Vol. 4, No. 9

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\ The brothers and sisters that have been incarcersied saceeious +1 ore of this y ree ebutsce is now a tought in tha this moraines § Oe topes, We aporeciate the proves correct guidance and Sérciogy Manifested ts the leadership of the Bieck Pasther Porty . esatiing (Gs be suceosstully Gefend cur lives, retdertag an ignominiogs defeat to the fascist storm troopers of the com munity Lanperlalists, andat the same Ure showing (he masses the correct example of resistance Tt shoulde/t be peoessary 60 pound on the vile conditions of dungecs, infested with rats and Dats aad bogs, ance the very same type of treatment still is aad has teen meted cut to all progressive people bs ths commtry. The kangeroo court led by © Marvey llitier Bacon Rrows'* bas just completes the firet ptase ib the railroading of the L.A. 16 It became apparect af the inceptics of the prelimisary bearing that Mickey Mouse Reagan papgeteered the butfoces,+hen it was disclosed that Yorty bed appreval of the enconstituiiomal warrants from Mickey Mouse Reagin, Late MeKissack, Leo Branton Jr 3 THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGH : | YYI - We weil Phd) Stiver, our most victorious at- torseys, all throughoet the » aS Betational Mitytee tele —h. and eapering to Ge people wie te real ertcimls are ‘Thea the DA. compedt up the cane by attaGliieg “God glandering the” Bisck Panther Party (s general, eputad of Intrédering specific evt- dence against us. His motive evt- destly was to attempt to smoke- ecrees the fect that the pigs, the dirty, Githy, slimy, smeaking snakes, Gressed up like Minute- men, had come to Central Head- quarters approubmately five in the moraiag, placing dysamite charges on cer roof and doors, in an tempt to accomplish their part of eo aation-wide conspiracy that bas been launched against car Party, After the DA jumped wp and seated Gis to the court, weyers objected to the ob- of comstitutional sing . At Gat time FF. Car- the DLA, tastrocted Judge rot Marvey Hither to overrule the ob- jection. The D.A. thee brought up weretited incidents supposedly involving Party mem- bors and ples, Then be tried to tink all of these phcay incidents to the specific so-called conspiracy we now being charged with. his pig even west so far as te try and festify the murders of Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Toere, Tommy, Mebert, Stewe and £1) FROM T Dobty Iwtton He had the unmi- igated gall, the audacity, to stand =p to clink oat that these Scothers hed set tor te pigs, when @ reality everytady hoowrs that ese megalormiiiace mur- dered car beloved rewiviiocary comrades in cohé Mod, You could the teneemer: ‘De court~ as te it, feet Carroll tried to vagiute as Dy flashing around the picture of cur fallen comrage Toure, as he lay cations exeewor “Objection overruled’, criet Pig Hitler Brows, Thee the faggot DA weet om to way that ibe ples ted valid reason for sot knocking when they moved oo oer com- futity cecter on Exposition Mvd. (/Decauee this was Toure’ s pad’), then Branton stood ap and ob- jected to Dis abeuré rhetoric, be- cause Branton knew that hese pigs had cut cur phone lines, shot trom % to 100 tear gas cannisters into the center, and Cred sumerocus rounds of M-16, AR-15, shotgun, Migh-powered rife and sub- achine Gun shelis into the premt- ses. Brasten also knew they had Mteckec the homes around cer L.A. PIGS BRUTALIZE RMED STUDENTS LAPD pigs = entered , aed se Deslamie of the Crisis Center, 44th and Central says that three very young bro- thers had jest left the comer hen they were promptly harassed ty Pics. The pigs kept olnking while arresting them for “‘robteery". Mrs. Benjamin weet to them ex- plaiming that (bese three brothers hed just leh ber center and couidet have commitied the s0- called rothery, One pig vaciilated and thee sat, “1 know Gey Gt HL” Me thee told the people whe had gathered (whic® inedaied the brothers parents), to get off that eed the street because they Otel telong there, Pig yours trothers to Newlin & Station aad Mre. Besjaméin pr iy get a hawyer, The rest of thes ple weet to the pig station fused by the people's calls coming & by the pigs realised they had over Ge lewyer, Played their handand were forced bo release the berotRers, On Sater- Gay, 1/24, the pige who are try- fagtorun Mra. Deajamisa ost cf the Crisis Center, 40th and Cen- tral, robbed ber und the people of equipment she trough there for use by the comananity...Al Armour, one of Oe LAE by two pigs, one wi “Pree Bobty’* tution and the ther a “Pree ltoey* tation... Young bro- ther named ristopher Johasca and some friesds * walking Gown Fire M. The wus aad when it stopped Oe driver oct cut and phoend someces, The brothers crossed the street and five pig cars swooped in co Gem Christopher Legan to rus and earn the pigs caught Bim, ope bit him in the nose and coe was choking him. Thee the pigs told Lim to get otf the streets within 15 minutes or they would take him in. They woulés't take Bim ie af that time because the people could see the Mood on Mm ant bnew) = he tad teen brutally beaten. Oe 12/20, Mary Puller was being harassed by Ge people whe live in tack of her, She carried her pistel for protection and called the plas to ineure ber safety, A Mack pig named Domald Alles, told her, "Get your behind up those stepe’’, then they haadcuffed ber, slapped her, teat Ber and pot her im the pig car, By the time ste arrived t San Pedro, her are as tecly brwised and her peivt was bruised as tures rays, The sister ve . a. wictie aad = te we “A : * count t against he pig and before she could open her mouth in court the Chie! Pig dis- missed afl charges. The sister iaet giving up Ghough .h took ber four weeks to get her pistol back and she Inteads to co through with ber charges. Of 1/24, abro- ther named Larry le® Bie house #2 route to the store. As be ar- vived be neticed the pigs ie the parking kt Jamming sce bro- thers, and as scon a5 he got to Qe store Oe pigs Pmmed Mm oo a mercer charge, Larry saw & pictere of the brother the pigs said they were booking for and they Gié wot look alike. Larry produced Bis [D bet the pigs still otmking, refused to jet hiss go...0m Tues- Gay, 1/27 & comfilct came up and several studems from Jetiersce weet over to Manuel causing a major Might tetween the students of the two schools, Slace then, Plainciothes student pigs have bees busting brothers aad sisters at will, o& sthtol grounds, for po reasce, givieg to charges, ané keeping them im custody for the be, maxinum,.On Wedeesday, 1/38, te the *Creee Door” at 4) Pl and Ceatral, 14 brothers aad 1 sister stood by while | nigger plainclettes pig beat « brother sames 'Chiches” abrost to death While cae plainclothes pig stood ty. The odds we iS-23 and no one moved, The pigs dda t bentity themselves wntillater when they arrested everyone and charged "Chicken with reateting arrest aad camns hicken' hadtote takes hospital for trea to the ORLY &P my i t nat y bd have better “Sek HE L.A. 18 room.) This was (he kind of mess Gat - o > ie o Mled inte the courts Co we eae gn ta Ho Ragen beara Be mow 80> <ethen overruled”, otrhed the t @ere clear > the <i. seo. Pusch eciots 's Mncasteatag inte DA Seed even ™OFe asinied Ps ocoimg ior the are the Svthere California rot read ot the Deputy Slalstel of Re} ye Defer the MArCh warrant . for =. osm Street Mase, The aplricy Party. faggot said that Geronimo had tee seen from the secoed story ¥tt- éon of Central Headquarters, sep- posedty holding an M-COmachine cum, which had toon alvered to look ke & 30 caliber water-cooled ma- chine cen, which was further al- tered to look like a shotgun. The pig then 2214 @at Geronimo was pointing this 3-in-1 gus at of- ficers as they Crove dows Ceatral Ave, Branton objected to this be- cause be bnew that the p16 to Bill cer Deputy Minister of De- tense in the same manner inwhich they bad killed Pred Bampten-- in Ms bed. Dranten weet os to say that when the pigs attacked the Sith Street house they kicked Gown the door, just missed bili- tag Evce Carter and ber two chil- drea Osceoli moeths) and bMi- chetle (8 years), moving ce to their prime target, which was Cercaime, who lay defenseless in his bed along with bis wife, The hired kill- ers shot pumerogs rounds into (the room, barely missing their target, (they would have tees successful, if & werec’t for @e pitied dark The jackanages startet laying he fina) plans for their cesiaught some 30 days prior to the attack, They had meetings Curing (his 30-day period tm which hundreds of local aod F BL pgs attended. They also had cemerous ‘ery runs” against oer office during this period. On these occasions the pigs would sur~ round the office and Mock off Qe community, They would hen fire at of sear cer office, trytag te are political prisesers while the pigs, the real (POW's), criminals, are stl! runmingameck im the Black cokey booking for new victims, So therefore, we urge all colonial subjects to move to defend thetr homes, their fami- Lies, and their tives against the very same type of pigs that tried to cut cer throats while were asleep. People, fortify your homes by wthllsing sand tags, retadorcing your doors, and greasing your cos YOR THE TIME IS KOW, SEIZE TUE TIME THE PEOPLE OF L.A. TALK ABOUT THE AVARICIOUS BUSINESSMAN How bong mast Ulack peogte sut- ter? We, the people, are subjected to extreme croeity Cay in and day out by capétalists, beasts, mer~ chaste who care nothing about cur mee, women