading all ever ed as his A*I®, Latin Aerica and Africa { Ais choosing T Imperialist rivals preét trom demanded an (2 Vietnamese here is ne Wied to defeed MOTE meney Kx up the faeade 55-0x © Oe ¢v welt the whete eente power structure ls depending on the Naz ‘ sue tel atvemge to Gestroy rev mitrov, 3 com athecury movemests is the U § *, as Dimi. from their very beginning, The Stack that tedy con | continue its rev simelity before > even Wf the whote D the ow je challenges the t leaSerstip is put te jail are A iminal racist pot that those rty 18 coe with the masses, ry wha ist “ho America have made a expresses their needs amd perative ix the way of Life ateoud as well as st formebsteos these a9 4 clear pro - * this a“ be ™ ause the Party ls servieg ort ie « cee al example of The : » eet racism Laevery ‘he people, It bas Inexhaustibée scer- what Cit : t life of cur count es for tighting within the ' Ks cltirens Cot munity, Th Law y © o sancthertascome. The Mmow that their beale ca wing Perialisa: ts @ fightforanAmerica felt or to starve as members of ment that is cated to justice ¥ mee of peace ant the intustrial reserve army (is- ts American fasctsen in tts ru tranquility, The case of @mployed form as M develops oa the jut annot be isolated from the To the contrary: The peraecutios Ctal treat American iste leat i recurtomer- of the lileck Pasther Party comrades he eight defendants let by row e conduct ur courts IS Convincing the other copresmed Bebty Seale Mave sot been decile must be determined by the needs people in the U.S. to organize them- observers to 4 judicial trampling of the creat masses, that thetr Selves and to Might within a Untied on constiteticnal rights, Theyhave interests te sealcusly and jea- Fr gainst Fascism, F “ not seen thetr ows aed this usly protected, that the nation We, German SDS, will Go our best mea mockery of at a5 ee isolated te usified and its security fo make these facts clear to the the chalieng aitemypt of thow- phenomenon. For them the trial made secure. German people, Some has been dose courtroom of Judge Julius tic js of citizess of Oe USA has tecome « vite) pease In the The Hoffman: must co The in West Germany by convincing man, Me is pewaiding i the case and White alike to secure fight od 1 for which Haysesworths must not emerge. Black people not te die in Vietan Sow sniversally known as the case from the Platfor ittee af the stand. They came to The iedictmests is Chicago must We shall invite the comrades of Of the "Chicago Eig." Thereare the Der # Chicago Chicago to fight, to protest, (0 be dismissed, the constitutional the Black Pasther Party te West eight Celendarts. One of ther is Presidential Campaler Com vent: cry aloud. Seale hoges 6 ker tights and human Cignity of men Germany this winter and we aball a Bleck man, a Black Americas, of 1968 a platform reflecting the , ¢ ertean people. He Sas ma and omen Jetandtedoreacourt organize Gemenst rations to mapport ® Mack beman teing ina cowry vital interests t ere ecourtroom a baltlegr of must be relentlessly defemiedelse them. Wo sball sharpen cur ews where racism is 4 poiiey of gov- cartie as the Black liberation struggle. be their legal rights inevitalty te fight against imperialism which wif! eramem, Bothy Seale is the co posed te nterests of me has emerce the lighticg {reat coated. The valve of Black-White be the test belp we can offer to founder of the Black Paatbers for oly capital, The pecple were de- of democracy us © mat: figure. unity in struggle has teen de the atrogeiing people Selt-Getease now kacwn as the manding a feace slack, They He bas lished tis battle agsinst strated ia the Chien ) courtrre Black Panther med BD end to the racket pre racis that of Ms people, that of where a Black A lean takes Whe The trial has worldwide signifi we that characterize America’s progressives with ihe fight Sor lead in a def 2 of our ch shed AL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! cance for as goes the mat parties convesiions, they world peace and the liberation Of rights and the Mebt fortheuatfica- Christian Semler, German SD6 of the ruliee class of warted adequate schools as all peop joe of all progressive forces isthe States #0 MAY G0 the tale of man- dowsing, efficient hospital lnatior Hie bas shown hew lo mourt an iateresi of mations) security Mind. The case thus becomes 4 asd shove all--seccrity, job se tensive strocrie BENEFIT FOR NAT’L. COMMITTEES COMBAT FASCISM AND 10 FREE DOUBLE EXPOSURE ‘The repression amd tasciat ta ties perpetrated against Chalrmar Betty Seale © BO CaMPighe and contempt fowr year jall semtence, ant ale & murder trail in awadting Rim ie bretal the most vile curse Ar y IANGUAEY Canmot de Urban Leagec - treat moet our staff in one vs obey was not permilied the offices saw an u righ to Ris choice of counsel and owt with a sta : thes whet be asked the court the treaiment “ unter the fascia, racist Gictates the iMack Pant 1 the H of Judge Hodtman) | 4 hde caer director J at e fore cise Bis constitutional right of agencies ect together and precen 7 fet spea Gefending himsiet--be was to the executiv * ot BOBBY SEALE Sse ees eee eect Sess we (THE FOURTH WAY == 99 ier haan fsa Sooke Sonclee "TK WANE and the KWAN-DITOS er Lect temeacea te harris haar is oy wale, anicarver. Leite do 1.50 announced later
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THE BLACK PANT TRIBUTE TO BOBBY SEALE ° There siis 2 man In a cold empty cell Me ts tslenced, isolated from the other inmates He ts denied proper dices His bealth crows worse and worse He [3 MADE to attesd that Munky seasloe That session here be must listes and smetl the farts sa cin OF PRG FASCIST JUDGE HOPPE MAN Brothers and sisters his name is Botty Seale He is Chairman of the pecpte’s army He bas significances to all op- Pieesed people ie is an in the fullest sense He bas dome and is still Going all he can Brothers and siste Brother Betey ic the people He believes in complete treedom, Justice, eqeality, eration and peace for all oppressed pecgte Ne bs a revetationary Ne stands i solidarity with Mexicans, Poerto Ricans, Black people, intians and peor exploited Whates : Ne stands «Mh everybody who is & seed of freedom Ne ts laying bis lige on the line tor the people What greater cif cam a man give Malcom X (EI Hajj El Malik ©) js Shabazz) beams through bin He is one of Malcolm's betoveth sone ye Farell! Beep on dotng ter the peopte i, “ 7 giving themght of bieset! é "Bo faithful, bold, strong and tree % Ths is the spirit of Comrade Bobty G. Seale The people cortinne ‘The Oppression continues there ave total Victory They will remember ard love that Srave Black man ) CUAINMAN BOBBY SEALS ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK PANTHER Parry White Plates Branet WY 10601 James Willie Worth Jr R. SATORDAY NOVESER 15 MARTIN SOSTRE LAUNCHES HIS ATTACK ON THE RULING CLASS 1909 PAGE 4 Mew York (1.55 right bas’, court, Martin & fist, took the ca, f an oppressed man rising up against bis sepposedty usreachante Nelsen Hocke c is weed t petting Black » anl, but he's not used t emt tria} by one of cis common that the wardens, Like Harcld Folleie of Greew Maver Prise, who order the tortures and haraasmert of prisoners, are ex powed 20d browgtt to trial. Sostre’s Grier fow faation brought Mim chrowgh Years of sclltary ceafineme from 19€0 te He was p there ater be had successful! taken action againat the Alti¢a State Prison bo al! buthen of Mack Muslim literature ané practice of Islex L he was thrown b pw i solftary fer mons cm & phony charee. (Hie was re because be was organizer dering « Black = retellion,) PUMishmenls were destenedto keep him from circulating among the Prisewers and advising them of their rights Sostre Os the stand alt cry on the opening of the trial, efving evidence about Ms mistreatment and the mistreatment of other prisooers by che warden, He and MMs attorney, Victor Rattscwttz, Produced Searly tweety letiors that had bees tamperet with ty the prises offictals, letvers writes by Sesire that were never sent, and censored letters that were de- livered to him. Seetre was calm and coemotional as be de: bed Ds experiences at Grees Prisca, AS soon as be arrived at Crees Haven, be pat in solitary con finement, Putishment thet tedicates that they knew who he was and they had special plans for him. But “‘erwel and unasual’ Punishment is not so wrusual in prison, and Sostre related the story of a man in the neat cell, Sostre had been com munte: with bb tar brokes) by a Scwtre counselied him to register a complaint with the wa Gen, One aight soon after, Sostre beard guards enier the man’s cell ant beat hie The eat worming Roan» HUEY yewtos” a LAE” oO MARTIN. SOSTRE AHMED EVANS ‘ THE PEOPLE DEM. IN SUPPORT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS Soetre was told that the mas had “committed autcide, in solllary confinement 4 man ts confined te a amall cell ith only & bare electric bulb that stays om all the time, Me is allowed cut Only ome hour « day for everest Geprived of any work program or reading material, allowed to bathe and shave coly once week, and 4 Curd awakens him every alt bowr at aig, = The defense actorney, Walsh, tried te object to as much of the evidence 44 possitie, For example, be sald that i wasifl clear that letters which had teen partially Macked cet or cut ant scotch. taped had teen ceasored, and he Sasisted that the identity of prisce euards (Who don't wear badges) be given before they are quoted, Kk was clear Bowever, that his objections could not stop the prose. cution. He booked more and more uxcomfortable as the evideace ac tmulated 454 as the judge over- ruled his o&pections, Dering the cross examination, Walsh (ried to prove that Sostr had sot recetved wvesual punish ment. Me Sut ceeded: and doit £0, proved concbestvel bruta} and enjest penishment te widespread and that Sost teen mistreated by New Ye Prisces ever since he emernd ee in 1952 Walsh has the « port Of (he state coverament tetand him, tet be cer Can Capitalism Exist Wi NOt" The evil systerr of colonial. tem and impertaliss arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade fs Negroes, and it ill surely come to ea end with ihe complete emancipation of the Black peogie Mao Tse Tune The terms cagetalian plus rac be fasciom has a very deep Significant meaning spon ihe marsen who sullier under sech evils First, amatyeirg the ‘raciam" fied i was actually used 45 & deceptive piece is the form of demagogy to deceive the asses as to the real motive of the ruling ¢lass. In order to use Mack people, is the oppressed con dithees in which they lived in and are still Uvieg ts, the ruling class had be Justify the reasces why they hep Mack people bowed and shack led to he Land on which they were esslaved. Racism, being manifested teru in wach cumple Mack peogte were lazy whittle; inferior ' mentally and teing ture with a * Manifest destiny of slavery, was an “y¥ outlet to their (oppressor) that were al motive the cepression of serve Black people, Black people were a exploltation of the people asa wbele source of free labor! ‘© know that a capitalist, by hi pblectively at capitals very sature ts at racism was réer to be a Mod in the mints of conditions must be such as t & justification of at dispomal of the bi PPrwasive Pigs began someone’ s Mood to suck area of exploitation The conditions tor expottation and croups an M- Oppression of the p an only inditions wherrin come about by means of demagugy ¢ social and (lytre) and/or terror erica was om the part of teil botitiew] §hyporracy and as & whole. t tence! lea word: Fascism The Pag power structere perpete he reling class dissiminates al ates racism as a tool to divece and types af Ihes krowgh the mass conquer. By mt only decetvizg op- mitin (newspapers, TV. radio ees p weple asa whole, the ruling by word of mouth in the church *, Class also Creates racism amengst ete, with the ond twing that various ethade groups by granting it keeps the manses Peeple con 4 few more dollars, in the form of fased, thes divided bas Conque rid poverty Programs, to one ethal When these Liew couse » be funct sroup in order tw palat the picture ional, and they are, the only course of “tavortlam, The result ts that the ple oppressor is ty aitituses of aMagoniam and discon- en} 4 relen of terror, in the tent is bred is one ethatc group form of the police sorce and aeainst atother, These conditions stamiing armies PCR the people p bs the ing the (alely dide’t ave the coertroom tetiad . The seats in beck were filled with Sostre’s supporters, Whee Sostre came tr, he saluted (hem with his fist and talked with some of them over the barrier between the spectator benches and came in, be frowned on the scene Bearty a hundred peogte, stout at son writes maken from his cetl asked Bim if they were lodeod his Writings, Sestre replied that they were except for the last seatence which, Be said, was obviously a well known quote, Sostre was asked te read the sentence, Heread, “Political pewer grows cet of the barrel of a gun", Walst was puraied, “Who said that"? He asked “Mao Tae-tene’”, replied Sostre, and the courtroee broke vat laughing Judge Constance Baker Motte 4 Black woman, seems to have some sympathy for the case: she aranied the origieal pretiminary injection releasing Sostre from sctitary in September, Judge Motley wrote af te time: “A pres limanary injemetion is an extrace- Qinary remedy which should be kewerd unly upon a clear showing of protetde success and possitée irreparable Gamage to the party’, But che is still a fetered iudge, and federal jatges are the center of the court, When Walsh (rial, The pickets, organtzed Youth Against War and Fascism, saying “Free Huey’, by", “Free the Conspiracy #* aed just about every other major Political prisomer, in the arena of poditiess trial Startis Sostre’s stands out because he Is on the offensive, te is prose- Cuting the mee and the class that are trying to put him and bis bre- thers away. © tay eves be pes- ‘ible for him to win some cea- Cesskeas on Procedures for placing Prisceers tm setitary, But mere importantly, Sostre’s case will serve a5 an examete of de tance. where coe man has iso- lated the enemy and commenced be attack out Racism? Becaese the Hlagk Panther p. Vanes sMruge the correct ma for ade % pMain & att Mitchell, a mam at the to destroy the Black Panther Parts CPe® tasciom bas Matantly entered the ¢oertrooma in wise of law and order” The Chairean of the Mack han ther Party, Betty Seale has been rallroaded 4 Organtestion lead- defense. ee in Dabytic be. of his own Cause the Uteck Panther Party has white the masses that Black Dick he mak Grn pa Hott spiracy f--.ed by Getciets Practising Rickme Maram racism, The fect that Hotes Party y Seale was qcotieeoms}y denied hs “comstitutiocal — right ot wort tt of seburtus tes, ak Ride, eooders, there (hem around , ing starts: }OGHT ON DOBBY: SHEE THE Time legal ahd tried By a jury, not uly. Tigh wingers, Fackion and cayétalists Watch oes Prpetetes by these int mo placeto Protte will not forget who whew the shoot = sett reling CS Gees the clearly shows that tio ubiressed Pretest of Geferding the Galional in- peorhe WAVE BO rictts that the op- ferests to carry ovt ihe CRRSBONEy pressor fe betnd to respect. Of Oppressing and exploiting ie en Combined win the fact that’ Adolpar* peop as well as rotbing and es Hoffman has direct Interest im the slaving amd murdering other pecpte. Viet am war and be is a ttarant Vietna Latie Amertes, Asta Facist, be Knows that Dobiy Seale Africa etc., the Seciot is a langrrots th t to hime aed ct WO Gewtroy the American peo. the reat of the wuting class power, nization is t0 New that the people are hip te od Brasch, Mark Panther _ ~~