and children. Coe of these merchants, White Frost Stores, bas mace & move tocpes up yet another robbery cester ta cer community, making it easier for them to rob us, Mow bong must we accept these actions while we sit back and do nothing? Brothers, we must decide ul cur community has bees pushed tack as far as we *fll go. We mast act now, We, of the Black community, mest pet an end to other pecple rumeieg and coctrobing oer lives. in White Frost Stores, the work~ ers make only $70.00 a week, while the store makes aboot $70.00 & minute. Vet white all this is going cm we still contioue to seppert Gis pig by buying frome hime. This blood sucker ia our com~ munity takes a]l and gives sothing buch to the pexele When White Frost deciéed to opem up another store, did they come to the commanity and Gad cut what they coaié do for us? Not They assumed that youwould continue to accept abuse after abuse without doing anything about for our feet, and clothing to keep as warm, If you doa't, Gen you wort stay bere in cur community, If the store doean't help the peo- ple, then the people don't help the store, The people have civen millions of their Collars to White Frost for years, TK is now time that White Froet give teck to the peo- ple, We are not just interested ip raising wages for Brothers and Sisters working at White Frost. No. We are interested in making White Front benefit the total com- monty. White Front has what we need to Live, We want what While Promt has, or there ts no reason for White Frost to be is cur com~ munity, Brothers and Sisters, White Front is not the only Moodsucker im car community. There are maay, The markets, the drug steres-- all contain things we peed to ser~ vive, We must have these things to ive, and without hem we és, We must say to all fascist ME merchams--elther you give ws t we need or you ie: Total Community gain, in order to be muccesstul, White Froet seeds &, the community. We, the community say We will not support them, mo way, wmtil all cur needs are it. Now ust move oo the eee- met, totally. my of the pecole, White Froet ts Everyday te people grow planming to opee their Normandie stronger and more confident i & imperial iSghway Rore (Los oer attempt to be free, We avast Angetes) im carly March, This now declare war oa White Frost store Gust open its doors. and settle for nothing bess than to The ne if the people arefood, tal victory elcching and shelter, What we should be saying to White Front is you supply the Community with TO THE PEOPLE
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE & BOBBY SEALE Black Panther With a Mission Sen Francieco -- Few people know thet Dbeck Panther Party Chairman Dotty Seale, only a few Years ago, Was & Comedian enter- taining Day Area wetien Litewt few are aware that be- Rind Seale’s Getermined demeanor ties the talent to make peepie roar with tamgMer, No one fins Mim femay anymore. He doesn't try to be Toxtay, he’s coe of ameriKXKa's harshest straight mesn-- stern al-political ericthe and Back wiiceary socialist Although Mis puttic statements are serious ad devoid of tumor, be stil) has the ability to stim- Ulate laughter in cthers and en joy a good laugh Mimeril, ike shared bits of Ms bamcer aed wit with « cree ofr ors amd clergymen «bo virted bie ew fan Frascieco Mall of Justice re- cently, as be awaited extradition to New Haven, Coma, face a charge of conspiracy to commit murcer Seale and 14 other Panthers are accused in the shaying of a fellow Party memter. Me called the char- S & Goverement plot to “polson atmosphere” and jueice people ageinst the Mack Panther Party. Unite Seale, some Black men with a ¢ift for humor have cheses te employ it as 4 tool. Most no tabte is Black comedian-activist Dick Gregery, ‘The major Gifference betwees the two is that Oregory It 4 © lal reformer who believes the system can be made to work, Betty Seale is convinced can’t and seeks to bring about ew order, ‘The Gay | talked with Seale Me fluctuated between seriousness and humorous, Ughhearted com~ meets, Mostly, be was serious, Ths seemingly perpetual scowl that masks Ms features Goring flery oratory and which is ofea depleted on political posters ap peared cooly Curing the early moments of the seasice. Eves thee i was eeually during thooght- ful moments or when he was maning some falstel potest, When I arrived at the jall Seale was wrapping up an interview with Robert Martin, 4 Black reporter for KGO-TY, Chanel 7 in Sar Francisco, Present wore bis at- tormey Charles FR Carry, a tele vision cameraman and two poung womes representing what's com- mealy called the “enderground press.” Garry Wtroduced us and! be- gan ipexpertiy © map pictures as Martis completed Ms inter view Senile lapsed eto moodiness briefly One cowld detect « sense of eceliness brought stow by im priscement and isolation--a de- sire to be free Dat it soon became evident that teased Ube abewt hls ivate caly sidetures Afro-natural hal atyhe. Se commented that a a youth he used to pass throug Re while co busting (rips with his falher The Bothy Seale sho rapped to visiiors that da than the coe I address “Free luey ether gatherings im Oakland and Sam Francisco, Although his mas- ner was © Pleasant, be © equally as adamant ie expressing hs ideals and those of the Pan thers “Whee we say revotetion we mean changing the system,’ Seale told Bishop Antulie Parrilio, -« Jeewit priest fr Peerto om a tour in the Valted Sa vist “political prisceers.”” mean changing it for real and conerete...And we prefer soman- tagonistic coetradictions, you set. "There are antagceistic coa- tradictions is sockety. We prefer the noeantagonistic, tut we know that the racists and the bigots, the avaricious businessmen and many of the Gemagngic politicians where sted Un ihe covernment, in fact, cause the contradictions to be more antagonistic than they already are. “t Gh us examples of breakfast for children sows we prefer monamageaisiic ~- cm- munity comrol of police, free beal® clinics.” The Panthers’ “Free Breakfast for CMidrea” program is setupin ® Sumber of cities from coast to coast, providing breakfasts for poor chlidres te (he slum areas. Similarly, the Party has started < ce ie some cities to provide free bealth care for the poor Bistop Partillo wanted to know about community cootrot of police The Pacther chieftain tres that the philosophy tebicd the move fe to place comtrol of police im the hands of elected seightorhood Councils that will set up standards and policies for police. ‘In essence, what i will do policemen whoubt have to live is the community,” Seale sald, ‘And he would te able to protect the people, Wetr property and their lives--and at the same time od- weate the policemea to serve the ery police institutions that will te governed by the councils. the said that with the aid of a court clerk frieod, petitions have already tees draws wp and are being circulated in a sember of cities around the courtry to get the proposal on boeal ballots ia explaining the comcept wt length to me cariier, be had teen very explicit Im poteting ost that “this is not a reciet thing what- soever If there happen to be White people living over amongst the Mack community, they can alsc participate and relate to Black people in the <k community with the whole c --we don't care,” be sald, ‘All we want Is that type of program moving.’ He weet of to explain: “All the tax monies in this law we'll te woting it--that is preseatiy allocated to police cepartmer 1 go to the new comm that will be uly appointed by all the ifferent eeightortocd coun- etls, “You'll have mher of neigh btorhoad cou s in & particular etty, Asd there will be no more police chiefs. There will te com- missions,” Seale stated, The exsence of that is really using the pecpie’s constitetional rights as & means to change the system for the be to end the police brutality and at the same time to protect the people, and to t the people's property and be sald, 4 pe * don’t live BOBBY SEALE, CHAIRMAN, BLACK PANTHER PARTY POLITICAL PRISONER fm the city and Gat 90 per cent of them patrol Oallang’s Black com munity Kartler, (he young women an¢ 1 bad offered to leave after smot~ tng that i was searly poco, (We were the only vistors lef ntti IMehep Parriile and three = other clergyman arrived a short while later) Seale had onsis- ted thathhe had some cup cakes and similar smacks & bis coll The conversation turmed to the carrying of apenas by Panthers ie sald that there has always been a rule Gal o Panther canect carry a cum withet suthoriztion He then commented that there's a federal law that says that a per- se can have oaded weapon “tf be feels at the time that some of Ma friends’ or people's lives are in clear and present Ganger, be can go and help defend them.” He said “We don’t carry cams ccless we wutborized to, and we would authorize ft in & matter that's related to self-defense where somebody is teing unjustly at- tacked, brutalized, murdered or killed by fascists, racists, or rac- ist bigots, and ewes ractet police men who're trying to murder ws. is there &@ restriction against a Panther csing aggression against someone” - canned ewear or strike at the people ~~ nobody’ You dig? “You whl mt shoot, Gre or pon agaimst any “ cept--get my words correct--the attacking enemy, When a racis and @ Mgot attack you, he is an enemy. And that's the coly way you cam wee a weapon, that's the way nis” Throughout the two-hour ses- m the sounds of steel doors me. vy rings of keys Jangiing as jailers rushed abot, and occasional shouted orders | rs emanated trom the cor- sla. (he seventh-floor 8 oom. The floor houses cunty jail priscee The <ity prison is ome Goor bebow Of his treatment at the haads of jailers, Seale said, “There's about five or six guys (jal here that are some real ee human cate; then there're aboot 10 oF 12 Mgot cats, They generally Som’ t hing to me anymore Hy searched by then this here.” that be was assaudied 4 placed in solitary afinement a short while tack after be be was found Wilh a news paper (at he teen given him by ancther coard. He said he was choked and struck in the grols area and testes “1 consider thal persce a pig for dotng that," Seale stated, irked by recollection of the incident Although he ts 60 longer In soll- tary confinement, be say vs 180- lated from other priscaers “be- cause | would explain to the pris- octets shout the oppression, wMch would be more political and be more of @ service to their people.” it's said that whtle Seale was held in Cook County Jail in CBécago, he wasn't separates from the other inmates and, indeed, did political organiuing amd ecucating That was while be was being trieconcharges of conspiring with seven others to provoke riots during the 1044 dem- ocratic comvention in Chicago During the trial, Seale was toed aad gagged by US marshalsat the order of U.S District Jedge Jutios RKotfman, who is presidingover the trial, Hoffman ordered the actice after the Panther leader persisted im attempts to act as bis own at- torney. Afttormey Charles Carry had bees hospitalised af the open- img of the trial and Hoffman re- fused to delay the proceedings until Carry could attend Hoffman later declared a mis- trial te Seale’s case and sertenced him to a foer-year term for what Hotfman called comempt of court--an outgrowth of Seale’s persistence, “We're Bip to Hoffman,’ Seale said If 90: rate tones. And § stil) consider him--as log ashe Violates my Cometifutional rig @ fascist, & racist and a pig. He expressed similar feelings to Hotimam Gertng the tria! The term ‘pig’ was introduced to the radical lexicon by the Pas- thers to describe people they find deagicane is general applied t ticemen, but applies (0 politicians amd other members of the *r structure as well Seale Gefined f as meaning any brutal, racket or copreastve per- # & matter of fact, be post s aren't Ie e “A policeman actually re “pects & person's ¢ deetional Tights and dow’t te murde and unjustly beating is not a ple Seale sald. He sald, “If pou want to polat a plg out and be specific aboct it, you'll see he's one that violates € coestitutional rights of & person,” Among polite who wouldn't be considered pigs, Seale said, members of the Afro-ameriKKKaa Patrebman's League ta Chicago and Office for Justice te San ¥ rancisco because they're speaking cut in tehalf of the peo- ple.” These groupe oppose police beutality, police murder aad rac~ teen, be said Seale disputed charges that the Pasthers are racists themeelves “We woulda’t stoop to the level of hating a person just tecasse of the color of Ris skin,” Seale said: “Mt eo happens that the power structure here, the minority elite that ts ingested in ihe gowermment -- the ruling clans--it so hagpens that they are White. Dut what we're against te not thetr White aking. “What we Gespise is the op. Presaive copditions that we're sm jected to by the U.S power strec- tere, its govermeeet and its fas- cist pigs, Amd Lf the pigs happen to be Black, we dost care," Seale said, “They're still pigs Uf they Drutaliee es and murder ua."* Is the Black Panther Party a separation’ movement! “We're oot Bleck separatists, we con't believe im abstract no~ tions of itergration and abstract potions of separation. in additke to betag a former comediaa, the 33-year-old Dallas, Texas-ters revolutionary ts also a former ¢rumemet, musician, journeyman alrcra® sheet metal chanic, machinist, draftsman and carpenter. He learned car- peetry from bis father, who ts a carpenter The Seale family migrated to Berkeley im 045 and moved inte gOveramest projects. Bobty, who has & younger brother and alster, dropped out of Berkeley High School and spect fer yeare in the Air Force, After being dis- charged he got a dighome byat teading Merritt College in Oak-~ land and earned some 4 units M Merritt College, Seale met Muey P Newton, the now impris coed Black Panther Party Minister of Defense. In 1966 they founded the Party--it was thee called the Diack Panther Party ter Self- Detente--to combat the oppres- sive conditions they saw Blacks faced with The Panthers dest see Macks as ‘ing the caly victims of an cpp tesstve system Rairman Potty, as the Paa- thers fondly call him, ragped ca this “We say that Black people, Mexican -- amerikKKk Chicano, Latino people, C Mnese people, In- élan-amerikK Kan people, and eves: poor White people amd Peerte Ri- Cat people: -and Eskimos|~-areall Cpressed a hypocritical form of faaclst oppression “We don't isolate cerselves, We believe in proletarian interna- tana | ise "Apa the best way to fig rac- tom is with solidarity,” Seale said “And that's by unifying the people around baste concrete pro crams” Hedting bight - (calif) Receré-Search- repria
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Pom ¢ ( (he Black Panther Party Platform and Program WE WAST FREEDOM FOR ALL BLACK MEN HELD INF EDERAL STATE, COUNTY ANDCTTY Puxis- ONS AND JAILS Gichmend, Calif, preple) A political prisceer lx a persce who has been arrested because of Ms Of ber poditical position, class Position and/or Mis/her ethnic Deckgrows4, For timasce, Betty Seale, Chalrmas of the Iiteck Pan- ther Party, is thearcerated be caese of Ms potitical position, Ms Clans possilos and bis ethe tc tuck - (Growed, whibe Johe fieclair, Chulr- mas of the White Parther Party, ts trearcersted because of Bis political aad class position. They are both political pr isoee, The majority of prisoners in amertKXKa’s jails are pom White, which points out clearly that their The Year of the come imo play but the general factor, statistically, polets to thetr ettabe background. The rest of (he Wille priscoers are almost ali from the working class, which te- Gicates that Geir class position correlates positively to the reason for which they were POLITICAL PRISONERS Prisces in eiKKXa are, and alvays lave 5 tration and ettermination camps for those People who lack the economic and political power necessary to re- male outside of the prison walls. This Gecesserity means that MONTAE MUST BE SET FREE ‘THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PACK 4 A CASE STUDY OF PIG HARASSMENT pects of (he same (hesomens Ellas Salvader ft» pest sock « Prisceer, Me has all the attributes Recensary be qualify bs a political Prisoner: be te a Uack If year old member of the lumper -projetartat amd soe of Airs. Pegey Salvador, a tome time freedom fighter The pigs have been om Eltas’ case for a long time cet on the case of any wy & ber clase and/or ethnic backgroud, has teen forced out- side of the ecemomic and petitical spheres of the society and who is conmeqeeetly, forced to act agatest Bia Der oppressive revircomest ia order to inwure Meher servivab One of Ge latest pig moves a- filet Elias occurredon March & 909, He was out In from of Me to arrest him on a theft charge," Just pig ate tempted 10 bewt Eltas, he was at- tacked by Eltas’ German Sheppard this allowed Elias to escape, Later is same Gay, eight car fonds of pigs drove wp to Ellas’ house asd two of Gem kngcked co hie door and asked Mrs, Salvador atowt the whereabouts of ber son. She told the pigs to “make it,” They then respomded by asking te tell Eltas to “cern Mmsebf ta Mrs. Salvecor told the pigs that they bad anything to say to Elias then they had tetier te|] him them- selves, She then told the pigs to cet away from is froetetter house and mot to come berk--a5 she slammed the door tn heir faces This showld serve as & good poltt- teal example for all you mothers was being vamped om by the pigs 2 consequence of al] theene tte meet whe was placed back into the hosptial for ten days.) On the it of Augen, Jeter Carrell dropped Ellas’ ball to $250 amd cm Ange 16 (five meeths after Mis titted arrest) he was finally released from jail When be went to court cathe original tne” charge of M 7, an formal charge of “car chet’ was brought apainst Bim Jodge Carrell called for ancther bearing abd when Ellas returned to court bail to $10,000, However, there was somte @Ik wp amd the pigs released Bliss to Ma mother withoet re quiring any teil money, Hiles was temporartly oat of the clutches of the pes On October 8 the pigs, is & bot pereem, kicked down the Goor of the houne tn which Ellas They captered, beat, ar od and placed Ellas on 5 < fing to Mra, Salvador, @e ples * able to find cot the whereabouts of Klas throwgh*'teo samenes from North Richsorxd: 9 heeds Carter and Mella Lethridge called the pti as to where Ellas ball dropped to t leased from pall and sebedeted to reappear im court on December 6 te tace the pending charges of “acto Gem." On November 29 Eltas was once agai arrested, Gis time & was om McDemald Street Mt about fam The pigs tad been following him ever since about pm. the previces sigh. fits was afraid to leave Mefonald , which is a major, brightly lighted, thoroeghare, because be was fearful of what might happen to Bim ce 8 Garth street tf he pigs were t stop Mim. (remember Heeyth. Mra, Salvador was able to ball Ellas out oo November 39, Whee the pice Gnally broeght Eltas to MMs