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‘The following is = list of ewots which have occurred within the last tree weeks challenging Oe staid and comfortatie social demo~ eracy cf Sweden and Denmark Stockholm, 10 Septemter, The Swedish ferwige attster, Torsten Nilsson, anscenced at the Social Democratic pany congress in Stockholm, that the Swedish go- vernmest would give North Vietras 200 million Swedish erowna, over a three year period, 25 an ald t& the rebuilding of the country, Futhermore, he stated ts Bs speech that the Swedish covers- ment would shortly make yet an- oer Miempt to get Greece ex- ¢luded from the European Council THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1909 FACE FROM THE B.P.P. SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE COPENHAGEN, DENMARK large a8 well as small political parties an equal voice and the patie and prees tere cot in full ecassion The t's political spokes. man, ieseearé, in Ris com- tributton to the opening Gebate tn partiament October 9th, hada great eal to say abowt Deemark’s re- lationship with Ge USA ie mee toned that abthowgh so Dane is tn it that Poland ant Crechoslo- vakia are Geeply dependent on the Soviet Unica is more difficult ter them to realize that Denmark is also jest as deeply depeoivet om its super power, the USA, tet that ish pediticians, bootlieking Toms, or Daath meaba , ve learned literally how te mold themselves im order to escape American wrath = ~~ be, eight months ago, took part J iris Americas repre- Peotailve says thal the comtractwas actually made betwee a Canadian subsidiary of the Swedish firm and ‘a0 American firm, October It, Olaf Palme was elected as Tage Erlander's poll tical successor at the Soctal Deme- eratie congress ant shortly ater~ ‘Wards be assumed duties as Prime | Mistster, Otat Palme ts the maa October Tth, the Danish parita- Mem cpened its yearly seasion With a= opening stalement by the Prime Minister. Aco to the Dan constitution the Danish PLM, Bas toopen they y seenion of parilamest with a statement comcerting the gemeral state of affairs in the country, sccnething lke the American President's State of the Unioe message. How. ever, the P.M.‘s statement is then debated te an opening detate whieh begins two days after parllameat Bas officially opened, The political spokesman from each political party speak, after which any member of parlla- mem who Wishes to sprak may do . This ts then followed by sperches from the ministers and thee the potitical spokesmen and individeal members can spwak again, This speaking arrange ment is importam because M cives Sigageare then goes on to say, "The dependence grows each day proporticealty wit! ‘firms As they get Ereater ecomemie power in Dvemark, It is therefore Teasonabte to be interested in that Seeets hugpenig i toe URA", He thea goes on to describe the Cireumstarces around the trail of the CBtcago Eight, lists the per- secution of the Panther Party with examples of the April events and Sames the arrest of Bothy Sea! Ke continues: ‘In sptie of the fact that the persecution of the leh wing forces 1s very open it is Ridden nevertheless in the Desish press i does mot only taclude the Panther Party Politically active studests have bees thrown cut of their ualver sites throwghoet the entire land, Many are serving loee prison sen- teases. A ban can be expected a- G inst SOS atc the BPP, The black population om the whete is Dersecuted. The labor unions have aiso begun to be subjected to terror. Lately, the pickets s five large cities Rave been attacked by police forces called upem, as at is called, to protect the facto- Fries fusclicn, Many teachers, who hac plated themselves on the side of the studeets ts the conflict have American been fired, Sas Francisco State ollege lost all their ttack te chers this semmer, They Gectared that they had felt themselves forced te leave because ractem and other lon made thetr stay im After Amertean sol who have fed Bovation of camps which were used during the Second World War to inters the mentioning the amount of anada, the ren~ the concentration croup, and the Act trom 1950, Japanese minorit Internal Security Sigseaard sa ring this forth heceuse there mech evidence that the USA ts co the way to teroming a potice , and the ett wing forces have fourd it nee essary lo establish a frowt against what they call fascism im the USA “Because of Dene dence on the USA tt relevent and meceasary that #uch things are browgt forward also te such an important debate as this ome which is being conducted to- day. American pellce forces and soldiers have not onty been put fe Lacs, Vietsam,Panama, ete,, bet also in Berkely, Chicage. Greenstero, The known Muteat leader, Tom Hayden, says it (is way; the poor people's war is Vietsam has new been carried to within Amortes’s on borders, And what can we in Den. So? We can in the least infor the public of the development, We can protest and we can Gaally lessen the depenteace on the USA But cur silence gives consent and we then become ace Comptices.”* Abd to test the case of Denmark's Gepemtence on America there ar- Tived Sumday morning, October 12, om the 7:55 Sight from Paris, two deserters seeking political asylum in Denmark, 20 year old Ted Price and 22 year old Reginald Alderten ere led bythe lawyer, Mark Lane, ‘The two Geserters request of political = asylum will be a trial case, The Minister of Justice say that each case is evaluated in- depensertly and that principally al = political refugees obtain asylem in Ownmark, The Chairman from the Leserter Committee, Xnud Jensen, is implicit that the deserters oot be ret rned to France if they are denied aaytem here because their status in France fs so Gowttfd. There they are treated differestly, at the whims Of different police and in some instances have Leen expetied from the country, As evidence of the Whcertain fate whick might await Price aad Aldertoe the Chairmas for the Deserter Committee ts Parts, who happees to be on Austrian, has Bow for the second me been thrown owt of the coun- uy, Already em October 15th, the press were carrying stories of yet a third deserter who had asked for politica) asylum. However, Slike Alderton aad Price, Robert THIRD WORLD COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH VIETNAM The Thiré World Committee ter Solidarity wih Vietsam, an anti- war coalition of Black and Thtrd World groups and individuals, jeots President Ninoe’s Never! 2 speech as a step gap action Sgainat anti-war motélination and encourages all African Americans to join the tal) offensive deman- wtrations scheduled tn Washington DC, November 13, 14 os 15 The federation, which inchudes the Black Liberation Alliasce, the Riltects chapter of the Black Pan- ther Party, the Youse Lords Or- ganization, a Puerto Nican youth croup, the Young Socialist Alttance aad the Arab Students Againet the + le currently visiting Mack Campuses and high schools te organize delegations to the paticna) anti-war action in Wash- Iingter, Robert L. Lecas, national chalr- man of the Bleck Liberation Alllacce and spokesman for the Coalition states, “The peopte of North Vietnam are engaged is 3 fatloral lheration struggle apainst colonialist oppression and lavasion «by Americas and Percpean Serressors just as African Americans tm this comtiry are fighting racist oppression at the hands of American capt- taliets,”* “Presidant Nixon's phony de- claration of troops withdrawals in & TOCOM ala week period are ample proof of the administratice’s we. sincerity, tt would take 297 years te withdraw all troops at the rate the U5. ts going new, The con. Corted wuppert ef the African American Community (x needed at this time to intensify the Gemand to Dring all the troops home sow A March Agaitst Death ts scheduled to begic November 19 at Artington National cemetery, Oe Novemter }5, thousands of Gemonsiritors will file past the White House, The Third World Comeaéttee asks persons interested in parti- ChpAting tn the Washington demon. otra * to comtact; Third World Ommittee for Solidarity wir Vietnam, 75 Kast Sich Street, Chicago Sweecey jumped ship witle on NATO maneuvera and according to an agreement Denmark has with the USA Be must be delivered to the Atterican Authorities, How- ever, before the Americans could ott thelr hands om him asd be. cause Ms bere in Deamart, aged to eseape to ! for asytum there, The Danish preas, October 25c>, carried a story & which it » reported that the foreign police have recommended to the Minister Of Justice that the two deserters be denied either asylum or granted bermiasion to stay asd work in Denmark, Their reasces, which are cely an attempt to Siscredit these Leo young mes aot only in ‘But Bow the case of the Swedish the eyes of the Danish puttic as a bole, bet alno to the goversment who will have the final Seciston Tegarding their case, are that Alderton had been implicated ts an aseull case while be was tm the CHAIRMAN BOBBY 214 to North Viecnam shows that the Americans aleohaveasalarmingty large eccmoesic inueece in a west Puropean land which ts seither a member of the Common Market tb 2 $10 army is West Germany, that he o op the had served a sentence of 4 months for a vietatéon of the narcotics law in France, that be had i the fall some Permission to stay in Swedes and had been refserd and that selther of ihe two Geserters were i the imaiewet Carger of being sent to Vietnam. When the asked Uf they Dad re- © laformation from the authorities they said Anrritan they could pot anewer that ques- oe, and In respemee to the ques- tom of whether they had received effective political methed, by play ing Swedish bestness against the lagormation from Aldertoa’s Swedish government... yer in Fraace regarding the sar- cotics Case, they replied, no The Danish pigs’ reports seem to be tullt eetirety upon information to the USA chrough membership in NATO we have sot boon atte to sharpening its threats to stop a milee Gellar loan from the American Export Import Dank to SAS because of the Swedish Vietnam polley, Throwgh SAS the American - Swedish strife will haw direct conseyewaces tor Denmark, The threat was presented by the official spekesman for the Foreign Ministry t Washington, Cart Part- ch. The Meal decision has not yet bees mace and Sweden has teen informed that there te stil) time to tecome more wise, THES IS IMPERIALISTIC BLACKMAIL: Amt it becomes Mackmall nee Only directed te Sweden tut also: to Denmark and Norway becastee: Swedes represents coly tires. sevenths of SAS while Denmark and Norway represent two-sewenths each, An editorial writtem ie “in~ formacton’' states, Cetober 15: which we affiiisted curselves with when we signed the Atlantic pact."" Denmark aad Swedes most show the USA that they are free and in~ COpeRcincommiries and will not be Dlackmatiod into Becoming yet an- other poppet Of ie string = of American imperialiam = USA dot- lar dominated colonies, ALL POWER \TO THE PROPLE “e TRIAL OF N.Y. 21 STARTS NOV. 17 The trial of the N.Y, 22 starts to reapect.’" ce Nev. 1. ‘Thirtecn kidnapped brothers Att sistershave beembeldin the same type of fascist jesticn “preventive detention” te leu of when they appear before pig $100,000.00 rammcm. Now the fasclat Mi rt big power strecture is moving to at Foley Square, oo Nov, 17, We are asking all railroad these Freedom Fighters to prisom cn trumped up charges are concerned abost constitutional that carry as mech as 243 years, justice to come out in support of When racist Judge Hoffman or. these political priscsers dered Chairman Boney Seale gagged i : and chained, it became very clear FREE ALL. POLITICAL PARSON that “a Black man Gowsn't have any ERS rights that a White man is bound
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 US. PILOTS CAPTURED IN VIETNAM THEIR MESSAGES TO WASHINGTON REPRINTED FROM VIETNAM COURIER Edfiver's Neve) Dan flrs tre at Published @ howe pilots captured and » “ North Viet Nam TAs fotlewing is met of the Sime tars of this stey Subheads « : WwW bave been duped ” Mr “a t bes eatoerage are big hare Sach i the butter resentment fel ve e by most of the Amer strong 4, with men” who bave been captured aly whee and brought to thes detent rp “$ ‘Of those sad realities have wt hed te upen them, one after t n I other, T a? tea they inds erred $0 twech in the past in theer “ he thinking . bn t the Vietsame ormeauniate very creel? I tree that the Veetne . . living a very wretchet 1) totalitarian fegime amd are werbe . nd to law, t 7 surrosadengs ee tand e very rethless ts Wt true bt canaot ox torture aad feclarat ence is it t that Asians, th Viet t im partiowlat I igoseant . ° come and i red aw na 4 prosperity raise ¢ to ak mercy P P This fright’el e thooght we were ne THEY SHOULD KNOW DETTER from this life is stidl § i THEIR ADVEKSAK mind. 1") ee t ERE. is & pewage from an | by Captain LP. >» AR ~ Mr. Jobason, what sand Sore y bot fit im with tacts. Kither yo 7 , . youreel are deceived « s have | Gthiterately deceived us. Ie North i Viet Nam. people are goére to the tw polls very regula Thele govern: , went it an elected owe, a thing very few of e* im the States know. Their ecomeaiy is ondeed stil & low level 8 while then spo Dat it is developing very promisenmely saree Oerath as if he hed bee BR The Vietnamese: are “imbord with keg be il] Yety ardent patrictiom, They strongly Johnsom bas pone beck BA] bate the agerenn: They are a ¥ Very cWwilered, beeen aed tolerant prone. They have ery A veey be ied treatroent mot of ar ft kind fomg tradi tic bat out of th » vase me nity have opem: twee aly tow surr Tae Be bey ated enemies The ave a hi met show ulture heart and espe rom his camp telly made Navy Lientenant Stra captured foreign } ask mer what cee te the autheritic than's this fatty We have showr eo REVOLUTIONARY to answer etioas pre to ewdare to excape because to ge away p sleece aformatic also & weapon (') an in t was thie t#o-week am of vival tt was om pletely useless | We have east together n ampacd all of us agreed appowed iDie leaves ted with vari plants, frui the fubag knives He paused for 4 while, took a few ore 4 { hot tea, and went on with a po df nemoar: “ et what sa ironical is that the Amer. “as who played the Vietcong im the ‘survival’ schools the United ates gave os a goed beating, yes, & geod ting. although it was = shass beating. Heer, there is nothing of the & The only torture bat tery I've seen is precisely the ome at the ‘survival” school. [ want Re SLAP Im tbe Pentagon to all, shew for mothi Air Pe-cs) toeutenant Vik. also had @ Cotcern ol bis own, and it WAS agsin the fear of punish ment Beck is the States, He made this Femar which souné>{ gather phil> saphical: "We thine t the Ad seelstcation will test wy Quite Dratally! Those we tail to achieve thet aim Before An Adverse tually hawe the tenc io take ey © take Veagrance om @& third afwersary Who knows their amgerat their fail. ures will not descend Epos us? We ate very anxious about +++ treat Tara? that is Awaiting there. in the ‘tet, Bat we dde"t wind. we have wale every prey on. They may all us traitors i, they may o partial uy you keow those wher I'l] to cosfrant wil be al white haired ay rmande There will te gecerabs an misals. They will stare at us ke this Me ¢ ep. pat his arms akimbo, am slightly beat tat I'D stand erect and ¥ comiuct which I beliews . i)