mother, she Giscovered that "he could hardly walk becaese be bad been beaten," Elias was scheduled for a court appearance on the Mhof December bet, accordiag to Mra. Salvador, Ellas was “‘unatte to walk dee to ELIAS SALVADOR incarcerated for five days, tis court appearance. As this was caused Bim to miss & court ap- juvenile court, | wasalsosuppoeed pearance, As & result of this Be to go with Elias, [ told them that was takem out of Dodge Carrell's [ hed the fiw and that neither of us court and placed within the slime could make i and! them to Of Judge Locke's court, whe im- schedule another court ‘They tediately proceeded to raise Ms said that they would, and I sever 1 feel thet the sctioss taken heard from them agate, on thing | knew Gere wee 8 warret owt tor Etias arrest for feibere to appear ip court. Nigger pte Geile Lethridge coce agate call the Rictunend pige and told (hem bow they could God Elias.” . Oe Jascary 20, 970, Riles was Arrested aad placed 08 $5,000 bad} The next day was set for a court was not colng to court that day, It was fond cut later that be did go to court that day and that an o4- dutional $9,000 had bees added to Bis bas. Oe Jamuary 23, Gere woes bearing belt be Jodge Conte's court at whieh time all revoked, Elias is #ill in owt ball or attorney. In Getender*® and as of now E i The escalation of maceess, tice incorporated! The petme goal justice te be had for che Black man manifested la trumges-up charges directed spectticelly towards ihe elimination of the (lack Panther the beprisceement a cur Breabiase for Cadkdren Program free Coordinseer, Rolaxto Montee Hears, k was obvices, to all the Peogde thar had assembled te wit- sens, an all too familiar mockery of injustice, that 4 step by step re-enactment of slave days, ac- companied by the once beliewed rusted chains, wat being repro. Geced, for the becetia of pig jus- bring to railrosd Montae to jail, Gres implementing act one of their tices to stop the Pree Qreaktasts Programs here is Philly. The non- existect menteBty of bog judge DINWibe, was almost sucesstal in covering up the fect that the two other persons, suspected to have Partkipeued, in the so-<alled crime, anc fantasy-like charges were, aad have been out on pro- Button, tince Last year, while Moo- tae Was sennenced to six months to ten years: the justificution, being tat Monter, as DiNublic oisked, Gid not appear to be anything but an “apparent endangerment to the Lives of the people as the commun - ity.” We tee chat the only true jodges for Mostae, are the peop ment” has resulted bs alleviating the hunger of ower 1,500 chibdrea, thet ase served 4 free bor Oreakfest at the five breakfast slices, that are sipested through. Oot the state of Peneaylvaria. The Nixon-Ageew regime has failed as portrayed te the pig- Micetion of Rizzo's Cloest faggots, and Deapéer---Philly’s *"Black- est” Lackey! Their repression has served oaly #8 an edecational cool, acd Jed iLbeser ative ex- ’ te fact that ¢ ore is © in Babdylea—-tome of pig justice, “IT APPEARS THAT THE EP- FORTS TO SUPPRESS THE WILL OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY 5 INTENSIFYING! EVERY SLACK MAN THAT ATTEMPTS TO STRENGTHEN THE BLACK COM- MUNITY SS SUBVERSIVELY St- LENCED BY THE ESTASLEA- MENTI” Huey P, Newtos The fireskfase Program will continec, and the chikiren, as al~ Ways will be fed. CootrPations of food and money, tw aid is the con~ tinuation of the Greskfast Pro- stem are very mock appreciated. And needless to say, i is time that Udeck peuple took che situation into grip. As, Eldridge Cleaver Says, “we still have « litle thee Jett; to organine-—for the plight of the woebd lies is the hands of the ameriKKKan people |*’ FREE MONTAT FREE ALL POLITICAL PRG- ONERS} PRilacelphia firanct Bleck Panther Party 19725 Cohimbta Avenue PRibadeptis, Pena, that you canmet jail | revoletioal! Thas, you can jail THE CHILDREN WILL GE have committed so crime bet in ALL POWER TO THE PEI the eyes of the Power structure, be the eyes of blind justice, lam Montse Hearn THE ONLY GOOD PIG IS A DEAD PIG Repression w Glick people, is of over-kill hove not surpassed. m4 an uncommon experience. The that of any ether pig. ‘The year Colosies throughout ameriKKKs, of “6% saw the Geeth of fested with the swine of the frocks, a IS year okt power structure, mequereding, retarded youth, shot down ii o as the victims of unprovoked 4t- blood, Rizzo's justification far ieflicting murder and wicking his “Laggece” on the brother b it People In he was thar be posed « threat te ame of peace, o mndtting gem- pe ote, tor be had been inthe comme = tn = eume of democracy, moniry with @ Laife-—-yet how ts it “ & " afer p ave et vialegal that the only bioodshed, Mins, C,, to being aboot as end aa tee a es the pigs hed completed their cial to the Constacs attacks inflscted by dlistic mission tapprehension--ta ko * fools, and after « long cry the form ef lead, of pleas beve bees igored, action “A PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUP tbe takes. Action that will FERED SO MUCH FOR $O F ting abut 4 positive reseittoa AT THE MANDS OF A negative at bon, SOCUETY, MUST DRAW ThE LIN F ladelyla, isand has beans SOMEHWERE, WE BELIEV iifferent from any ether city, THAT THE OLACK COM! Rizzo's mad fanatics, and policy CONT ON PAGE 15 _
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DAVID HILLIARD, Plainviff, VS, JOHN N. MITCHELL, §Astorney General of the United State JEROME K. H S; EILBRON, VICTOR C. WOERHEID and Fascist Agents for Department of Justice, Defendants. COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF--CIVIL RIGHTS. Plaletift by way of verified com- plait, alleges Jurtedictioa 4. Thle te & subt for » Geclara- tery jedgmest as to the uncoe- mPvtionality, on Ms face ani/or Bs applied, of Tithe 18 U.S.C, See, #71, and for an tajunction against the criminal prosecution of the Plaietitl herein pursuant to sadd Matete. Jurisdiction of this Court over the complaint artees under Title 28 U S.C, Sees. 1331, 1392, 8943 (4), 2201, 2202, 2302, 2204, 2 f 3 i H i 5 i i i | 3 Hi i I ! z 7 : i s e z j Fe i : bs i Fee a fl ry it if E i Mi eI 8% 4, We police brutality and murder of people. &, We want freedom for al! Mack men beld ie federal, state, county and city princes and jails 9. We want all Mack people whee Bromgh to trial to be tried in comrt peace,” C. Ceese of Action 6. Ghortly afer his apgotetment t@ the office of Attorney General weder the Nixon Adeninistration Cefendaat MITCHELL iostituted « Special Task Force whose sole (1- Jegal and leproper purpose is to Gestrey the Mack Panther Party by the harassment and int! m bdatico of its members, friends and wep Porters (hrowgh, among other me- thods employed, indictment and Prosecution of purported ¢rimina) offenses agains! the Vettes States Government. 7. As anther step in Ge = il- legal campaign of aadé Tack Force to Gestroy the Back Panther Party, and in furtherance of tus scheme and plan, defendant MITCHELL, acting throwgh Ris agents, caveed to lesee from a grand bury of the Northerm District of California, troe Di! indicting plaintif? MIL~ LAARD for & purported vielatice of Tithe 18 USC. Sec, M1-- ‘Threat Against the cent. Une leas restrained by thts Court de- fendants iment to prosecute plale- UM for a perperted vickation of abd statute Pamther Party from exercising rights, peivileges and immunities of the statete for having uttered the words: ‘We will REE Richard Nixon’, The indietment does not lndicate the circomstamces under which the alleged remark was made, & crucial element of the of- tease. Watts v, United States, 22 L. Ed. Bd at C67. The cir- Cemetances under which the aj- leged remark was mace, were ax follows: Ce November 15, 1969, plaintif! was aGtressing an ae- Gieece of over 360,000 people peacetelly assembied in Golden Gate Park, San ¥raacteco, Call whia, (> protest the war in Viet } * forceful remar day in he ature of poltt ical speech, rhetoric yet bole and were iswued solely for the Purpose of shocking the epdlence IPO GmSerstanding x deadly ver iounness of the outrages per- petrated tn cher naw y thet hat Government abroad in Viet Nam 4nd dompestically against the Pla rie Panther Party. The erecta! omis- sion of the circumstances of the speech, charges as crimizal con- duct, 1s deliberate ax} tetentional for the Gefemduats berein bold no hope Of ultimate success tet sim- ply Wish to keep plaintiff under the threat of conviction to chill and Geter exercise of Wis pro- Court the operation amd enforcement of the vod, invalid and esconstito- Ucea) atatete complained of, plaim- US will weffer serious, immediate and irreperatie injury fm that A. The very pendency of this Criminal prosecution, regardless of the witimate outcome, has re- walted amd wil) costings to result, less restraieed by thie Court, ie lmmediate and irreparatie in- dery to the fuxtamental consti- tutional rights cwaranteed to plain- 8, tm that subetantial boas and Impalrment of freedom of expres soe will occur Mf plaiatifl is re- tired to await the outcome of the tnevitable lengthy aad pro- tracted crimieal proceedings. Plaletit! bas sought, unswocess- felly, to terminate this [legal com- Gert co Me part of defendants throwgh 4 mothe to Glemdes the criminal charges. Ue sow seeks redress of Bis rights through this efvil acts. “More suitable dis- covery procedures and more 1a~ eral relesotevidenceareavallalle in the civil action to threw bight ce the serious constitutional ques- thons §=presented.”* Ramier v. Wilts, 415 F. 33.1965 (CA. 7, 1969) pet. for cert. fled, ichord ¥. Gamler, No, 683 (Oct. Term 1969), b. The threatened enforcement of ths wold, [legal anc enccesti- ‘wlll continee to have anim mediate and irreparable chdlling effect upce the exercise of fundamental First Amendment rights unatlected by the prospects of success or fallure Of the the eacened eager cement pro- Coedings. Plait and member, friesds and supporters of Ube IMack Panther Party will te deterred frome exercising their right te free- Gom Of speech protected by the First Ameodment Furthermore, the threatened enforcement of this votd, Ulegal apd uacomstitetional matete §«throwgh the pending . Cfimisal proceeding has bed and will comtiage to have am imme- Giale aad irreparalde chilling ef- fect wpoe the exercise of First amertKKKan citizens who wil) te Geterred from exercising their rigMs, This creates & threat of immediate and irreparable injury to the fundamental rests of the Nation, since free expression-- Of transcendent value to all so- Chety and mot merely to those ox- ereising (heir rights--will be the victim, The Cefendamts herets seek to Gemy plaintiff and a}) citizens of the United States the righ to criti- ize the President of the United Mates and his policies, They seek te stifle said criticism by charging wader a statute so eecoestitul as to allow virteally any eri to be construed as the life of the Presiden Bek the criticism ypoerbote and whether tree threat is intewded 12, The prosecutica violates plaietii's rights secured to bie by the Thrtecsih Amendknent | that it imposes wos phaimift one of the bedges and iniéents of avery, a asthtuting # burden and disability upoe plaie- estrad THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, Iv70 PAGE S DAVID HILLIARD, CHIEF OF STAFF, BLACK PANTHER PARTY reiee of his righ to free TRICT COURT FOR THE NOR- coe of the fundamental THERN DSSTRICT OF CALI. sich are the essence of FORNIA Civ freedom 19. Bo previces application for UNITED STATES OF ameriKXKa, the relief sought herein has been Diaintify, made to this or any other court. PlaieG® bas soedequate remedy y at lew. SHEREPORE, plaiatiff prays DAVID HILLIARD Defendant for the following relief. ® That pursuant to Tithe 28 C, See. 2202 and 2204 a taree- tge federal district court telm- VIOLATION: Tithe 18 U.S.C, See- mediately convened to bear amd tion 871 - Threat Against the determine this proceecing; Presidest Db. That 4 permaneet injunction INDICTMENT ahs: tesve. MITC HELL, WOERHEIDE and The Grand Jury charges; THAT NEDLDRON, thetr agents, at- tormeys an¢ all persons acting in On or about the 1th of Nevem- concert with them from the em- ter, 1969, in Sas Francisco, the forcement, operation or execution ~Northers District of California, of Tithe 18 U.S.C Sec, 871, and DAVID BILLIARD wilfully and 2) Pestraicing knowingly did. publicly, and in the MITCHELL, WOKRMEIDE ard presence of Alles Garter and it- HEILDRON, thetr agests, af- chard L. Weaver, and of other ‘ormeys ané all persces acting in persons to the grad jurors un- concert with them from impeding, knows, make certals threats to intimigating, hindering and pre- take the lige of, amd to inflict venting the plaintiff and members, bodily>«rmupes, the President of friends and segportersofthe Mach (he United Sates, Micharé M. Panther Party from exercisingthe Nixom, in the verbal use of threat- rights, privileges and immenities fuaranteed to them by the Con- Miuiice and laws of the Ui fates. & Geclarstory CRIMINAL NO. ul gFe 3 x? nites e. That jute- meet tawee declaring that Tithe 18 USC See, ST) Is voed om its face and/or as appliedtothepiain- Panther (aft herets as viclative of the Com- stated stitetion of the United States and Nixes,’ 4, That, pending the bearing and determination of the prayers for A TRUE BIL. relief, and later. | i or from tmstituting, conducting or Wedertalicg any proceeding what- against the platatit: herets Nespectiully submitted, GARRY, DREYFUS, McTERNAN ledge, except as to the matters + Bh which are therein stated upon my information or belief, and as to By Charles R. Garry those matters I believe it to be trve, Deenis J Roberts | Geclare under penalty of per- the is true and cor- Ceell F Poole rae oe United States Attorney Executed ce Jan, 29,1970, at faa } ranciseo, California, Attorney for Piainef IX THE UNITED STATES D&S. David Hilliard Racist Letter Netiitard sale of Ms took amd go to other TU gladly seed you or aay of countries to defile tis country? r beochesen the money fora I wouldn't te safe of healthy chet to Algiers or any~ tf he returns, + Good riddance* | Hive om $109.00 per month and the Back man dig Fm not owt stealing, turning or i's time Something for humanity, teaides looting, rage, knite, loot steal, and bern Why Mave so many brats if you Why should my tax money foto can't support them? sepport the iack man’s kids. 4 - iiestion rr feed From a militant, White, racket, sim Gtatra, “AY. pig taxpayer
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 6 Message to the People on the Delay of the People’s Free Breakfast for Children in Atlantic City Recently members of the com- munity Were surveyed to find cot if there was & teed for a iree Breakfast Program andthe amoent Of support we could expect from the commentty for wecha program. Upee verification of the need by oer Mack Community, we pro ceeded to make Decessary Pre- We scquired the Information eetessary to present to the mer- preachers, commenity and teteremed <itizecs as was needed. First we a teiding which met Realt® codes, We felt the Uptown Coster woeld serve However, taraet We wast caly to feed bungry ediidrea, and we know the CBMidren are not concerned with who serves the food; however, we also keow that the commenity must comrel this Peopte’s Program hy eebjecting us to at the ludi- crous buresecratic red tape, rules and regulations, chiddres are teing deprived cf the Immeciate Lamia tion of the hotg-seeded Dreakiast Program, we Gemand that Moses sop jiving and sending us throws these unnecessary changes. We are not concerned with Mis opports- Matic excuses. We call upon the community to actively support in (his Gemand that the Uptown Community Comer be weed as a site for the Bireak~ fant Procram. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Mike Davis, Atlantic City THE MARK CLARK FREE MEDICAL CLINIC We still aren't tree yet, bot he Mark Clark,People’s Free Medical Clinke ie! Due be pag be Gmiens in Philedriphis, t's bee coming more complicated to serve the people completely, We're all on the people, to that the page will bave comcrel of ol actions and re- actions, We say the people's power will kimately trier ph. Presertly is Philedelphls the ity and state medical facilmics are tytemnatically closing down, leav- ing the people without wdoquate medical facilities, The doctors ant nerees practicing Pallly are very Limited, This is also 4 very heavy burden on the people, The Gleck Panther Party, «ing the people's vanguard, ao ser- yaots of the people realire the nec eesny for good health faciliies The federal and local government are long overdue in recogetring the needs of the people and mowing te elimiaste the predtems. Hoople fe ameriKKKa have bees sick end broken comciewcusly in Pue- Geils, when the people seek med- seal arteetion the best thar they can receive ts s slip-shod jod of ad- vite, and bemman sheughter at the local hoepitabs--Like Philadeiphis General Hospital, aod the Groad Street Mospeal. The staff of doctor available at the clinte stricted by the ciry--Dowever they have volunteered thelr and are dedicated to serving O+ people, anc this is the very reason why they are restricted by Ge chy. The city is, and bas always beer subordinate to the pigs, bike Rizzro--acd bis runeieg lecheys. Awd we say that we don’t care if be doesn't like what we're Going, for as Papa says--"'if they doo’t lke K---they com go Someetere, of wait to be sere there(™ The People’s Medical Clinics Will go om, notonly in Philacelphts, ber in every Milack colony in this fasclet coumtry. And we say that ender these circumstasces, that we will nce compromise with the peo- ple’s right...0 lite, liberty, andde porsel of happéseas, and curses are re= services Por terther iformation--contact Black Paccher Party 1728 W, Cobumbls Avenue PRits., Pa, 1M21 CE 6-353 ALL POWER TO THE PROPLE FREE ALL POUTICAL PRS- ONERS Medica) Cadre Philadelphia Or anct Bleck Pascher Party "We will not compromise with the people's right... fo life liberty ond the pursuit of happiness” Since the opening of the Comer ta Heovers Point the people of and in the ¢ccmmmunity have beew ooa¢e v lag very chosely the work that we are Soimg in the community. The peo- phe a0 a whole haven't taken the ies of the Center ner the purpose of the ¥ it amd relished K as their own, a the other hand the people havent rejected & ether, We cas play that me people are judging us from our peactke. They ace there and at @is perticuler time « Marge curnber of the people ace silet and evaluating, There are sane people & he community thet havent cakes an active part ia he comemenky work the programs, bot they are aware of the fact that the Party ls in Ge com- rnuadty aad stthistime bas chosen the robe of observers, Just Teesday nigh mmation from relisbbe sources was given to Gt by some of the people ih the communtiy sec moe thar the pigs had some uxiere hand trickerstion that they were trying to get down with. kt was stascd hat he pigs are passing THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE Hunters Point, SF. che Cumann ity cate oe to have the people sige © that they 4 want the Cent us in the commenxy. k was stated that some © people ie the com ~ munity Gd sign the petition txt there was alee some that Gide’ sign kk. kh was stated thes the pig? ing this petition 4- ing 2 Langendort bread creck, TMs was te slip into community ubetnowirg to be ole. Dig on this, These foots € Lara that the people is the Bleck comanunity are going te Mop to to the bevel of the opprester a move to bave something that’s functional, constructive and bene- tkisl thrown out of the com- svunity--esane isn't even the toc i, The people know eber’s going om, they see every Mendsy thru Priduy how the pags in various disguises snesk in the waity totpe the revo- lutkesry melbdiogs music that Elaine blows to the people. The people see them tape Papa's al- burs and then try couse tofna- trate their minds by saying (> you imagine this) that the cursing is ridiculous, tke the People have never heard cursing before. We've t and now we clearly wder- So laer for you. The pecple see how Geese “Dush- weckers™” are trying fo start trouble and they are putting two PIGS ATTEMPT 10 JERSEY CITY PANTHER OFFICE On Monday eight, attecapts were made by some fas- cleat dog pigs of Ge power struc- tere to destroy the Black Pan- ther effice located at 384 Pacific , Jersey City, and those occupied i. The first altack took place at 13:25 p.m, The destrection of the office was attempted by pouring gasoline oe the door and the wood that covered the windows of De office, then igniting it. The fire was pot oet by members of the Party, Ciidrea who kept coming im ant owt of the office tos to go heme shortly before the fire. At the time of the attack, cme per~ soe occupied the office. ‘The second attack took place about 12:30 a.m, This altack com- sisted of firtimg tadbets into the effice from a semi-astomatic rifle. There were seven people in the office at the time--three Party mesters and four people from the community. However, there were 50 Injuries. Tuesday morning whee we re- ported to the office we soticed that another attack of cunfire bad teen made ce the office, The pas had legally seized a panel trom the Goor where the fire had t warted and where the bullets come through The ples had fated the Fourth Amendne the U.S. Constitution which evar tees the people protection from fl- legal searches and selrures. Wheo the ples were asked Uf they bad & warract they eals they did oct need coe Whee the Party and the people wed to prevent the pigs free taking the panel, the pigs started te Grew their clubs and had them te wee om the people, The nee was then mMogge avoid the endangering of the poopie and childres Jan, 19, 2870, jest goes to chow that the pigs 40 not respect the rights of the pecpte, When the peogte mowed to protect thelr constite- © met by the arms of law ay order that comstst of beutallty and murder, ‘ wee Wedeesday morning when we re- ported to the office, the people came into the office and said som cee had started a fire that might in the beck of the office. Friday, wheo I reported to the office, | noticed that there had been « fire This tf bomb, The peeple came ip eaid that the pigs bed again rt a fire in the back These open terrorist attacks were not cally attacks agalest the Party, but against Diack people in general, These fascist attacks committed against the people's army by Ge racist dog cops eto ocoupy Cer communlty is just part of the overall systematic plan to exterminate the Diack Panther Party i particular, and Black peo- ple in general. acd two together and it's really beginning to comme clear, i's moe the Panthers that are creating trouble; it's those swine. No wane Aer there are so many Pecthers fo jell and offices getting retaed regularly. The people don’t weet to see anything happen to os because they know and eee what we are Going is the community is « good ching aad oot 4 bed thing and Gey ane just how low Gis creature wil} stoop te create stuff. So the peo ple are saying and secing oa feeding those kids is the morning must be « terest to this system: Geceuse it's the system that is supposed to be feeding the kids) eo the people are saying these pigs are insane, they aren't going to meet the people's seeds and cestres sad they aren't going to Jet anyoue or anything else meee the needs of the people either, i's Very plain to see. Soncw the people are saying that the racist dog police max withdraw from the Bleck community, sep Mis murder and tocture of Dlsck peo- ple or face the wrath of he armed people, because « Black man bas no rights chat the slavermaster bound to respect, ALL OF THE POWER BELOM® TO THE PEOPLE! Al Carrell ESTROY in cor Mack Community byorgan- ining Mack self-defense groupe bat are Cecicated to Cefeeding our Ulack Commenity from racist po- Uce oppression and brutality, The Sected Amendment to the Constitution of the 'S gives the right to tear arms, We therefore believe that all Idack people should arm eeselves for self defense, By Mack people arming them- selves from house to house, block to Mock, community to commentty all across the country, we can end this systematic genoctée that is belag perpetrated against Mack people by the racist, fascist amert- KXKaa government. We believe that Black people shoaié exercise thelr cemstituticnsl rights, it is entirely within the law to get acum for Sel!-detense. Muey P, Newton, cur Minister of Defense, says wore be rye INSIDE OF JERSEY CITY PANTHER OFFICE Number seven of the Black Pas. ther Party's 10 Polat Platform and Program of what we want and what we believe says: We wart an { i eed to police brutality aad murder of Black people, We be- Kev can end petice brutality we “The racist dog peticeman meat witteraw te mediately from cur communities, Grase teetr wanton murder and brutality aad tortere ef Black peopte, or face the wrath of the armed peopte,*” New Jersey Uranch
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CHURCH EVICTS Om January 16, 1970, tne people of the Mack community received & Viekous Mow from a bootlicking, head scratehing ure ve rand prea. cher, Reger Hall Heed, «ben he evicted the People’s Dreakfast Program from Emmaneel AM : Cherch, located at $200 South Compton Ave, (Los Angebes) The rationale that was used ts that the breakfast which was free “joopardined bis career’ Roger ‘ae inal sted at fret that bewas not ne Sho was copceed te the Dreakfast, bet at & was the Biabop. Later after it was said that we would talk to the Bishop, be Passed the Mame on to Ms parish (coeeregation) unt] finally be ac- cepted the criminal act Mmeett. It tds betmows act is encagh to anger the people, then further ox. Planation is tn order. Roger now Plans to open up a sursery, which El charge money for Ps services Me justin is act by saying that “the Church is not making enough money, he bills have to be paid, you knew", inctotune the organ player’ « tee. On Friday, Jaauary 23, Koger Nall Reed moved the tables om Of te Gining room and locked the Goors, He threatened to call the Pig department if we did oct jeave Ms property. We feel thatthe church's pri- MAry Objective should be to serve the people, and only after Gus sim has been achieved should we seek any kind of spirttus) salvation te church Goes not serve the people, thea it has ne Justification to exist Melvin X IMach Stedeet Alliance Liberation School Our Tee Potet Platform and Pro- is based on the needs and yr: LITTLE SISTER LEARNS ABOUT HUEY, Liberatica Schoot started last summer, aed was from Monday throug? Friday, since the schools have started agaia, we are only able to have classes cece « week om Saturday, Many of Ge sisters and brothers Gul sitead classes now have bees participatiog since the begining. The ages range from Zto 13 ts te SF. Branch, and we have some very heavy 2 and 2 year old studeats, We relate toeechother ascoe tg family Many of the brothers and sisters (at have been around since last woromer, teach Ge class. They res down the Ten Pott Platiorm ant Program, tasciem, capitalism, raciem, culteral maticealism and BECAUSE HE MADE LIBERATION SCHOOL E £ people the strategic methodfer re- sisting the pig power structureand bow tosurvive in ameriKKKe. The youth particularly seem are Oot learning aboot a five presi- Geot that was said to have freed the slaves, when It's chearas water that we're still net tree. They ears about Geld siggers off the Bhock, who are going throug? De same changes as they. "OUR CHILDREN WILL CARRY ON THE STRUGGLE THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM IF NECESSARY” socialiom. We runeve: Cows te them ce & level of which they Can relate to Such as fasetom (the murder and brutality that they’ ve sees put woe sisters ant bro- thers in the community by racist pies). Right sow we're working on a play for the people te the com- fenity; the sisters and brothers in Liberation School suggested that the play be & means of educating the people. The play will show whal the children have learned through direct experience about the system, ané how to Grail with n We are teaching the young bro- thers and stetere what’ power to the poopie’ "means and we, the teach- ers, know that power beloegs to the people and mat pooth makes the revolution. EACH ONE TEACH ONE DLACK PANTIOOR PARTY San Francisco Branch Kathy Durfict THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 7 BIRTH CONTROL FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM Vie