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CONT. FROM PAGE 6 U.S. PILOTS HUMOUR AND LESSONS inom, they are ERE, in H aBowed to bisten to the radio, read news aed books, draw pic teres and write wall papers. Ampoag the scores of cartoons i sam, 1 remember some which bore & marked Amer- ean mode of thtebing and wtyle. Navy Lieutenant Com manier CX. drew a pace ture, featuring a US plane ia flames ne 2 the groend, and « US ball 4 eat while cir dabnee Datte: were im full ao thee. Am official of a US Insurance Company with a bowler bat on his bead aed 6 travel bug is bis band burried to the scene and complained: “What a pity, I come a bit too late! In an inside page, the paper featared Westmo- Feland with « fell four-star ich, and a suitcase is his boarding a big plane marked “Washington Ex- teas." The caption read: ‘Well, how can my sacces- ‘sor unravel the mess I have made all through the past four years?" Neo bess humorocs were the drawings by Air Force Liew tenant Colomel PLL. He por- trayed a Johnson flat on the ‘quad palling at Westmore- Fes Sleeve ani pointing ahead: “Hey Westy, I think Tsee that same Hight at the end of the tunnel that you saw last year,” Hut this light. as seen im the picture, tern ed ost to be the glowing fine of the Liberation Arm artillery indiag at the U base in Tan Son Niet inereane”',“crime“devalas ten", “Black vislence, The biggest patch bore the word © Viet Nam war.” An American shook hands with Uncle Sam, saying: “ Why do you look so depressed We are in the new year, you must cet some better clothes, hey?" Another artist, Navy Liew tenant K lows gifted, He drew bare breasted Abrams shouting orders to aa American female secre tary bho was dusting the drawers io bls escritotre Ths drawers bore the ee pt. “Search aad Destroy *First Dry-Seaton Coanter-Olfensive™, “Se coed Dry-Seasom Counter Olfensive, ** Tor, Seores™, be barat alter read- “ Another craving oes artist: Banker fost ae American senator on an inspection tour in Saigon to a military cemetery of the US strewn with graves of US soldiers. He asd: “ Yes, Seaator, this is the laa we intead to hold to the end against) sabversion and And there are many, maay more eech cartoons. A captered US pilot told me: "Look, these are oer cartoons. We hope they can be peblished in the United States. They ave act works made in this Hiltoa Hotel We want to send them all back to Wi a8 Lit to the geatheaes in the ite House." From the diaries and memoirs of the * striped james writers” we can iw something very useful for the present = Nixon company. Under the headline: "On the Viet Nam War” Captain stories Chi yn have captivated =, only ass I sympe- thetic to the brave fighters defemding their country, but also in my iamermost, I've begua to ¢ncourage tem. ~ Farther down, be wrote: “ The losses which American es caused to the pope. ates of Ca Chi and of which I've just learnt were inflicted on real bums beings. on my frieads in the Mories I've just read and Still remember... These are no longer a of figures They offence against my feelings record are an Premuer Pham Van Dong’s Message To The American People Dear American Friends, ‘The progressive people of the Usited States have so far strug- ghed agatest the war of agereasion in Vietnam. This fall, the broad masses of the American people, encouraged and sepported by many peace - and - justice ~ loving American personalities have again started a broad and power- ful drive in the whote country to demand that the Ninon admintstra- ton stop the war of sgrression in Vietram, and immediately bring home all US. troepe Your drive eloquently reflects the legitimate anc pressing demand of pour people to save the Bosoer of the Untied States and to avoid for their boys useless death tn Vietnam. This is also a very fitting and timely answer to the US, sethorities who stubbornly persist im intensifying and pro- booging the war of aggression & Vietram, in deflance of the pro- tests of American afd world pe- bic optasan, The Vieteamese people and the worlds peoptes fully approve and warmly ball your jest srwcgte ‘The Vietnamese people demand that the U.S government cos- pletely and uncoediticnally pal! cut of Vietsam all U.S. troops aad thowe of foretgn countries belong- ing to His camp, and let the Viet- Ramese peupte decide themselves their own destiny, The Vietnamese people deeply cherish pwace, tut a peace in In- dependence and freedom, So kong as the US government bac not Mopped Ms agerension in Vietram, the Vietnamese people will ten- aciously fight om to Gefend their fercdamental sational rights. The Patriotic figm of our people is alse & fight for the objectiv of peace stice you are pursuing a firmly confident that with the solidarity and courage of Our two peoples, WIth the sympathy and supfort of the peace Joving people In the words, the struggle of the Vietnamese people and of the progressive people te the United States agaiest US ac- eression Will exd be total vietory ordal greeting PUAM VAN DONG Prime Miateter of the Democratic Pepubtic of Vietnam They anger me.” Another passage depicted his feelings when be read in « Vietnam hat's «that, Only the Gefenders of their comntry iW chs have elevated feelings We cannot have such feel. ings, We can ost it sly when we i something to Tight for, re: CeeOes againet Goose for «example. Bet ia Viet Nam we are not is are not yet many sack meaniogtal drawings an4 impressions. This is understandable. Not that all US air pirates have qeickly come to see the tret®. Not ® few of thers still have the frame of mond of aggressors. Nevertheless, the setbacks of the US os the battlefield, aad the resounding successes of the Vietsaciese people have echoed te these prison walls and gradsally aed their eyes to reality. teven chieftains of aaive circe lee Like ara and Gitford Rave had to admit the impasse and failure of the US, there is reasos to U.S, PIRATE SHOT DGWN BY VIETNAMESE THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 169 PAGE 7 believe that these birelings of theirs will oot have lost their senses to the point of nying the evidest failure the US amd the obvious tery of the Vietnamese people. Que day in early Augast tp 1 showed Captain HP ¢ of news. It was about mentty US Deleme Seeretary Melvin Laied that the US-governmest was Geeply concerned with the fate of the Asericam mibite tymes detained is Nocth Viet Nam. The US pilot's reaction was quick : “Let these gentle men meed sot about as here. The best thing they should doisto ead quick! this wr war and bring all the American boys home.” Many Amerikan pilots detained bere did mot mince their words: it — not that these bigwigs in Washington had any a for "howe wey; -P s pilots They pa a (a pel AmWwican 1» ehpecially the families amd relatives of the pilots detained bere, were insisting with increasing Srmmess t the Nixa ad mialote an oe =)" ir ageression in Viet Nam aod pall ost all American troops so that these pilots may be socom rejoim their Jammalies. Though ba’ =e pity for the pelots, the Mince" istration camsot bet be alarm- ed their capture since they belong to the elite of the US Air Fecce which in is the traowep-card of toa’s be othk” A US Navy captain “As tor I knew, there are ia the Seates Armed Forces . lot of pilote of transport, fecompainsance, training, ft- lief and tanker planes and Delicopters. Bat there are caly a few thousand pilots of fighter-bombers. The fighter pilots can look dows upon a US soldier of any other acmed service. I would Like to add that the mumsber of these qualified fighter. Pilots oo wed ‘okt Bande’ ameag US can be counted cooly by the headreds. Vet in this camp, os far as I com oer, most of ws are fighter- Pilots. * Not «few the elite of the US armed forces, whe held their beads high in the US, bave had to bow them to the Vietnamese people and are detained in this ca This is indeed a slap in the face of the American brass- hate and the eles in Washingtog. Bat that is not all. There are other reasons for their alarm Veteran fitee Raiener said: ‘It is ao wonder that they telt such * comers over cer captere, As yom can see for yourselves, we are Bolders of a wide range of secrets of the US Geteace fabric, What a dan- ect now that we are in the bands of the adversary / How cam they remain quiet ?** In fact, the striped. pyjamas pilots ised bere many have quite substantial knowledge ed the qetetions of Mrategy, tactice, tec - | aad) oweapoary of the US armed forces, Some have gradeated from military imetitetes and know quite well the strategic poli- cies of the Re meg Oe > sica blecs under age imperialism. Others had worked Loe many * in ta- ne, isan know a lot about jae US bases scattered all ¥ over the world. Some are electromic mi litary airceaft constructors on techmical experts in important Draaches of the Air Force and Navy. Just think that ¢ ‘would some day divulge those prescribed in the ** of Condect " sattices to make the hair of Peatagon and CIA officials rise on end. ‘Yet, these unique captures are piled 4 in the prisons ef the DRVN, How can Nixow, Laird and their like face this hard fact with peace in their minds? __THANH TIN TO THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: the Jews can oever come throwgh tn israel and there is wo freedom I could title my reply to Mr Goldstet= “Israel, the Shame of the Jews’, ‘Jews Without Hoece’". How, 1 ask myself, in One abort generation, could the Jews have changed from a or victim of fascism to & people who com mit faneist crimes against others? millions of murdered Jews of Europe must be turning ower fn their raves when crimes against the Arabe are Gusecrating their memorte The amawer, Mr. Goldstein, ts imperialism * capétallat Inrael exlets only a toot of a capi- Calist United States, and merely even you Mr. Gebdvteln must rea- Mee that (his capitalist United States ts the greatest fascist dan fer ln the world today, Butter te the sight of formerly soctatiet Minded Jews supporting imgertallat moves agitest the Arabs bere is the fotten fruit of nathonaliam whee It becomes reactionary aad ©pPOseS to internationalism as 6 Jew and a met want lo see the Jews of Israet perish, jest as the people of Vietmam do not tke to see the American soldiers perish Gut thowe who support im Perialion will perish Satvatios for in Vietmam ety capitalist israel as well changes bs the Arab lai coed trmmigration concept In this way the U.S gained able cvster of the Arab countries they doe't Arade Lill each other, No capitalist country ts a demo- cracy, and oh, how troe this is of tarael. When the Communist israeli leader opposed the war against the Arabs be was KNIFED RIGHT ON OF THE ISRAKLI special “military hawe'” are stil) in eftect THE FLOOR PARLIAMENT The © cam come 0G Israel guly Om AD astl-impertalist, Betl-recisy basis of Arab-Jewisn working class This reqetres changing the racist goverement of as revolutionary *, The very t of Israel as 4 state de- dicated to maintaining a Jewish Sapority by expeiston of Arats and of Jews is a racist The United States capt- talists keew exactly what they were Going when they closed their doors fo the Jewish retegees of Exrope and lastead set up the state of Lsrael, = galnat the Arabs and jeopardizing the Seepertalist outpost ie the <= Of an imperialist war, t would Mie are at all Uf Jews and ine other peoples. Black as for the brave Jewish antl -leseria- “Rite sodtiers will be Killed ILate WRO OppoSe Ehe government. freedom tor and for many years Coubcn’t even jets the Histadreth endons. Uf any- one thinks the Jews cam maintais thelr cecupation ty methods cvstier thas those Used by the Nazi oc- cuplers, Gey are very much mis- taken, Is not indore; it se i 1 love the Jews, my people, and as prowd o¢ their many coetritutions te ehvilization, expecially to seclaliam, Recause { love the Jews | hate the Covernment of larael for being a tool of the US, committing crimes a- Lives Of the Jews by launching them to see) 6am oath =~ leepertalion organization of Jews aad Arabs in this coumtry to make availalle tree pleture of the situation im the Mideast. My thanks to the Ulack Pamher Pager for the fine part it is playtag Om this @eestion.
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os wee THE BLACK PANTHER, SaTURE AY MOVEMBER 15, POO PAGE THE UNITED STATES STILL HAS NEO-COLONIALIST VIEWS UPON SOUTH VIET NAM — September 2! N September 16 aed eh US President ameoerced the irawal of 13.000 US tro from Soath Viet Nar December 15. 0960, and repeated US socilied “ee spect for the Soath Viet namese people's right to well clet minal . As is well:knowr, for many years mow the United States bas bees carrying ot intervention apd aggression in Viet Nam t bee committed ower half a million US and satellite troops to the most atrocious colemia! war in history om South Viet Nem. As it has been com mitting aggressdon agairet Soeth Viet Nam, it mast tring it to an end. and withdraw all ite troops from South Viet Nam oat laying down any coodition whatsoever, Yet. it obdu- rately sticks to ite * mateal withdrawal ™ claias Setting lerses to the withdrawal of US troops ix tantamour Gemarding a ra paid for its aggre is completely at with justice and morality variance homan The 35000 mee ubow repatriathee bas bora am: nowsned by the United States represents am insignificant part of the half million add US troop in South Viet Nam. Thee trick of troop withdrawals by driblets cannct conceal the fact that the United States is still maintaicing searty half « million U3 troops of o-cupa tion ia South Viet Nam, and dragging cut the war of aggression, That explains the condemetice by public opinion ia the Umited States and te the world of this new canning Nixom trick The US Presstent bas olee Stated that ‘the only item which 1s mot megetiabie ts the right of the people of South oe Ubeir ows futece tree of oatnde intorference.“" We behaved as if the Usited States bad Fespected thi right. In fact, Viet Nam to deter every boly wre that the US has trampled it waderfoot, created the on puppet @iministration as a tool of ite aggressive policy, asd sent US and satellite expe ditienary troops to South Viet Nam for an aggressive war, Thowgh now forced ¢ poy lip seevice to “respect for ‘eth Vietnamese right to selfdeter- tatement of the on US President Nixon's Statement Baton 1 an atterept to still pete its face againat t State teen intensifyes the war ie Seath Viet Nags, it has very effort te ate the puppet PRESIDENT TON DUC THANG eral election the Saigon puppet adminis tration be allowed to crgan- ize taked general elections while US troops are occupy ing South Viet Nam. It is therefore vbvious that. in the mame of “respect for the right to selicetermima thea, '* US Presidest Nixea it preventing the acteal exer { this right by the South Vietnamese prog In bis appeal isvwed on the xcasion of July 22, ty59 President Ho Chi Mink made it clear that “The Vietnamese poopie fiemby deeaand the al of all US troops, mot the d ly 2§.400, of 130,000 oo $00).000 men, but a total complete, wscoadstional with drawal * Se loog as US troops and the puppet admimistrat emAin im existemce bs South Viet Naw, really free and democrati elections will be ateobstely impos. sidbe It showld also be pointed wt that since US President the United managed a farce of * cabinet reshatiie," replaced Tras Van Huowg by Tras Thien Khiem, & Seilicose militarst a former henchman of Ngo Dinh Diem. It bast been carrying O78 atts pespardising the sovereignty ate secarity of the Democratic Kepublee of Viet Nam smd wir attack the area and the ing saany plac between the roth paraibels Chearby en eb. the United States has mot yet gives Up its aggressive desig: is still hatching schemes te aeo-colonialism im Viet ™ pro long the partition of Viet ham. Wet the longer the United States pursues the war of Agerewsicn, the mace it ex powers iteel! te bamiliatiag wetbacks and to condemns tion by justice: and peace lowirg public opinion in the world by prog ve American public opinion The Vietsamese people coply cherish peace, ‘ qruine peace tue inde pendesce and freedom th sth Viet Name Na REPRINTED FROM VIETNAM COURIER DRVN Government Frent for Liberation and the Provisional Revol iotary Goverament © e tepablic of Sowth re put vint overal approval and sup sort from the peopics of the t Nam war, 8 setly in terme of men and raoney The Government of the Democratic Kepublic of Viet Nam unreservedty supports the position of the Provisional Revolationary Goversment ef the Hepubl of Sowth Viet Nam expos in its Septe 20, ryp state ment The Government of the Democtatic Kepedtic of Viet * and its representative Viet Nam hay <jased time s the Unite enres sion. it mest tring its ag grreeuoa ote an. end, and withdra©al all ite troops from South Viet Nam without any conditeon whatsoever, Such a coarse i the key to settlement of the Viet Nam inne, As long as the States parwees its age in Viet Nam, refuses to pall oat its treops from South totally att cling Khiem administration, the Vietmam ese people, carrying out the sacred testament of Presi- dent Mo Chi Mink, are resolved to unite as ont tan. to twave all sacrifices and hardships, asd to fight om till they achieve their fetdamestal national rights As recognized Dy the i044 Geneva Conference on Viet Nam. The Vietnamess! peophe ond the wernmest of the Democtatic Repabite of Viet finaly confident that the fratetmal socialise antries, the juntioe: and peace boving COMMETIER, om the peoples (hteughout the world will extendiia wot ines to the Vietramese peopte’s patriotic stroggle « US Sagres Nam are support ar OR 1s part, he Prowinonad Kevolettenery = Geneve ment af the Mepublec af South Viet Nom toed on oe adrmaation of the ohdurate poution amd far fodiens attitude of the Niven jvation as vegans the ¢ the Sout Vert Nam question, The statement the eat of «od more, a piece of t appraaing . cowering up seme te profomg the war $ military occepation of ‘ Sance the 1 os deployed over balla arty (1007s in an aggression agaiast Sowth Viet Nam, and bas bees atringing the independence aed sovertignty of the Viet- million expedith nasese «people, it mm end its sion, withdeaw quickly aggressor army from South Viet Mam. The arrogent jemand by the US govern ment that the Vietnamese people respond to its *troep * trek shows all the more clearly US persistence im its claim for + rv withdrawal in dribte procity ', and insist. conditions fer ending ite aggression. US President Sixom anserts that he respects the South Vietnamese people's fight to seif-determination, while in fact be is echeming to maintain the puppet ad- epinisteaticn, opponng, wight to self-ceterssina’l of the South Vi ‘ce prople, and urging werrender accept the | rale of of traitors, “lf the US really wants a peaceful settlement to the Soath Viet Nam question and an benourable end to the war, it mast seriously respond to the ten-point overall sola- tie of the Soath Viet Nam al Front for Liberation and the Provisional Hevola- tiomary Gowernment af the Repebdlic of Sowth Viet Nai promptly and escenditicaally withdraw all US troops aad treops of the other foreign counttes of the US camp fr South Viet Nam. It most give up its scheme to mamtain the stooge adkenumis- tration and let Ube Vietnamese prople settle theanselves their ore Ailaics without foreige inte rteremee ‘\The South Vietnamese people andenthy ebrrish peace Dott \wust be a) peace ia indeprafence and fiberty. i¢ the = Nixb> admimistration continue: Strive after the alvesory posite of atrength om the batticticld apd at the Cenferente table apd otdu. tately prilerks the war of “agrees in Seok Viet Nam, it canmer chepe wall Deavier failutcs Nat ATTENTION! | In ‘ast weeks Black Panther Paper the quotation on the front cover by our Chairman Bobby Seale was not complete due to technical error. tt should have read: ‘If I am continuously denied this constitutional right of legal defense couns.) of my choice who effective by the judge of this court, then [can only see Judge Hoffman as a blatant racist of this U, S, court with gross 4 >rejudictal error toward all defendants and myself in particular,
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY MOVEMBER 16, 1909 FACE & bapagyayyaat =f ne et Be E i 2 # s 4 bela He if: aar2u4 ie aitys bi & co) Reet Fa ie Farr “at sal hr =. Peary Hts Sate We z eee i Hi in ca sie ih ad g2eqz rT) 7H, HEME FREE Tie Hp ct RS BE ie EERE EGE SS ae . En ig ik tee ae —— = it pA ait aa? be rales clelag i we 52x Le ele 5 a F : | By } ee faza;! 5 reer & se ~ 33 § 883 ‘ Ps as i ia L F i sale 3ea>S = ui (ing Rigel stein ig3i ni a Bat Fat ales Ne etiehs digts = = § A gt z tf i ee Hl i re i % i ai t Via i enlad pat a = Sit mall a 2idiatl + Haul Hall ane F be cae Hl, i “ee ‘yee "SS aati Bg 38 Ape a = Si: ap ri . | si rt " rat bis Hy a Sf ve Ui Mey fa ee So ca = bie: cH3i6 | i if 3 i ALE Th i ba3s om @ IE jpevtal ft : 5 ef Hy | a it i In ; wal ie eee > li i siti pagel bl, Waid = ee ig E 7 B ail ais i ili afi flsasis = S : ‘f dt if Beal LA etal att: aien Rae ae Hib he
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| MESSAGE | TO ALL GRESSIVE ORCES By CHAIRMAN BOBBY SEALE This te De Cownty t ree Sooember be wadersiocd that ee, = cena reese: Bw its got if there is imperiaiiam obvoed, if there fa a war going mt im the pert of the fescist ruling chess circles thet are imfested inside the US. gowermment Uf there is @ war going on thot they perpetrate ead pul fogether there, it mms! be understood that they're not) waging that war those peoples right fo self determinstion, thot they're weagVns thot “ww f som in equality and unger! against the Aal ifs © ot tis > wee us eaten on the rt because af the eat there is m0 ¢ ad there's no justice of here t= America tihe or who've suffered under n @ Srvtality and murder for £00 )eors ight here ts America, It's evident and it's clear that if there is getocide & os in Germany during World War I thing that ruling class omafas te alec wnt and is ale and is alse cut to deny ond murder ote bit! people What we have 6 at home i Periclism, alto, Thot pericliem, the octs withoad enter star tig dmperialism here of Ble faacts rrment does tand is thet right here fo oppose tm- Amer Red people and even te i protest progressive pe Domeal mperichism a is im fact essence iy it? J think © v the con Cee om mre ageinet ws ue cam waderstan endeily what if is--to be corrailed in wretched Grete te Americ ond leuk wp on He umes policemen wpying our com momity, *, Billing brother Lm et 60 mck that aff t Matton ieee q > OME Milled, Rieck broin. hee Rowe experienc: 2 le us md bnow thee fos 27) ee ention = the TLV, nothing move then pgs, Cops MAning ram rym ple and utelizing, aor racts any people. as EVERYBODY imovws wwurd ity, i The dem Hock people live potice forces 1, tripled end quadrupled. ‘ ! cmarts of Americ fring the police brutality and murder rats aud Yead im the popers was ving and bashing ple loolad on . : hing Ade o ’ f a = «fend nol ' uel nats “om BP ee lack peop ; peop mevicas le, kere that to don th nat vights, their right 1 fend themaetees, heir wight wit, oF any constitu right is nothing mor ast actics, murdermms fascist tactics of the police ning rampant im th wmmunities ef America im perficwler the Block communities of To the Peoce Forces, the progresstee forces « ke p rs, those who know the vr in Vietnam is wajust, & oho ave k fo the streets and demonstrating, thase toy Usted Oe really, reaily domng some Using mt they*re ne im trying fo ond the wor in Vietnam, fs not meaningful I, yet. i's wot ” t olf ond will net become muecning tad at you really went fo step the war in Vieteam, wnitil yor tobe some ection here im Americcs <gaiust the fascist bretal forces againat Bleck people here in America. The very fact that the Norte Vietnamese gowerament hos an- nounced thet they ore willing te release prisoners of wur, for the retecse end dropping ofall charges d-up charges against the Minister of if, this pond tw demanded alec, Thet ix directly redatang (> the very fact thit we here to ent police brw- tality and mrerder of Block people right here af home. Because the Muck Pasther Party Mvelf has moved in this direction from its very it~ ception to get rid of these fascial forces at i P. Newtsa, and mys orvral us. This is the hind of action that hos fo be takes oe the port of the Peace Forces in America wad the vessive orces in America. And watil they begin fo do thot they will eof begin ef all fo step impertaliee,; they et all to stop domesti at home, Fou must move ic im eriglism, growing rampant, Fascism Vige re i= Ametica, before you con ond tee wa? al jorme an other fact tbat Biack, Brown, ms America and p people, ave corn those pe ie in the fsbo No, we can't duped with the notion ontanae wz good unltl we fears at home, Be sade dite el ing: Justo sencek ed Vielistyrct! here of Rome 1. te emma fe dy {tet ABN Sms hung tm Pericliam mei: ot yC GehiOR, Berane “ho! thowe prison: > af eT ¢4 allowed come home Whee you +) “Brew 0 GPs Rare’. Orie the Gs be Amd ee C08 Bring ERO prisoners of wer ho. by demons (Set the OS. Ment rel | epob ) alpn teh ERETER Amerie Bega. ath tatpand es. >) Game ime we wil ict a precedence. ySoning Gos abre athowns, (fthatis «41 Re Fico peome wont, fo release the pw! 6 wal people Bere im America, ‘\~ | * * progressive forces hawe to i—° Vt direction; ond thep wilh + ciotene fre aug immpertatigenat oe 6 ae re NE eRe j brothers and sisters,
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; THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1909 PAGE 12 FORT LEWIS 35 Os Moeday Cetoter 20, American Sereicemen's Union beld & Meeting at (he Cascadian tervice Club oa Port Lewis, There were 3 Gis and three civilians at the Meeting, which had been usder. way for aboet 20 mii Platooa of MI*s the service club. a6 Bostick, the Sergeant in charee cf the MP's, Arrested five people be considered to be the leaders of the meeting aPd took them outside to walting squad cars, The meeting conticurd without these “leaders”. It was ected by the rest of the mea that tRe best action would be to return to their differen units and start spreading the word ateut the Cestapo tactics of the military po- lite. As they began to leave the men were tols thal they too were soder arrest, A 2 1/2 toe treck onto it for & ride tothe Provost Marshal's Office, The men im the truck sang s00g8 and Ereeted people with ¥ signs and raised tists during the ride ‘The pext five hours was a really fantastic show of selidarity, We were all pt te an & by 10 foot coll #bere we continued the ~ert~ ‘ing thal the MP's hadtriedtotewak up. We discussed the ASU-mspur- pose and goals; we made plans for ‘the sent issue of the loral's news- Paper, FED UP; and we discussed Plats for am action at Fort Lewis ie Noversber ie contection with the nathonwice moratorion, One ada. thonal matier was Drowgtt op. We decided to have another meeting 08 post ie two weeks, the regular Meeting day, Aer the meeting was over we began cheering and shouting amd singing and pust ceo- erally making @ bet of noise. Be- Calise of all this noise, the MPs coulda’t make phone calls or con- uct any sormal besiness, They Just coulde’t understand why our A NEW Opposeats of the Vietram War have worked toendit in manyways, some through cceventionl pel- itics, some by supporting éran Tesistance oF attacking university complicity in militarism, Cebers Rave carried resistance further, draft files anddewlop- (BE Opposition within te arsed forces, We believe that resistance to Sany forms cf Uegitimate autho. rity is necessary to Dring health to Gis country and make it 2 constructive force instead ef » lerror in the politics of mations, ‘Therefore, we support those who Fesist by - refusing to register for the drat or subenit to Indsetion impeding the operations of ‘Graft boards and iedection centers expressing anti-war views ‘While in the armed forces, or re- fusing to obey Mlegal or immoral Orders, oF absenticg themselves without leave . Conducting rent and workers* Mrikes, beycotis, asd similar Girect actions aimed at ending expbctiation in the fields, te ta) Orles, In housing Organining against tarass- Meat by police, by the Fill. by the cowrts, and by Congress - Ofganizing sit-ins, strikes, ant any principled sctilons at schools anc universiiles, to «nd racist practices and direct com- Paicity with militarism + The Vietnam war has rem teded ws that major decisions can be made in Ge United States incynical disregard of the clearly expressed will of the people and with little concers for those most affected, at home and abroad. The war has also iustrated the readiness of theU 5. G80 Vielence to impose the soctal arrangements of its choice aad w destrey those who atlempt to achieve popular contro! over their affaira, Clomety linked te the government, providing its top perecenel ant = shaping its policies, are the centers of private the morale was so high I mean we Were suposed to te seared and worried beeau re te jar about three Clvillana were released, They were escorted of! pest and ver not to reterm two minetes be woul! pick anetherman forquestioning a Westloning about 15 of the all be had was if nares service wembers, andy Article 21. No ene was ANY Questions, S30 Bostick talked with Major Mi the officer t charge, and they decided thht since they coulde’t break cur solidarity and they 3 ho reasoe to charge Ss with anything, they would have to release us. As groups of mes were released to their eniis, the rest would cheer, We knew tul we bed nothing to be afraid of be- cause we had dote nothiag wrong The fret thing all 25 men found the nest manifestations of a gkebul strategy aimed al building ax “orld system dominated by the U 5 Thus seen, Vietnam is one of « lomg series of interventions in the atiairs of many nathons: Greece, the Dominican epubiic, la. fran, Laos, Thailand, Congo, the PRilipgines, and others, Motivated by a mixture of Private inter and misplaced convictions, the Pax Americans i the rest of the week was spect on Pa post visiting the men and acting to inter ~ Li J the mare thing would harpen. After, The neat day the leaflet salt over the fort and a press con ference had been set up. The staff Mt the coffee house bad a list Of the games of ihe 35 mee and being brought obeying orders halrewt or having thetr be The we abeurd char- om taleo, ts be- caret prandah a acataat the oF a ru ty e cause the San tor om speaking | the Army, ix Mar being sted be dide’t get a me real reason will patented a meeting tam Servicemen’s the re will be . real WEEVs of wirkers, after Inflation and splrating taxes have diminished, The soe usher! ned and (he uzemcloyed are, obviosly, the w becin with, Rave beer cut back or left languishing, more am insult than an aid. iteal welfare pro- erame have been reserved for the wealthy: tax locptotes, the of] Gepletion allowance, airline sub. tlon oF extra duty so that It's impossitde to go anywhere Sisce Monday nigh the Army has been steadily backing down, The first official press release sald that we ~ affested for ‘meeting of a political * om post. The mast recent vieage says that MPs were abled to the service cle because ‘boisterous activities" were re ported and that men have r had the right te hold meetings on pom. By forcing the Army to say it we have thie right, we have but these meetings are not Mine the pockets rich mem. Plans ace tor local tewspape: Men can gel together and as actions agadeet @ totalitartan army where the ratk and fle enlisted Mat is nothing Sore than an sab mal. & replaceable cog te clean tHe Geath machine, This incident is tot over, Mee are sll ccefined to quarters and charges can still be brought against Ss. You can belp ws be contacting the public tsformation oitice at Fort Lewis with inquiries about the meeting and asking them why the mee are still restricted. The Army Cowsn't like publicity, so you can Delp ue by spreading the word FOR MORE INFORMATION: Shelter Halt 5437 Seath Tacoma Way Tacoma GRS- 907s Bruce F recerick ONE OF THE 35 Sidies, farm subsidies, Mehway Projects, erban renewal, subsidies to elite universities ard so oa. Im the past government policy has characteristically preserved or increased the distance becween Fic and poor, The policy of per- manest preparation for war is no exception. 4. Like wealth, control over institutions Ras been unequally dis- used. example, Schools have fatied to edwcate the chidtren of poor and working <¢lass families, thus Cuaranteeing their impotetes tno Sechmological soctety: . faner cities, fewer Mudents who enter crecuate, in New To haltce’s largest the automibte. In- , 8 leakages, and ace TOD citizens of ¢ stress and, woth the fouling of the atmosphere, Hteralty tAreaten the costimaation of life, In short, most People Rave Little control over the conditions of their work, their education, thetr Pro- lectiow, their means o€ transport - indeed, | air they Dreathe and the water they drink ITIMATE AUTHORITY OUT OF VIETNAM INTO KOREA During the past few months the cumber of men sent from Fort Levis to Korea has teen ine creasing. As many as 500 mena Gay om some cocasions have left McCord for Korea. These mee have, for Of Skills ‘needed for construction work, What's being constrected tm Korea? According to General Weate morelasd the setting is right for snother Koreas conflict, Al anews This all adds up to ome thing: the Army is, with malice afore. Reprinted from GI Paper, FED UP S. The meat powerless have bees people of color. US Mstory has Included the systematic con- i i 5 i | a ! : F | 7 H i i though the words may Seem stale, they deserite the exer- cise of illegitimate authority in the United States today, Again, we call spon all *o join us in the strug. cle against Mlegitimate authority, NOW 1S THE TIME TO REStsT Reprinted from RESIST