relevant question is not, “If you have all those babies, how will you care for them?” But “Why can’t we all get The trwth has Broken through the aura of silence and ignorance with which the pigs have tried #0 bo to beep the people surrounded. New the facts are being revealed the pill, the weapon of the pigs who have tr through means of Mrth coetrot’ to stife the growth of the Diack communities of this coumry, in p lewlar, and of all so-called ‘minority croepe” te general, has been exposed as the real threat to the health of wo- mre taking it that it is. For years aow women from the Black and other oppressed comm utities have tewe faced with comstant pressure te take measures of birth control which have ranged from the pili te the “loop, a device that ts inserted in the wterus. The pall is the most widely recommented form since it is said to be the most simple and convenient how- ever, important teformaticn has jest been made avallatic though the Senate Commition bearings Beld co Mirth comtrel, how dan- cerous Qeee pills are. Women have teen give pili« of warloes brand names and d:f- Sertng prescriptions for almost ten years without having (he seceasary ieformation that showld have ac- companied (hem from the Lastial age of usage. Some women were gives or bawe bad Mirth comtrot pills recommended to them for wouwesl Weeding. irregularity of menstreal period, or after being treated for any type of pelvic ia- fectboe. Women undortanately have et tees told the whole story on the pill and consequently an un- told semter have died beceuse of reactions to the pill. We will mot gain the necessary amwunt of in- formation until scieetiste stop ‘Worryitg 46 much aboot their pay~ checks and start being concerned about the people whose lives thetr selves to te used as agents to perpetuate this exderhanced form of cemocide against the copreseed people of ameriKKKa and start remertbering the oath of ‘service to the people’ that they tock when they wore first civen the title of Goctor. The Contraceptive measures teleg eeed by women now are aot only dangerous due te their lack Of Knowledge, bet becuase (he use of some of the drugs over long Period of time even with the neces sary data bas been proven te te Getrimestal to the human body. This pesh for birth comrel and, indeed, (he eatire idea of the ‘“popalation explosion’ is caly another attempt af Gecefving the Masses... The ies to makethepeo- ple think that the problems we are facing are due to over-populatice and the cross misuseet the natural resources, #0 thal we will tera away from cer fight against capitalioe and imperialism apd try to Geal with ecology. The present- ly stiles concept of ecology Is teing used tm the Line of decep tom that the pigs are trying to rua now. Kegardiess of what ecolo- Cists are saying, the protiem is bot that there are too many peo- ple om this planet bet that an elite enough to care for our children?” few coatre! the resources aad have allowed capétalistic explod- tation to cause the resources to Ciastpate The idea teblad this suc Gem comers abowt the envirce- is an attempt to turn the on of the people to mature ant al the pollution fe the en- vircoment and therety channel concern away trom the pecphe being GREATER AND MORE shot down tn the streets and the escalation of fascist tactics against the oppressed pecpte of thin cometry ‘The people know that this sud. dea taterest tm nature is caly a trick because i was (hs same Vicious vulture that is responsitée for the pollution and wasted cos- ition of the natertl resources that we find curselves living in, The attempt to mtifie the growth of the revolutices ry pecgde within this Country by contraceptive measures is doomed to Gefeat because we know (at @ Is sot that here are too many people fe thts country for everyone to live a Gecem and comfortatic lite, insted, i is the explottive system of capitalism un- der which we exist that makes the lives of the many so <ifficalt and the lives of the elite few so Sof and luwericus, The lies told about a population explosioeareas Outragecus farce. There is enough for all of us and all cur children te live peacefully if the control ts wrested from the hands of the few, who have brought us to the Mitvation we face at present, and is given over to the direction of the people. The relevant question is pet, “If you have all those tables, bow will you care for them" But “Why can't we all cet enough (© care for cer children?" The Ulack Pasther Party has already set the example for ceal- ing with the health and welfare of the chiléren by setting op Free Breakfast Programs, Literation Sthocls, and Free Health Clintes; these are socialist programs and they point out the fact that, con- trary to he messages consistent- ly Glnked at us, all children cam te property ted ané cared for if the people are gives control of thelr own destiny. Contraceptive meacer are as attempt to Limit the sembero¢ Giech, Brows, 72 GLORIOUS TASKS, an Ht Hi : i Fy z F ate z Ht iptket: phisas-ea z 4 f Fr 4 IH puts rietrigl Ly Ha ti THEE if eld Dowglas Dep. Comenunttations Secretary Going Forth To Serve the People The Jersey City Branch of the Wack Panther Party realizes that it ls because of the neglect shown by the power strectere in meeting the basic Reeds and desires of the people, sock as, food, clothing, and shelter that our com munity and “her communtiies throughout racist amerikKKa have been lef in this oppressed condition, Im going forth to meet the peo~ Pie's basic needs and Gestres, the Jersey City Drasch of the Diack Panther Party has becuse to reme- ay some of the contitions by civing away me tomes of food and clothing to the pecele. The Pregram which began bec, 19, 1969, bas received ereat response from the comeeunity proving that the policies and programs tmpte- mented by the Party are trufy in the interest of the people, i is tecasse of cer strom love and fervert desire to see the condi. tens ender which we are forced to live changed that we cive this to the people. We realise that there is no rea~ son why people showhd suffer tothe Gegree that they are sow satfer~ tee le & Gay and age where man's technology has reached sucha high bevel, No matter how hard the fas- clat pigs try to destroy the peo~ ples programs, they can never tri- wmph because the will, spirit anc lowe of the peopte be greater than the pig’ « technology. The people's warriors aad ser- vents will comtinge to work with the people to create more pro- Tame (hat besefit the poopie w- ti) the people rally take what ts rightfelly theirs,the taking of power owt of the hands of the ruling class, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE SEIZE THE TIME FREE THE J.C. 3 Charles Scott
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%, | Correct = mrans of ‘THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979 PAGE # WE CHARGE -GENOCIDE- Systematic cetox bide ple thick abuwt mass meaerder as hageened inCermany ‘tothe Jews, Whee they bear the word geno cide) As ime passes methods of accomplishing your Gesired alms change, so has the ameriKKKaa meted of commiting crocckte progressed, Some (Mags from the days Ace MIE) being Used against Miack people with great se That's the dig-tle policy amd smear tactics -- Nice Agee Mitcbell--teading the moat ret leas gang of murderers the ¥c has ever known, They ave wchaloend these = rampent is our ato brwtalize and ny thee they so Geaire have always bees so they take thetr a / — Diack people peatetel people, ee Erievances to the courts, only to hear & racist potge say justifiadie bomitiée, t© Ge most clear cut case of merger (he world hasever knows, three brothers in Soledad (comceetration camp) Three oF four brothers tn Indtana, Panthers murdered ant jailed tm every state ie Ratyton, Slt, peopte refuse t recognate genocide for what it ts There is oo jestified marder, 1 is only festified when pigs mur dor Black peowle So | repeat: it s teen sald before and | cay it with the same mean ing. We wit! Kill anptoxty that stands the way of car freedom and ihonal salvation And that's jes tifatie homieite no longer will Blac the Mex that ar our com munfiles aess media ma talliskment press radio and tele- The flack Panther Party has been wilif)d ty every means possitie af the hands of these comegeyers and jogiee for (his racist and unjust system, So tat | say, forget he courts and the jedges. | have yet to see a Dtack man receive justice io the courts. So Back pecpte f say to you check out those justified bo- micides that pou read about in the Trites, caminer, ete. You will find that Uey are & very moders, today version of gemocite is prac. tice om Mack people THE Thee POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK PANTHER PARTY Asst Chlet of Statt Moosevelt “/UNE* Millkaré Gered by Mra. Annette Nagle, the wite of coe of Jersey City's “o- Beat’, Detective Donald Nagle, «ho a communtiies as a racist, karate-happy “hook”. according to Détie Lee men got imo Turner's car to fol- ith his cus drawn. Words were exchanged and Naghe 08 Turner ho was stil) ie the car. Staggering, Nagie pulled , “let the sigger Keith Swindle of the Mitnote Chapter of the Mack amber Party, was purged Jansary 3, 1970 The primary objective of the Black Pasther Party bs to estabiia® fevetetionary political power, (hat ts & educate he people to te reshsting (he porwr strecture Swine was at etucating Ur Prepte through the correct © Hes, Swindle refused to relate to ‘reasieiomal discipline, be has | nanan y Viehated rules