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THE SLACK PANTHER. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1900 PAGE 13 ° UNITED STATES: ARMED CONFRONTATION rebellion which peek place ie (Caltermis) ghee om August If ace ‘aaatr . tary tale as tages anew Te Amerisen people tn torte cwuggle gue jj te.) meniis mained ue 2 oe eumters Gnie cline stetery eerted forever their resetve te destrey whe The ferrrenmer of the Afre American wadet seciel, politieal cad ccomemic aye eegele wee Maleole X, whe corpectly The US imperialiot, bent on motutnie lng the Afro-American meatme oppressed in Alries, Asia mt Latin America, The peoples of the three continents will contionr faftict mew defeats emtit they eran the very toendations of US lmeperislion, In thie cudecaver they =i are sheegide Orr Ale Americas beowhers ame het eppersers them marked the be ie ew med important by ered confrontations with the pewer arectere, At thet time hh was lly verified thas the Afro Americans, like thelr Bewthers of Alien, Avie sod Latin Amecien, have me wey owt other than eteeed weregale te ererrt the righ denied viewed the reed of crmed stregale os the waly one beading te the devtrection of the US recit and impo Ihe called upon hie | hewehers ye fight for the dewtrertion of rection nd the libew ation of the AlreAmericee mana, His ame, slong with the memes of ether come hestonts whe fell Lighting fer the same ae pitstions, in a banmer of the stewasle and an everlasting exsmple The AfreAmericam people reject the porifiet pevachings finamord, im many eases, by imperislict fwundetions lhe Ford and Recketelier; they condemn comillistion beenuse it only festens mere fiemby the choles of cocia eppermion, cod de met fergive the weisers whe desert the barke fol power strectere The Exscutive Serretartet of OSFAAAL, on ot the EV amine nol the Weise block wary of theite, demewnens tthe plane for the physical “a since then the reediness te fight "amd the fermideble combat sbiliny of the MreAmerican mmers where: they reeliond th. ‘cat may wet only be shakew te ine feumlation but leo destreyed by wielding the weapons, by incessantly strik, tng at the cormy, by havessing hime ot all everywhere eatil be ie defesied committed agsinut the Afro during four centuries of oppees will callepee im the Unined Seoten, =" 4 eieimetion of the Alre American leoders ond combstents, cuberts oll the progressive forces be the Unived States and the world to mevbilice amd demand the prlesse of ofl the Afro American fighters and calle epen ¢ ite mereber erpenizstions ond the revele emery feores of the world, particularly the progressive forces of the Unived States, The firm cessive of the Alre Americas ve beck eresleachy the strequie for libere ee ctpgange na frrepsp ae den of war AlroAmerican brothers by : fie wiBhes ie Afrien, Asie an eal Lallin: Aanevien,, Toguiher ‘whi tha‘ panies ae sone bal of the three continents, the Afro American We call wpen the Alre American mares peaple will merch Forwned surrensinably to strenghten their wnity of sctlon, We are Their determined fight will mei be checked fully aware of the impectemee of their by tanks or army troops or the evcolied = struggle, fer they ore sirthing ot US lem Notional Geerd. The level of conscientions perisiiem free inwile while we ore die ‘ eccogneted every he rocket power - qemplete Moreton. youth, the Mexicons end Peart Ricess. Seleos, Harlem, Dewroit, Newsrk amd ether ghettos have followed the example of Watts, ond many more will joie the Alre Americum rebellion Their wregaie will be The memes of many cities ate Baked —— teday te thee of Warts, for ite example set in mation these who have been oppremed fer ever O09 pears, these whe, free their Re ghettos, vhost their war cry, “Hlech — creesingly mremgihen and extend, foot Dike — ene aad segemisotion reached by the Are wembering it from the utnlde ; ‘ CONDITIONS QUESTIONED-- DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY i: ARMY Office of the Surgece General ; Washington, DC 20315 ‘ , Miss Doreshy V, Welte } Brothers | canpet accept the death of Pvt. 464 Clinten Avenue ‘ Pransom as suicide, He was billed Brooklyn, New York 11238 . Aner readicg of the suiciie Of by hig sp. callececumtry, PROCES Near wics Woits 4 Pvt. David Lb. Swansos, 23, Of aiase = defender of imperialiam % New lritage, Commecticut, whowas 425 isternational murder of him~ President Niece Mas asked Gat +f stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, oven at the cost of his own jife-. |_ePly to your rece letter re- 7 y the strategic presence of vocal civilians pre weeted from being wowillingly — alpped overseas. Gilbert refused orders to report Korea bast spring and wert . from Ft. Keon tastead, speeding bs me travetling aroend country tetiding the Ci move- wer ihe returned to the Army _ warty ts October ‘because that's where cur fight te tow,” Two ours after be turned himself in wo milMary authorities at }t, Koon (where the Army had promised ‘they would court-martial him) be ‘was shipped to Ft Lewis Wash. ington, and placed In the mor bade. Os Cet 24 be was told he was + geting t© Korea, and was put co the passenger list for the 1 00 am Might, He maaaged a phone call to A MMs Lawjer, who thee protested farough the proper chanmels and Was Sseured Gat Gilbert would act be abipged Neverthetess ‘Oitert’s name was mt withdrawn from the passenger list. ‘That night, Giltert was taken ? fore his schedeled departure. The Army triet w process him sepe Tately and sit him onto the plane Meeretly, Det the Army Jost the GAY, A croup of etvilians from the Metter Hal! Cotter Howse spotted Ciltert and raised an ear-splitting Petes, screaming ant yelling for the Gl to be set free, (The cotive erganiters had bern tipped Of by Citterte’s lawyer Gat be Wowld te boarding the plane.) The Army bested Gilbert, flat raises, ‘Mato & vam, The captive soldier was ‘Widshed away tyhis Army atetecto aed thal particatar plane bem for | Keres without tim Githerts refusal to Might in Korea stems trom a recognition Of what US. presence there is AB athent, 1 woe't allow myself M0 be weed by cient corporations, Re says, “which wart to make & of meery in war tors The ever crowing war Koren involves the same U 5 WhECh browedt half a init Iden troops to Vietsam, Gilbert an- Geretamds this, and stan ‘we Steet Hime this country was ren by the people aad not jest by a few big abots."* Cllbert ds sti) im the Ft. Lewis Motkade, and ts liable to be kid- fapped again at anytime. Nis tew- yer acc other civilians are for bidden to see him. The Army would love to cet Reve Gilbert alone in Korea, ay from Me civilian lawyer and the American press, I's much easier to court- Sartial Mm there, and the Kerean stockade 1s ¢¥9n more brutal than Most these here te important, it © from @e fh ment here. OP's all over the country are be Cinnieg to realise that Americas Jestice ts & myth, that Americas ‘treedom’” means 1 The crowing Of movement is tive ~~ mo effective that (he up tight Army ts trying desperately to terminate it and its leaders with extreme prejudice, the states. + sep t crowing Gl In Vietnam The Vietnamese People Say “It The Enemy Refuses To Get Out Annihilate Him" WE 1am sending the euclosed material tor publication i am ¢olme so, because [ am convinced that the U S. Armed Yor- cos is rampant wth ea@istic eri- mirale who have unrestricted power over the Lives of the tretm- ers who dom the uniform of this decaying society, The suicide of Pvt. Swanson ts a classic example of the p & theee bealn-wasded brates wield over the enlisted men From ose ead of America to the neat, the military reeks of tar~ barism and tasciom, siace tt ts ao keeger an Institution Geaigned to protect the people ant the po- litics of the United States, bot has become a brazen and grotesque abomination acroms the entire tace of the world, existing only to teed the Geek of copressed people into the bowels of the earth under the Iron Book of Impertaliom, Whee a country becomes so greedy and #0 tyraanical as be destroy heman life te such @ waaton aad callous way, that cowntry forfeits the right We expect loyalty and sepport from the people, for it cannet and dows not have the interest of the people aw heart. CT PARTICIPATION stalosdde.-in ® s0-called place and time of peace. the case of PFC Jennings, which first came te my stteetion be the New York Post in the cobsmn of James Werhster, the samme cal- fous disreeard for lige is dis played by the military, k is a vittous man-eating Machine which must be tamed by the people, by whatever Geane necessary, is order to aswere that the tortere and merder of persoes im the mill tary silos acroas the country and the world emied ft hope the tate of PPC Jennings was bot as hopeless as that of PV. Swansoe and others of the Fort Dix complex If it was, how- ever, it is the doty of the people to ab a direct Civilian Com- oh W& jedgement of the Compaty Commanders and other military elites who are he pro- table cacee of the Geaths of sol- diers whe in some form or ano- ther, protest conditions of servi- tude fn the Armed Forces. POWER TO THE PEOPLE ALL SEIZE THE Time D Welte carding the physical condition of Privete First Clase Joseph J. Jeo- nings, and bis medical qualifica- tions for comtinesd military ser- vice ané duty to Viet Nas. Privete Jennings 1s currently at home on leave, He is scheduled to report ime Fort Dix, New Jer- ey the latler part of tie moet, Dee to earlier lemyut ries ibad ale Teady telepQeowrdihe Post , Fort Dix, New Jersey, ee overall medical sepervison for personne] assigned to that tnatal~ lation, He assured me that Pri- wate Jeanings’ coeditien will be horoughly evaluated, After this mation has beet completed and carefully reviewed by the consul~ tant staft of this office, a ceciston ill be made wit! respect to Pri- vate Jennisgy assigumect limi- tations, | Crest that [ have bees of assit~ ante. Please rest assured that Private Jensings wil) receive pro- Per medical care according to Mis Deets, Private Jennings will sot be assigned to Cuthes ceutside the realm of Bis p&ysica) cagetiities. Lereard 2. Heatee Lewvienaat General organizing efforts of the Cot. fechowse being Mandrets of Gis eVeTY Wek 10 THPTK. Listee to me. cle ané talk shoot fighting im- berialiem, and they patled off the first demonstration where thoe- Sands of civilians invaded an Army tase last Cet, 12, These seccenses, however, have resulted in am eviction Botiee for Nev, 26, The sight of 10,000pecple marching wp thelr main street, amd the spectre of rebellions Gis at) feture demonstratices, bed the Desineasaenn of the town to Coerce the landlord to evict the Coffee. house people, The Coffeehouse is Mghting the eviction te court their case is eine «taken by the Emergrecy ivi) Litertios atom,
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’ ' ' ‘ ’ 1 ' ee he ee ee Pacey ie det” wigs rene ~ de Le ss caindabntatinetn eat THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBEN 15, 1969 PAGE [4 GI COFFEE HOUSE INQUIRY Drandesbarg, Ky, -+ Nine young Prope have teem jailed bere be cause of thetr levolvement with a controversial Gl codfee hoewe near Fort Kmex, Ky. tive of Gem were arrested October 39 for maintaining 2 “common public falbure to comply with Tegulations, Their tond was set at $1,000 fer the nuisance charge, and $500 for the sanitary violation The mest Gay four others were cited for contempt, becacee Gey refused to answer Questions abel the cetive house pul to them by the Meade Cowsty Grand Jury, Cir- cult Court Jodge Murray Beard ordered them kept i jail cntil they perge themselves of cortempt by enewering the questions, A series of court actions have haraneed the organizers of the cof- fee Bouse ewer since they cpened it ip Sepeember it has also teen firebombed twiee, and there have teen other threats of violence. The coffee howse is sponsored by the same groee of peopie eho puttish FTA at Fert Knoa--one of the first two usdergroend Gl newspapers, actions was to call for 4 satice- Wide sick call for Gls, to cotn- cide with the November 1) Mora tortum actions, Both Gls from the base and civilian supporters from Louisville are involved in the cot fee house, The owner of the betiding tock them bo court in September anc wom an eviction, The cefiee house sponsors Bad to fost s $10,000 bend in order to stay tn the cod fee house pending their appeal of the eviction. Thee 14 people were summoned te testify ledere Be Grand Jury be warty October, to Getermine ‘it the coffee house tas broken any state laws". All of them refuses to anwwer questions aboet the cof. fee house, on the basis of fection 12 Of the Kentucky Constitution. oo againet sett inerims- at of town, were arrested saad hat the enly bail woehd be accepted we cash or Meade Coumy property They are charged vith “mam taining a common public culsance by witifully, knowingly and uatew fully sutfer, procure and permit diverse idle am dLaposed per- sons 10 habitually and freqeeat’ the coffee house, ‘to the comnen Pablic nuisan anpoyance of all the good citizens of the Com- menwealth of Kentucky,.in the seightertood,"' The next day, the Grand Jury d Jedge Beart to cite others for contempt, Reve Goldamith of Losisville was the only ope given the epportunty to make a state- ment He sald be would pot ansver it the coffee howne five people indicted tecause of thetr involvement” with I, amd be was ine to lncrimisate himself, Goldemicy the court about ® firebeomb that had bees thrown at the cotiee house the night betore “Tl thaek it's territte.3 think that shoehd be investigated”, he said, we ct life, That's why we oppose the Vietnam war and «hy we opened the coffee house’. The jodge cut him off s LA. Larry Sapiro tried to exptais why he would ct anewer, the commonwealti's attorney te terrepted: “Now, the purpose of this hearing is met to permit Str, Shapiro to make & potitica!, prop agaadiatic speech. He should te thrown Sm jail". Jett tthen, a Ge, and Kathy Jackson (whose husband, Tom, hat been indicted the day betore) were also jalled, The Jack- S08 s 18-momth-cdd child was teing eared for by friends In the chosing moments of the Season, the Grand Jury indicted Jackson and Shapiro for drinking an intosScating beverage in a poltic place “sometime im September.” ‘The jeder changed Ris ralisg on bond, uxder pressure from the stale Court of Appeals, to permit the five peopte indicted to use as cul-et-cousty bondsman. How- ever, throe of them said they would wtay be jal] in protest against ex- cesalve toad, until the bet! is re- deced. here yesterday Rallies outside the court house Over the weekend have ¢raws sup- Porters from the base and from Loulsville. STATEMENT OF THE BEAVER ‘55’ The Gestrvction e¢ the records Of the Indlanapotis Gram boards is an attempt © call to the atren- lion of the American peopte the extent to which the povernment is betraying the Seals of justice and freedom embadtied in the doce. Metts on which this coustry was fended. ‘be United Stales Army has be- come the instrament by which the IMerests of corporations are pro- tected, the efforts of the national thwarted and reac re kept power ‘The Ateeican war in Viettam is only ene example of military power being axed to support 4 recime which opposes the struggic of a people tor social justice and inde. pttrivece, Nixon's promise to end the war b Viemma is merely a tactical move. I is aimed at pact- fying the American people. How- ever, M falls to pet in question the recurrent use of military power by the Undies States Goveramest to pretect financial inter ant reactionary regimes abroad. The sone here at home, While cittes decay, Ue an¢ water resources are irrewocabty polluted asd the work: ing class is most heavily pena- lined by taxes, the government siveds extravagantly on weapoes and continues te protect the wealthy with tox metions, de Pietion allowances, and political favoritiam We call wpon the American peo to take charge agate of their ite ty petting 45 end to the dictatorabip of the military and the ich, This is mot the first time that a draft toard ts de. roped by Americans concerned atowt the future of the sation We hope that this action will em courage many ethers to take afl the necessary steps to make this Ration & repubite ef, by, and for the people. in dee time we will reveal our ideatities, We are pot criminals ashamed of oer nation We trent that the American people will vin- icate us. BEAVER 55 ENTRANCE TO FT, DIX *‘FREEDOM” STOCKADE WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS? Term. ~- Four Black marines are facing 8€ years in the brig, is a conspiracy case unfolding at a naval alr station north of here, ‘The men have been charged with conepiracy, ricting and some 25 counts of conspiratorial aseauit The charges stem from a clash between White and Black marines om July 2t-.tem days after amajr Marine uprising at Camp Lejune, x abs are sthedeled to Mart November 17. Afi) marine, WhO was to have goee on trial ‘Sith them, died under mysterious cireum stances October 31, The mee al) served if Vietnam. All were wounded, ant one was awarded the bronue star, They were Drought here to recuperate, After stays in the hospital, Oey were trassferred to the “casual company” to await trassfers or-- in the case ef two mem--dis- charges, The four Marines are: Perry Backstrom, 21, Meridian, Miss Oscar Terry, 1 ‘aducah, Ky. Arthar Mt irmingham, Ala, and Charles Nicksce, 23 Memphis, Tens. Joe Taltos, 22, of Singleiom, La, dint tedore coming to trial, Mack marines here had ¢; lished & traditson cether mest evenings to drink talk aed listen to music. M is iilegal to drink om the tase bet they had Sever teen ordered to stop--although it was done quite pealy On the evening cf July 20, they @rank (il) aleut 10 p.m. ina Meld behind the hospital and then started tack, Aloet eight or ten of the men headed toward their barracks, Whee the) were about 20 yards ab. Of getting to. from the door, they heard somecee shout: “Here come them érunken niggers, now,” As they entered the building, they encountered abeet 13-15 Whites, Bolding Billy clubs, One man bit Becksirom, who wae is front, On the bead, Backstrom took the cle® away and bet beck Fighting became geoeral, and lasted for 10 to 15 minutes. Mews were struck on both sides. Thea, the Black marines west late & Searby bar, the RathekelMr, and fighting began there, tom, Within 15 minutes it was all over. There were 00 serious injerion. Uskeown to the Diack marines, rumers of an imp _ Black rice had teen cdrowlating: compary since J p.m, A White man, Set Rogers, testifies that he was tola “the colored people were Coming to Lake over the tarracks”. Bocers sald Ms informant was (pl. Car- thon, a Black mas who has siece been promoted to Sergeant, To Geral with chs threat, some. one sawed broom handbes Gown fate clubs. Rogers said these were dex liwered to Sim during the aftersoon, Thirty-clgit men were assigned 0 secerily duty--an unuwsally high number, Wheo the Black marines came buck to their barracks, part Of this force wax waiting for them, The Bisck marioes and their supporters are askise many ques~ tions Who were the conspirators? The Black marines--sho came back, admittedly drank, to finé « posse of Club whebting Whites waiting for them? Or the Whites-. who had teen Preparing for a confrontation since 2 Pm, to the extent of saving down room handles? Why were Black men the only Ones questioned ant charged, even thowgh there were fully as many Whites imvetvwet? Why conspiracy charges? Wf amy charge fits the cireumstances, surely Grenk and Gisorderly comes closer. And why were they newer todd to stop drink~ ing Of tase--even though il was clearly against regulations? Helations between Blacks aad whit Rave been tense at this base. The Macks feel strongly that fF ictal prejudice exists, “V) \emm Black", coe of the four Martees sald“) served in Viet~ Fam, lp which | was wounded, 1 Geed Geath many times, Sup. posed to be for my coun. bp the States im treated te same old Black Sicees oo, tcome rigm cet and *Yoe can't €0 ip this mess har. Bat ey do Bitte, petty Mmariaes are i a emall minority at tis tase asd many at of them find BM more comfortatte to togett:. (No one appears Ty i remarkatle, or Sinister, that Whites at the tase Mek together, too.) ‘Whenever we Ett together, they Co out of their way bo break it up," another of the men sald. ° Whee. ever fowr, five brothers would ert topether, they'll come ep to the group and say, ‘Break & wy. Aay time ey see Black peogie togetRer, they think we must be trying to Plot something They're we tigne* The trial is scheduled to begin November 17, Support for the marines ts tuilding on the base, ond tm the Ulack and White com. muaéiles of Semphis, im the meas. time
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| Ghat the youth makes the revodstion, lying politicians that x «Bid Chat the youth of today bas te- this society? | Come educated to the contitions of Don't these demented idiots ral - Os WNovemter 6, 196) at (ihe fe) did oot say 1245 a.m, & Black man, Charles stopped ant took delibera “Bruetiets, 24, was murcered inthe betore be shot. He was ate Rusdreas of nce-Jockers 8 the corner of Geary and Kearny Bye witresves 02 the scene stated ‘thet Brumfield was maticscusty red, when shot in the beck bead for reascos still a Afler the investigation it Tewaled that Dremteld was of passing & bes check of America on Market Tr el gt i z took the Geary Street the Bank of America ant Over to the ether sige of Street approachirg a (police ) Pe whe was stationed in froat of American Savings lask the corners of Market. ang ny Streets. He was then followed by an off Oaty pig t plain clothes, Willian D, Taylor, 33, Ctded of Inspectors, Lee, stated that Ta sceatty and umlerstangitty’ Meved a robbery had taken place Eves though the eyes of the so- or 15 feet a law terms this as*(neces- Another witness a i Hi sf aware of this as murder in the (honing streets of San Francise Eye withess, Frank Mendes, 64, see tha’ of Zi Double Hock Road, stated *'he bes approximately 11100 p, firearms. It is bows to the (Mack Rally, and be Paraher Party chat our Iield Mar- bette det. “shal was pee armed and thot chds ct is just seoter this rotten soctety to efim leadership of the lack Party is particular aad Black peo- commit ple a= general. Don Cox was un- (lack atmed when he was titrapped and and Bla chargee with is) ridiculous Charge. He bs being held because DLACK PANT of Ms activities in serving ami 2026 Ted Ave. Meeting the basic needs ant de- Has bem, N.Y sires of the people, Dor Cox is 64-8951 & political peisorer, Ile is being belt on crumped-up charpes that SEIZI THE TIME miher Party in particu’ he in general R PARTY Turned off terrorist remnants ited yoke of oper of the third reich, now patrol the When it becomes necessary for Balla of East High School here in the so-called servants of the peogd Deaver. to invade the halls of an “lest Tro eetes of pig fascism tution of edecation”, also there for S060 Carrying cums and serving the people, with weapons of Walkle-talkiog in the halls of & war, It then becocres secessary tor Ruliding of “ miseducation™ These all concerned peopte (studer s, #2 = called plain clothes pies pareets, etc.,)toretaliate accord Drowght into the schools tor alleged ingly Protection of certats Genie at Why Go these pork pigtets storm Kast, is ancther example of te SUF halle like foreign troops d Oppression of all people of « whee upying territory? Why by this capitalistic society called these wretched dogs (rot arom Babylon or Amertkkks plain clothes when they are sty The pigs are finally getting % Posed 10 be servants of the people rough their hard tog beads, that Why dott they wear the uniform The people will net stand atiil for that aymboltines thetr true job; that Tene wmder this oppression. They of a lackey fool for the avaricioes (Pigs) are also vaguely realtsing Wusinessmes, and the demagugic Allute this capitalistic society andarede- ine thet even without chetr eniforma termined to irow off their inher and beter that they stil] inti tdate ANOTHER BLACK MAN USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE | ¢. eto prove aim t 10 streets withow a © As tor having « gw Nhe)s had sone as firing bis beaded px his shirt on if rthon Pa t thomgh this t officers we want t eer happy fanatics? was the fact that ¢ € etflcers wore corners of Geary American viege anc © Bushs aod there was triasglo Drum. war in, This murder of Stack 5 and insare with ec ne escape tro " CHARLES BRUMFIEL D poorte tx ree 2 wile accept this an aid Brumfield George Daskette Bobty Hotton asd afd festifiakie’’ we are well could have beem stopped for ques- Joe Lithecc Also by these statements you can sa ple has no regard for Btack Student man lives, be has the authority Price Cumty D.C., VICTIM OF FASCIST FRAME-UP Field Marshal Dom Cox, kid- were teoptred by Pig J. Edger “Rapped cn November 7, 1959 at Hoower, Don Cox has gone forth Fieid and helped thebranches of the Party Marshal Dos Cox wes kidsappedolf in New York eatablish mech chings «Be Mtrects of New York City and as the Pree [Rreaktas: Program and __—s Sharged with possession of deadly just rececely, our Free Clocking eo of this he is ed and bed on a fas- frame-op, We are calling on cist frame-up of the aid and papport of the people sate the te help the Aleck Pasther Party cher end these strockies Mat are beieg d on the leaders ef the FIELD MARSHAL GESTAPO PIGS PATROL HALLS OF EAST HIGH town? Whee are they culog to realize that as borg as the atk Panther Party taues to educate the they realize al sieally 204 evident? MAN DOBBY Manual ifigh School THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1969 PAGE 16 ee noel FASCIST PIG | RIPS OFF REVOLUTIONARY ¢ by the Deputy disclosure of this man was bewitch- of Education of the Hack tng, Sweh, Os feet that he was ele. ther Party 0 prepare & trams« vated to a position endergrousd in ript reea « the life and Geath the organisational structure f the of the late brother Welton “ButeW* Party, : A. stead, |boweve 1 do mct act- Se Welton Armetead was only oe wally teliewe my account will Be veetees years of ace. ie was Ge totally adequate, sor my knowledee father of coe and whs recognized of (is fallee warrior caly goes back by Bis revolsticrary counterparts a few mostha before Ris savage Mar as a “young warrior” and & man rT at the bands of the racist dog Verhaps my evalustion bares pre- policeman. TB would be more ap-judice however, | find it to be propriate that brother Lewis Jack 9 _ cmmen sce. would prepare this transcrase” CVerPRaiming ae be and Armstead were the chosest On a dreary, rainy aferacen in comrades, However Lewis Jack-Cetober 1968, word reached my son has since then been ralircaces ears thet Dutch Armstead was 0 prisce and at preseet ts a federal dead..shct tn the back in the t prisoner in the King Coumy Jail, ditton of other freedom fighters who wt ditfeets to determine what chose to oppose the estabiished would laspire 4 seventeen year old order tn (his decadent land, Buchs Mack man te rise ep againgt a sea lite comid have eaxity been spared. ot troubles imposed upon him anditm quite sure that meat peogte, his gwople slece Bis eatré co this Black, Brown and White are hip to decadent American soll. Freedom, the details surrounding the vigour- decent bowsing, education, a© eft O8s unwarranted taking of bis lie, to the robbery by the capitalists Betch was shot down right before and the gemochty and total explei- the eyes of his mother and sister, tation ef a race of pecple are surely They stood and pleaded helplessly some Of the Sottvating factors. as the racist Mg Erling Duttetatl Detch Armstead came tothe Black took the lite of their beother and Paather Party full of seal and hope son. Dutch was taken to the in~ and life, Be was & beavtiful pourg Srmary (amt robbed of sixty éol- other, call, thin, sifmiy built. tars by pig vultures om the way) ie walked with tt teb and while Mrs, Mapps (his mother) amd weave typitying many trot in Bis sister were taken to jail for the ghetto. istertering with merder, The cop This brother was eager to learn was tried and after four hours of also, and I found him to te Mghly detiteraticg, was (in the usual intetligest for Ms age, im fact, it tradition),, acquitted 11 shocked me when | found he was only sevestece Me performed ant ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE feascerd with the experience of a PREE BOBBY thirty year O14 man. The estatic FREE THE SEATTLE FOUR ow STOP THE FLOW OF SUGAR-COATED FANTASY The problem of ¢ruga acd hard 4 free turn-ce, then the lunch mosey Sope Is a very real and mounting goes, thee trothers and sisteragrop protiem, tm not only the meter out so they can keep the meeey to count ry or White communttion, butts stay high, also oO an esormeous increase inthe The Bisch Paather Party realises Mack oMony. Orginited crime ts the im meds ate danger ans forure cut. playing on (he ipsortsce and IneiGme 68 lceur community acd es- quisttiveress (curtousity) of oar pestally our yok: Uf teas Bac rs). Fouth=.the very lifeblood ofthe Ore were to rWm Pamguat Mack community, The people who Feu ask why dee’! the pigs do some- well these drugs to the purgbretk- (Mag? tor the stoe reason they ers and sisters know very well Gom'l cet those afsters off l4thane ti ning of the “TheVouth @th aed Pike, ‘They Leow who the lo- Make the Fevolution'’. They kaow Gal very weld that if a bh ares, and herots, his mind, much PCVes bo show Gows tho process of lens tis bety, can not tunetion fe Tevolution, a revolutiomary manner, Black brothers and aisers, the ‘Dig! All bard drugs are used te Party realises the life in this SUPHTeSS Aft divice the revolution. COMNtFY, in this day Is of very poor ary spirit in cur commentty, and in QUalMy, The Correct way Uf dealing Perticular cer youth” Many rob- ¥ MR URaE Ep Bot tp Doce pourself tn bert aOliegs, anc plain ted at- Ome FOper-eosted fastasy of the Uiudes secs from addiction to hard Mind, tut in a very real way by drugs and the need to get the money Moving against the pig power strece te buy them, A person who ie real- ire who perpetuates that decadent ty strane cut on hard drugs is com~ life-style ina revebetionary manner, ing from a very individualtting. The | ram dows why the local pig beed to get the drugs is very per. Gepartment wor't do anything, so if sonal and is focused oo self, This People have information abeut these brother or sister is thinkSsg aad beasts pushing (Retr wares to cer acting against the revoletionary Young, contact the Black Panther spirit which bs based ce serving the Party at 1:27 1/234 Ave, With the ods of the people, the masses of Support of the people we'll deal with people it, Later tor all pgs, pork chops, If yow check cut the school and Black or Waite, playgreends where cer children High Gm. gather, you will find that the pag ee Mructure peddles the mind- ALL POWER TO THE PROPLEY WIsRING speeds and dupe righ before Nafust, Washington State Chapter F somes, First (hey elie students Hiack Panther Party 5 HN oe
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/ ‘ ' / | ee THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1969 PAGE 16 BREAKTHROUGH PLAINFIELD, NJ, Oct. 27 been unconstitutienally apphed The defense scored a major break ml that ¢ ia! pre-trial pub week when Union ticity had made it tenpossible fer Leo Willams to get a fair trial iq af the NewJ Freeman Whetstone and Dr “i Frost. co-chairmen of the eM Joint Defense Com. toe for Botty Lee Williams Gail Madden. and George Merritt, 4 agreed that Kaplowitz om ped the ‘inciting’ charge because be feared losing the law as an anthrit’” weapon by Raving it dail Madden, 24. a mother of declared unconstitutional two chikiren, and George Merritt Kunstler told 2 defense rally r. 35, & marine corps veter bere last mont that Willams was are servirg life sen indected to perish him for refus- New Jersey State per ng to be a prosecution wittess in the death of Gleasce the trial of the 1! defendants that victhons are ender resulted in the convictions of Mad- eet ” Charge against ne other den and Merritt pe le black fendants were not sus Willkams told the Daily World ained during the 1968 trial that he had been entrapped inte com was characterized by an atm promésing his constitutional rights f racism and repression when be filed a civil suit against Prosecution dropped the the city of Plainfield after be was . first charge against Williams, of shot and seriously wounded by Mctling sumerout and diverse Gleason to kill of enjure” officer Following the unproveked at Gleason tack on Wilkums, an enraged i ] Kapiowite ey three coun MRS, PAT AUCH BEING TO HOSPITA \FTER SHE is MACED nd, KATHI onree Des Motees, lowa (November, Anker White Mother, Mrs. “justice ser poor and pres 1909) The Mothers For Dignity Patricia was severely sed pecele in Des Modees (i's & Justice, beaded by vw ther ated, thes handcuffed ancttrown real ¥ 4 dally o rence.) Mt cer ine Bryson, staged a Walk-Ly’ fat om her face, forced te taf Y appears to te apsinst the of the lows Welfire Associative lay Gere for more thas & Conference (IWA), A 3-day Con- bedor the « ference that was hosted by the take her t tes law © even ask for “Pood” & balance arrived 10 Adeqeat < hospital, She re- Lee's supy. fashionable downtow= Savory ceived treatme for jury causes INJUSTICE by nding Hotel. by mace. The cops harassed Pa- telegrams of protest to Mrs. Brysom requested (from tricia and buried lowing the delegains of the Conference) at ber to and fror sepport; both morally and fnane a rema: as Des Moines Hurtan Rights Sally (the mothers were trying to lover,” As one can OmMmssion, Armory ast etpress the creent see ¢ ade this was certainly « st 4 Dee Molnes Streets quate = “Food,” = *'Clothdng”’, & the cope to divide the iret Housing fer their chil- using that old time favorite <f 2 Mayor Thomas Urtea. City res.) This request tock place at the Power Structur actarr Hall, East ist & Locust Street & 94.00 & plate banquet dinner tot thelr mesg where 15 mothers 4 one father ¢f mendousty, The 4 James N. Bethel, Vice the crow te let racdem divide and conquer President wa Welfare Asso. Mnile the mothers positionné their strong strugeie tor Digzit ation, 328 Kast Sth Street then selve te peak--a wa J & Pear Aer ber release Pushed dirs. lirysce--tryine to from the bos Keep her from speaking-. however aced whe spake anyway. In Ge mean erie Dryas b3 . jlack time the cops were called in (6 Aamce the scene ready to charges are as follows Arraignment (for trial date) is some 30 police cars et between cow and November 19 ¥ WagCes--and a total Katherise Uryson: Res: in M ipal Court-~ ast lei & of 30 cops, Including FBI and ing arrest ert Military Ingelligetce-.to arrest) the duties Perscas,) The head waiter pointed d set a Hemember: As Brother ibeey } om thee w te be ar 2 at © has said: “Laws andrules Tested--Mrs Katherine Bryson battery, resistin ‘ Mave always boon made to serve was first on the list terfering with the dat: a. ‘a pe ales The € cops surrounded Mrs, officer people ac y Ww Brysos @ she tried to ex. fond set at $60¢ ube te function in BOBBY LEE WILLIAMS pla . the sitwatice, and also de Charles Keo Assasit & way, In other words Two charges left crowd killed the white policeman mand the arrest of the wat Battery resisting trrest, disrugt- promote the general 1 i8 fact Beca Whe pushed and scratched he ing & public assembly, and in ciety, rules and laws are es. _,tlliams ee pane - BY row “a ae oe cn to pO avall..the alled terfering with an officer, tablished by mee. Rules should masxious ss eh was taker of me in the civ Servants held true to & fond Sei al $800.6 serve men, abd fot mer sum policeman asd seswelt and suit.” declared Wilkams. “I was hemes mature, and began to rules. a ¢ the time. th battery” on a policeman in fact entrapped inte Comercens e mashandie Mra. Yiciowsly macing her a: On the count of “unciting,” ete WE My Constizetional right not to the black young man would have testify against myself Upee Pex ber wxier arrest. When Chartes People are Gom-functicaal in re- received a severyear prison Frost and Whetstone pron. Koos, (Defense Cape -Des tation to the status of the Poor oat} ; itm. Williams faces 19 years in ised that the J int Motees, lowa Chagter-- Mack Pan. to tils soctety, These officials Sire “primes aces Patni mliiee wrenad = peepee ther Party) approached Sgt are DBiled to the fact that peopte PF i . 7 ° mcrease its offer Harlan (Officer of * injeatice’* who should net respect rules that ‘are CMF Bes that remain to have all charges drepped was in charge ¢ Cruetty and injustice, The lows sot sa ving them it is the duty na memorandum filed Sept against Willkaens and to hive Mer Oppressive treats Welfare Assoctationmembersvet- of the Poor to » te ant cos 6. defense attorneys William Pt and Madden freed te stay cot of | jemand the wdlate re tr rw ind laws that are te Kunstler and ( Mutnick Financia! WALTibwLORS may be monte from bet the 7 a aed that ce tere On argued that the first cout seat to the Plainfield Jom De mae pushed harges be dropped againstahe ( rie ASIC t of Ube 4nent Was enconatit fomue Coen U for Frabb handeetied apd placed under ar + victims, People at € aier. OF A MEN onal “Because it is vague r Willian eae ‘M ide : a Feat. At this potet the protest of ence really got their cram course certain, and overbreed sad t C . Se ee tne cher Mothers ranged out te oppressica, injustice ant just IN COX TANT UGOLE dis not narrente Gee = George Merritt. Je. 218 Wateb- Jowder--Gemanding an im plain old police brutality (as it | K MOt EET WORK ause if is not narrowly drawn to ung Aveswe, PO Box 45. Plain end to the inhumane action uf the bapsens in the “'Coloaized Areas’ LIS ASSO mest legitimate governmental field. New Jersey 0706) cops; tat were aij overcome ty of Des Moines) today. Some couds- 1210 versity emds:" 2) that all three statutes mace, Wt Bebleve their eyes, tan such is Des Moines, jews iy \avelved in the imdecument had By CHARLES MGMTOWRE
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_ BREAKFAST _ SABOTAGE .... The Rickmced Branch of the Paack Panther Party, ts serving the com- munity by baving Free breakfast before schoct fer the children, & order to Itt some of the burden that has bees placed on the tacks of the mothers asd fathers of North Kichawed, and other Diack com- fmuniites around the nation, In another attempt to stop the Black Panther Party from showing coneera for the masses, the pigs are ot to put 4 halt to the Bereak- fast Program. (Gne of the brothers that we foed telling the people pet to bet thetr children attend the Dreakfast Pro: cram because the Black Paather Party was teaching ractem, and twacking the childres to rict af schoo!, This brother distiscty totd ‘es that the ples came to bis bouse and told his parvets that the Diack Panther Party was teaching racism amd ecdorsing ricts, His parents stmply told the ples thal thelr sce wass't getting into any treutte, ard for therm (the pigs) to leave, SAN FRANCISCO LIBERATION SCHOOL ‘The children tat come Literation School which is at 1642 Ellis Street in San Fran ¢iseo, come from the Mumers Potet area, Double Hock, the Mis- sion District, aad fe Fillmore to ated District ‘The Gret thang | teach the kids and what is about the bee faensly it ts all aboot the be family we do mot hit or swear at the brothers and sisters, We are all brothers and sisters leceuer we all are not free, We are all equal hecacer we ate sot free, ‘The ages range from two to fiftees pears at this time tn school do not have separate classes becasee [ have found that wr can 1909 PAGE 17 THE BLACK PANTHER, SEATTLE BREAKFAST SERVES YOUTH ATUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, Mack Panther Party social within t Ome way of serv KEE BREAKFAST wety fusdamental ihe oppressed Baby opr kids have » to sehoot ar pr se--t tosepposedly histicated, cor : * the type tty bourgeotste = the muait pot 8 the nee : < start I kids. cur the ever crowing rs the churches te r ot us wee f, tacilities breaks down is that & urgeuisie & releencin —— burch to rape the peogie and the FEEDING HUNGRY CHILDREN inisters the pe metaphysical ideal! hungry bkts of Colman Elementary Minor area here lies the Mt, Zion seripeere.) The very ree seh Black and White, are being Baptist Clverch andthe Good Shepard b committees ar awking fed good, bot nutritious meals every Lathern Cherch with larger bour- aioct remodeling thelr oF Morning bedore they attend classes, Crolaletongrecaiicns:they have alas atest some other insane t Having looked around the general retemed the youth A few other ao- while kids ask the PARTY «hen are Community amd thromgh some in- called Mack churches suck th ing to tw atde to eat, The vestigation study, we have found Methodist ant Cherry > je the te eed to open many other Free akfast Programs, ike Madrona have also refused the youth, Peogte, wake wp, be pecgle, Seize the Time, of the rex pimping and the rapérg by the ministers throweh God end, We call the petty ™ area, where kids COme for the sake of fife as¢ humanity bourerolsie to miss a cadillac pay- Sy the office amd ask when “Do Something Nigger tf You Only ment and delay the remodeling of are we going to start mervingtreak~ Spiti’* Mow we can tell from the atten. Beir chruckes so that hungry, op- fast : dance mM the Breakfast, that some-Preswed may eat Here Mes the Ma¢rena Preaby- ALL Elme Brean) Seattle Branch, Black Panther Party Ger first Free Breakfast Program terian Cherch jomded dows with a ing served at the Atlantic St. petty boergectete congregation; they F-20903 So, Atlaatic St, Here the have refused ¢ oth. ia the TT, LIST OF CHAPTERS AND BRANCHES WITH BREAKFAST PROGRAMS where the baffoca a-- pees gutover. The Breakfast attendasce has talien from children a week, to p00 OF to 190. The children that do s*teed are very responsive; we can a) this by hew much food away. We know, howe parents can, aad will, stop more chBéren from coming as loeg as re allowed te spree ropeganda. We are pow ip the process of = ost to the various that will « an the truth to the peopte about the Black — Party, a leafiet that will” we rpo;AL HEADQUA NEW YORK, N.Y BROOKLYN, N_¥ 18212 get cur Breaktast Program 3106 Shaibech Ave 180 Setter Ave. running strong coce again, We will eiey, Calif Off: 212 ~ 342-2791 bby show the pecple their REAL on ast’ gas ce: ‘i males. The avaricious business PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19121 +a the tunciot ure en Penician, med gam FRANCISCO, CALIF. S418 1928 Cobumbia . eS OO, 1336 Fillmore & Off: 215 « 224.3353 Off: 431 « 922-0005 215 ~ 216-3358 oe awe a KR TO THE PROPLA RICHMOND CALIF 9480 Pa EKSKILL, NY, 10!e¢ yaaa he "cay 223 Rickmoed Dranch, Bt pamter 530 ae wt ae oh 91 Off: 201 = 685-6859 Party : ’ OAKLAND, CALIF. 94621 NEW HAVEN, CONN 7204 East Mth St 9 So. Lexingtor Off: 4) - 48-396 Off: 914- 761-cam Off: 293 ~ 42-7463 § ANGELES, CALIF 1 ». Central Ave. 335-412 LOS ANGELES, CALF , Watts Officer . Off; 213 U4. 2494 ‘ c L } CALL 1/2 imperial ; q ’ Off; M4 - 233-147 ' SEATTLE, WAST OAL , 27 1/2 34th b A 153.6240 | 1 HUGERE, « x 3401 , 671 Pear x ; Oth; 403 =~ 342-7276 y NYE OLORADO & ' atayette i“ 2 uu i LANAPOLIS 4m A relate to all Kids on level 13 W. eh § Giscipline is cen- Mf: 317 = 924-5 cerned we dlectpline the verd ally. tusderstand that it is atuitie An: ITY, MO Wet them conquer yours. | relate 4 to children only through thelr minds ; . sith them relate to them ‘ tOoratics amt levuluica’ The chdidrem learn easily Lf youksow CHICAGO. ILL eoerz : how to relate to thew 2% W. Madison . They have two wersls 4 day, Gtr; 312 - 243-4276 ‘The Peoptes Frer Health Clinic” of the poor people of car com . & brumed and a lunch. If the child is open to the pecele of Brownsville cunitios , { ren live a long distunce away BOSTON. ata. nie and Alyn every Thresday aight The people need health services pick them up aed take them hoe, 275 Louebél) Ave. frem 7/30 to 9:20 p.m, at 180 Setter NOW, The Free Ilealth Clinic wilt Transportation bs the saime an the Off; 617 « 427-0009 Awe, This is another prow that serve the prepie 1 breabfast 6 442.0100 nerves the basic serde and desires ALL, POWER TO THE PROPLE
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‘ ‘ ' ‘ AS eer ae Cree egy ome + sg ‘ is f _ hi J > - / j Re Lin THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY NOVEMRER 15, HUEY’S SOITOR'S MOTE The Scilowing article ts taken from the agpeal pre pared by the attorneys detending Huey I. Newico, ¥ ister of Defense of the Hiack Paather P . oes atiormeys have mowed te Rave the come flewed ty the Court of Appeals of the State of California, The Slack Pasther Mews Paper will print the agoeal in Part--every week to give the people all the farts as to why Huey P Newton should te set free immediately. CONDAX aN ROH nM AN CLEA PELONY Tc ON DEFENI THAT THE F UTIONALLY INP HEARING RIAL ALLEGATIONS TION WAS CONST was total error for the trial court to refuse to comoect evidentiary Searing won defewiam’s clear pre-tria allegations that the price felony, charged ant argued by the prosecution in the present trial, was ccestitotionally infires Defendaat moved, prior to commencement of the trial berets. to strike, set aside, expunge, and exclude the prior felony conviction, for Geclaratory relief, for writ of habeas an corpus, for a bearing to decermise the constitutional validity of Ge price conviction and, in the altersative, for a comMimmnce of Un osecull, All elie? coms te ottalsed from appellate courts prior to commencement of the trial (C.T, 176-182, 19 All motions were denied 6 mo bearing s bed (CT 185, 198), te denying dedemdaat’s requests for a hearing and for other relief, the trial court relied solely os the affirm ance of the prior comviction by the District Cc CRT SBM, et 09.) ‘The Supreme Court cent years declared that of Appeal ¢ California Mas now thric the use of a comstituts in re- Valid prior comviction to impeach testimenta te improper, and. .to allow sack impeacter 04 federal comatitutional dimension.” People ¥. Coffey Cal, 36 34, 218 (1967) People v. Cur 0A pre 272-733 (1969) in re Catey, 68 Cal, 76D (18). In Curtin, the latest of these cases, decided in February 1968, the Supreme Court reiterates the necessity of follow ing the “ proper procedure for pretrial consideration of the constitutiowality af a prior ction, by means ofa hearing Gut of the presence of the jury," (POAC, at 373 Court extended ita prior retires to require that a hearing be hele out of the preaeece of the jury where there La any * clear allegation’ of the invalidity of the prior convictien at pre. Guting the trial, and the Court extended the area llegation”’ requiring the bearing to a claim of trade. quate representation of counsel as well as te a claim of lack of represestation of counsel at the petor trial Ih Curtis, the Geterdant did not allege inadequate repre- sertasion wrtil following his admission of the prier com. victlos during MMs direct testimony a: the second trta! Nevertheless, the court stated that om retrial (comvictice Teversed on other grousds), 2 bearing outside the presence Of the fury as ostlined in Cofley would be the appropriate means of Getermiring ihe validity of the prior conviction, The court stated “That the issue arises dering and ot before trial, so Jone as the objection is asserted before the case is sub- Mitted to the Jory, appears fo be without significance.” (a) te Catfey, a balwas corpes proceeding, the Supreme Court cranted the writ with directions to provide ac evi- Gettiary hearing 2s to claimed constitutional intirmit or two prior coavictions and to redetermine sentence, The toert pated, im foctnote 10, 72 A C, at 372. in Curtis, that & delendam is pevjuticed beth by imprackment and by in tteased senteaced tases won use of the prior conviction, Caley involved invees of presence of and token repre Seatation by counsel, raisieg the question of whether! ‘The Gealal of cppertmity for appotatied cour te ec , bo Consult with the accused ant to prepare hi defense, could Convert the appointment of counsel Imo a sham aad rothing more thas a formal Compl, “ve Constinaion’s re ‘Geirement that an accused te clventhe assistance of coun sel” (Avery ¥ Alabama (1940) 308 US 464, 446 (n4 L bi 377, 379, 40 S.Ct. 321), see Powell ¥ Alabarta (1992) 287 US 45,53,71 1 WG. 158, 162-63, 878-872, 59 5. Cr, 5 4 ALR. S27) le re Newtern (1960) 63 Cal, 24 786, 0 (3 Cal. Rptr, 364. D F.2d 116) Von Modihe ¥, Gillies (1948) 992 US 708. 722-723 (92L. Ed. 209, 320-32), 68 5 C 316), Jones v. Cunningham (4th Chr. 162) 297 ¥,38 851 O95,)" 68 Cal. Od at 771.7 Lest therebe any dout< atout the nature of the bearing the California Supreme Court, is People ¥. Cottey. 67 Cal. dd at 217-18, laid down & very spweific an4 mandatory five sep bearing procedure for the trial courts to follow The bearing must consist of the following when 4 detettant, whether by motion to strike * convietio® or convictions om constitutional or by denial o¢ such prior Vielioes ce constiteticgad gr tee bis to (he sasne, om the mination, the court shall, prior to trta! outside the presence of the jury in « the consiltetional val of the chareed price or Priors in issue, Second, the proseewtor shall f1 mise t have the Durder aring evidence of the prior conviction sufitete stify a finding that detentant fed seach previous vietion” (Pen, Code, Third, *hen this prima facie showing bas teen mace, the defendant shall Gereapen have the burden of protecing ev . that Bis constituional right to coutse! was tatringed in the prior proceeding at issue. Fourth, if defendant bears this burden, the prosecution shall have the ¢ ‘etn 10 Produce evidence in retertal | ish, the court shall make 4 Unting ut the basis of the evidesed thus pro. Gered aad shal! strike from ithe accusatory pleading — “ any f nvtetion fi te be comatituttona lly te valet We trial court coat the specific remedy ma curt atfey amd ! esties amd feet opin tthe Destrict the rally prete ant-.to counsel, and ¢ eriminate himself decision, “The quests atrotied fecheral Le 4, 0 1 47 he trial court t ts own lowwaticn then and to apply federal constitetional standards to # teELS entadlished at the evidentiary hearing. The formta Supreme Court opin eMiring sch a hearing make & exception for cases where there may tea remete (or © appeliate of ant hese decisions expibeitly recognize that the use of a pe jony conviction, Hf Ik is constitutionally antl ner standards prevailing at the time of the tria at which the prosecetion seeks Lo use it, presents # feders: Constitutional question. People ¥, Cotfey, supra, 67 Cal 4 detentant been accorded the evidentiary hearing d by law petor reset trial, be would have nableds sett evidence as lo his state of mind at the he court invited Mr to testify, amd Ms lack of understandirg of the procedural cosseq * ertalnty the complicated issues of walver (wt avestigation ef the defendant s wrierstanding » Of the alleged watv { what Ms eonsequentes WhIER would Mow fr of these fing ich in-vot ve the time rights awalver, and againat the factual ok be comeloded against defend nest pee upoe a District Court of Appeal deciaica Preceding Glaser aad Bowle, without even an investiganion into the circumstances of the alleged watver of counsel and the fllure to warn o€ the right againat selt-secrimination Mt is the antounced purpose of the Cetiey and Certis stone te ke that investigation into the circumstances the prior trial, pricr to commencing the secoed trial. The allfornia Sepreme Court did mt merely reverse the cavictions in these we tut devised Ihe specific and andatory remedy of the bearing pening and closing his Savestigation of the constitu Slomal validity of the prior felony by reliance upon the three-year 684 opinion of the District Court of Appeal, the trial court Geprtved defeedant the right to have the @eestion of comestitetional tafirmity Gecided 1) on the basis of Califerata and federal decisions faswed in the last three years (29) and 2) on a record estattiched by counsel FOOTNOTE 39, The case chteMy relied on in the Dtstriet Court of Appeal opinion in People v. Mattson, 51 Cal.2d 777, 795 1959), Mself hotds that ‘(Section 13 of article | of the Califorsta Con. wives accords to California defeadants ‘the cam actorded to federa) defendants by the iment of the Undied States Constitution Laninga® (1943), 22 Cal. 24 169, 575.7" Matson aleo held that (at page 799, note 5) “Both federal due process and California quire that waiver of th right to counsel, to be effec tive, must be with an intelligent appreciation of tts Consequences, (Numerous citatloas omitted.) ‘Whecher there is a proper waiver should be « warty Getermised by the trial court, and it wuld te fm. ling ard appropriate for that Getermination to appear upon the record.’ * (Empasis omitted Matison, pre-Gideon on ¥, Walmwrigm, 392 U 5, 395, #2 S.Ct. 292 (1963), relied upon Betts ¥. Brady. 316 US +55, +. 1252, (1942) (specifically overruled by Gideos), niting that the differenes netweet the righ to aid | Ot Gefeedant’s choice and the right Lohawe counsel provided by the state Is sot a Genial In Matisce, — the be appoint beeal assistance © ¥AMed to represent Mmself did discriminate against sor, because thowe ale to employ an attorsey for advice ttust be allowed consultation with #ech am attorney varsuant 10 Pent Cade section $25. The result was percis sible before Gideon, but wo loager 1h the overrwing of Betis v of due procens oF court comeeded — that fo AD indigent Ge femdant dy, the entire Mattson tikmale meant tear additions! ation. Matisoa con cheded with the court's statement that the deciske har- monlzes’ with federal law on the sebject. Now that the ral law on the subject has charged, forther restricting Eavidiows Ciscrimisation which will be permitted between and poor at cricsinal trials, beth Mattsce and defen ams prior appeal wowld decided differently, Beth the Cideon right to counsel and the right to be warned of the ret be Privilege against self-incrimination bave been held to be retreactive, People v. Cotfey, supra, and Bowle v. Witsoe supra END FOOTNOTE Had the questions of whether detendant intelligentty walved Cognsel of whether be ulred to Raw toon warned of his right ' Setermined of # esis of recent law a factual bearing at which defenéart, represerte ted evidence a5 (© Ms etderstanding at the time iy walved counsel, the may would cle declared constitutions with respect b pre criminal g tus. the Distr wart of Appeal coe hat the defendant wa aneel, which the opie eats us entantished he colloquy between detentast and th al court, set forth, supe tatlere to advise the deter against Anse at the question of whether dete int mily and effeetiwty © hin right to counsel at the former trial must be considered in the light of all the reemstiters and Presently prevailing federa siluitena) decisions om waiver, Had the defendut ried the evidentiary hearing mandated by the California tts, he would have presented evidence as to the efre mnatances, incluting a) his leck of understanding as to “lure! comeequesces lack of knowledge that he had sult withecunse] 45 (to the chobee offered for trial court; c) jack of knowledge that be the amsist 4 ccenseltopresem & motion to the prio trial Court showite spectal circumstances and UUesting POOMIssiOn fer Limited self. representation iaad- by counsel Ver today requires that “Before there cam be a waiver of counsel, the ac- cused must have an understating of the charge, apd the allowable range ef punishments under the ule be is charged with having viclated.|” Undied States v, Washisgion, 34) F.2¢ 277, 2805 (ld Cir, 5), 9 ALK 34 448, cert den 382 US 850, 86 56, teh Gem 382 US 093, 86 S.Ct. 317, See oid, 6 Criminal Procedure Under the Fed- eral Rules, section 44:18, page 77 (1967), Cetemtan Newlon clearly did net encerstasd the com. sequences of the price charge or of the cooviction. He thought he had born toavicted of a misdeceanor (RT, The federal law also provices that the question of wi there was @ valid waiver may te determined im habeas corpus proceedings on procts outside the record. Vor Molike ¥. Gillies, 332 US Te, 723-44, C4 5.0. 316 (P48) (49) FOOTNOTE 40. Te an optabon squarely applicatie here, Justice Mack said “Fourth We have gaia) ("The constitutional right of an acctsed to by represenbed by counsel invokes, of self, the Pretecticn of a trial court, in which the accused--whose lie of literty is af stake--ts without counsel. This pre- fecting duty imposes the sericas and weighty reaporst bility upos the trial judge of determining whether there ts am intelligest and competent waiver by the accused.’ Te dis- charge this duty property im light of the strong prewempaioe agains, waiver of the constitutional right to counsel, & Sedge must investigate as long and as thoroughly as the Circumstances of the case before Me Gemand. The tact that ab accused may tet) him that be is informed of Mis tight to counsel and Gesires to walve this rig does set aulomatically 84 the jedge’s reapoesibility. To be walld such walver mast be made withan appretensiomof the mat of the charges, the statutory offenses included within them, the range Of altowatte punishments thereumter, possible Getenses to the charges and circumstances in mitigation thereof, and all other facts essential toa broad usderstanding of the whole matter, A judge can make certain that an accusrd's professed walver of counsel is understandingly and wisely made cely from @ penetrating and comprehensive examtaation of all the cftcumstances under which seckha plea is toadered, “This case graphically (iegiraiie that a mere roullee inqury--the askieg of m= by Pu! SRABBERS questions followed the signing of @ standard written Waiver of counsel-- jeave & Jedge eali-~ly unaware of the flacis essential to a0 inturmed decision that an accused has @kecuted a valld waiver of Bis right ty Conse) Amd this Cape shows that Suc touting inquiries may be inadeqeate althowed the Con- SUUtCO ‘does met require that uocer tircumstances coandel be foreed upos a defendant, Carter *. Peopte of State ef iMineds, 329 Us 173, 174 895, OP Scr. 26 2:4, Per the record demonstrates that {Re Petitioner wel. come’ Degal aid trom all peasitte MarR: there would have Powe te cecusalty for forcing ccowesel upen her.* osc. We, EXD FOOTNOFE CONT, NEXT WEEK "Free Huey!
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NTHER, SATURDAY SOVEMINGH 38, 1969 PAC 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 oar 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 belie hat the federal government esponsible an ligated t a heey B Kusranieee me. We believe t if the whit ae Tee ~ amills ae means of skew from the busi nem amd ti ile of thee inmunity can o ad 1 5. We want an end to the robbery by the € APTTALIST of owr Black ommenity We believe th acist governr t has robbed us and now we are lemandir r € t xeres and two mule Forty acres n mules was promised 10% ago as restitution foe slave labor nd marder of black people will accept the payment in currency whieh be distributed to our many communities. The Germans are now 1iding the Jows in israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Ger ns murdered six million Jev he America st has taken part in bee slaughter ywer fifty mai black therefore. we feel that this is a modest demand that we make < 4. We want decent heasing, Mt for shelter of human beings. We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent ng to ir black comnvanity, then the housing and the land should be made int | , wr community, with government aid, can build and ecent housing mooplt 5. We want education for oar people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want edacation that teaches us our true history and our rele in the present-day society We bx ¢ in an educational system that will give to our people a know! If a man does not have knowledge of himself and his position n society and the world, then be has Little chance to relate to anything 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 pot protect us. We will not fight and kill oth world who, like black people, are victimized America We will protect solves from the force and violence of the cist police and the racist military, by whatever means necessary >. We want an immediate end te POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people We believe we can end police brutality in our black community by or self-defense groaps that are dedicated t defending our from racist police oppression and brutal «¢ Second t 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 § We want freedom for all black men beld in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails ld be released from the many that all black people she eived a fair and impartial trial because they have not re We believe jails and prisons 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. t the courts should follow the United States Constitutbon eive fair trials The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peer group. A peer nm from a similar ecomomic, social, religious, geographical, en- tal, historical and racial background. To do this the court will be select a jury from the black community from which the black jefendant came. We have been, and eing tried by all-white juries that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black mumunity We believe t so that black people will re 10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. Awd as our major political objective, a United Nations-supervised plebls- cite to be beld throughout the black colony in whith only black colonial subjects will be allowed to participate, for the purpose of determining the will of black people as to their national destimy, When, in the course of human events, it Becomes pcoessary for, one people to dissolve the political bands which have comnected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the carth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and maturg'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 Creatpr With Certain unalienable, rights that among these are life, Liberty, and the pairedit of happiness. That, to sccure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of covernment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter er to abolish it, and to institute a new govermment, laying its foundation om such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to Uvens shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Pru- governments long established should pot it causes, and, accordingly, all experience more disposed to suffer, while evils are Terable, than to right th Ives by abolishing the forms to which they But. whee a long train of abuses and usurpathons, Pur suing invariably the same ebject, evinces a design to reduce them under ab- solute despotism, it ts Uhebr right, it bs their duty, to threw off such govern: ment, aad te provide mew guards for their fulure security CUM ON
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