wombers WIFE OF PIG MURDERS BLACK reesk, Walter Terner is and Eddie Lee Boatwright is ? January 3, 1979, at 12 ae. Hector Louls Mateo, age 19, of 171 Mercer &., Jersey City was tmerdered, and Raymood Alvarado, age 28, of 191 Mercer &. was wounded by off-duty patrolman Benjas in Adame According to the police version, pate ~—_ Jamia Adams mur dered young Mecior Mateo and wounded Hay Alvarado in self- defense - supposedly as a mod of 40 people were viciously beating Dés younger brother, Homer Adame aed) =moving te attack Mim, According to the Mateo family and people of the Puerto Rican communtiy, however, he follow Ing Qocur fed: earlier Homer Adams had tewe involved ie a Sight with fur manity and teing beaten, bad left. Afier which, Mecter Mateo, who was aot present whem the fight cccurred, walked up with Ray Alvarado aed was standing cot- side talking to meighbors when Homer Adams retursed with his ‘Big Drether’’, patrelman eeny Adams’ Deeny Adams, sho was out of wnlform and Gi oot identity Mim- sold an an “ondorcer of the law’ started shooting at those present These réering Hector Mateo and woumting Way varado, after which be and Mis trother ras off On tan. ¢, 1970, a press com- MAN ference was bebd at the Back Pan- ther Party office, Jersey City Branch, at which time the Mateo and Turner Samilbes euacied that Detective Donald and Annette Nagle an Patrolman Keapmin Adare and Homer Adams be Charged ¥itd @oerder iter in the week, variogs mem of the Mack and Puerto comimanities along with the Mack Panther Party met and formed the “People’s Commitiow™ which agreed to work and support the families is their call for jus- thee, realising (hat although the names, Gees, and locations are Giffereet the madness being per- petrated is the same, aameiy, the rourderamdpersecetion of una epresecd people under the geiee of law and order’. To date afer much trickery and intimidation om the pert of the courts, comptaiets of slaying and assault agalest all pigs involved have teem accepted by the ap- peodage of injustice, allowing Aonette Nagle to walk om $2,000 ball and both pigs, Don Nagte and Benjamin Adams, to te released withowt bell Lato the custody of their reapective hog hoases, to commit more crimes againet the peopte. The vietims of the pigs” madness had (ramsoms) balls set on them sepposedly as “‘matertal wit- nese This chearly shows the people that the racist, faseist cor rept Hudson Coury stack any regard for the peogte and are in- PELLE 4 amd 19 of the 26 rules of cor Party Swindle has constantly shores it~ Givideatist § tentenctes, he has never mere correct any of bide lerorrect ideas, afer constant ly being criticized indie fails to show any in Uiative other thas angteasere seek - ing veateres, Sv iedie bes well-being of BE We, of the Black Panther Party, are comstactl) moving to a higher level and we all realise that ihe regard tor de deed courts of the pigs, by the pies, and for the pigs parce is & good thing, because tt acts a5 4 Cleansing process out the ted io rds preserve the good, We also rraline that one has t tor et “anthet SkI7h THE Tim BLACK PANTHER PANTY MMinets Chapter and order to DEATH B/A/ LANDLORD t twas te totme vasine itor’ s note | un athon of New re lL ui rant Broax is ugly, crim, and Designates part of New Yorks M S1 Citles Program, the ares hae of aise tenements ave tees aooscned, puted, r Mock afte piles scores which or Gemeolisaer’ ’ Yeek, cely Brick frames o of retble rest on the land No housing ts being (he Diack and Spacish pour are forced uve . aistre arecture ail Getertorat > lasdionds know the pele is dying, 80 they pocket De re si fetase to make repairs S Gronteld @/b'a/ Rosero toealty ts at of slum tend lords, He owns a butlding at 4% 134% Street. Some 60 fami- tullt, # oF bast vel, operuted & Spanish besioessmen and by on greap of Spanish physictans tasdions collects the rents, dows absolvtely noting for teoants, Ihe knows he Gorsn't sta to make anything by trying to Beep up the bullding while Ihe com munity decays around it. He knows people are desperate for housing is New tet the York an have to rent & apartments fo Dome as the batls- ing stands Por the past year, tewants have teen trying to remedy the atrocious coaditions of the butiding. Their complaints aod experiences mean lithe to the lamdiords aed city bureaecrats who watch [00,000 howsing units Seteriorate into sium accomodations every year, Jetia, a mother with three young children, has as apartment at 430. There has teen £6 heat (hrough< Out the winter, The water- bet and Cold--is perbodically shut off, Her totlet fe split is half, so she has to take ber chiléres to 4 seigh- bor’s house #0 they can take baths and use the tollet, There are bece holes im the apartment's walls, where the plaster has been eaten away by plumbing beaks ia ments Upstairs. Water beaks ieto the Kifchea, so ale had to call on the Gre depurtmect to dis- Coanett the refrigerator so ber children wouldn't be electrocuted, The hallway is not lighted, so she be always afraid of teing rott]ed when she goes cut to shop. The mallboaes are broken, so ste has to plek op her mail at the post offiee. Other tenants have siiiar com- Plaists, One old man, apparently without friewts or family, bas to tive in an apartment with an iach Of water on the floor, Ore woman at night, and carries two tights with her to light her ¥ Upatairs, She believes she takes her lite in ber hands every Gay, Coleg to and returning from work, The owner of the todeca grocery store) has a leak te his * eriling, and water dama- cee Bis foods. The dry cleaning stop ts owned by a Black man, who worked years to get a Small t Administration joan Ms shop. Gills cate Ms electrical equipment, amt war... "We are advocates of the abolition of we do not want war, but war can only be abolished through war, and in order fo get rid of the gun it is necessary to pick up the gun. ” atére- somds bis Costomers elsewhere, The lssdion®”, he says, “is ing me cut of tentnone.* The physicians bed to remevate their offices themselves, and install thetr owe heating system tecause — they coeld grt no cooperation from the lasdbord, Faced with (hese problems, the tenants began a battle for repaira, During 1969 they succeeded in wine ning & feet reduction adler the landtord to court, He reta 7 dispoasessing the ‘Lrowtéema- xere” This year, the ritual has begun anew, erants have visited ali tte seightorhood agvectes, “= t of clieots is the chimed was powerless, Com tral Complaints, an agency set ap ty Mayor John Lindsay to handle calls a call, expr sotkire, The Droax Department of llealth was “stocked” _ mised “roof to basement Inspec thos fo certify viclstions,” bat tithe Ras been deme, beyond a sertes of telephone calla to varios cy Grpartments cS One commentty agrecy seat an emergency repairmas to the Selié- ing. Ne expected to tht ee, aad heating system, them the Dill to the laadion’. When J weet to the bullding, be was by a man claiming to be the and told to leave the om threat of assactt, Tenants there is mo sepert, tet the lord occasionally “aires” ‘ott the street to make 7 wnt o anil was locked aad chosed. ? Lindsay's Urtam Action Task — Force Mobil Unit viested the ¥ early in Jeuary, and were : Of the «iteation, The man tn a beely Mond with a hairs ‘=< toupee, listened, then said, ““Idoe't wam to be difficult, tat do a know what 2 violation is?" Tenants beceed him to visit che a and imapect if Kicwself. Me 7 the information down, then gave them jet asctter eumter to call for prempt repairs, Whee ~~ called, the mae said be woud, = the message Of aM a repairman would visit “as secon as pomsibie’. On the morsing of January 9, when the temperature was 5 Ge cfees, & YOUNG Spats mother eho lives af 420 found her infant son dead in Ms crib. Ste believed he had treten to Geath in the cold, aad coe of the Goctors tn the tedid~ ing agreed with her, The police aad the landbord sald the cMi¢ had watfoc ated When the news of the chikt's Seath was heard by the tenants, they tried to assault the lamd- lord, Police came, and foreed the CONT ON PAGE 165
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DEATH OF 4 MONTH OLD BABY ames Anthony he eu months 4, @ied Saturday, January 7 t came of UNKNOWN These are murrownding the Om the Tuesday 6 urday, Mrs mosher ceecy department of Hoepitel, At that time be was wet- fering from & cold, fever, stopped @ Dose, and chest congestion The doctors duty burrtedty looked at Mim and seat Mrs Nero amd Asthoey home with nothing more than some “medication Saturday evecig as Ner« attempted to awaken Asthony, abe obeerved that be as wacunsctous and reshed to call an amtulaace A nelghber recogpiaing the dange code’ t c the ambulance, bet Mageed down a polite car, which is readily avellatie in the op- Pressed commenity, Whee they a tved at the hospital the doe ade ered oxygen, bat it was = int t late, too late Jam we that Sat- der . Anthony was dead, fis tody was taken to Kings County Morgue for autogay, and to this dale, Mra. Nero has bees enable to cb- tale & report concerning the cause of ber son's Geath To get to the essence of this tragic Geath, let's check cut the circomstances surroundicg it. Mrs, Nero lives ft Hrowsaville, am area located in the heart of Brock lye. Th eotire area resembles 4 tomted om mee, There is not a single Mock where houses are not tors Gown or in the process of teieg tors Gown, gar- Dage and trast are allowed be pile ‘>, Tats, mice, roaches, slong wid s types of Gleeases are rampaat. Mt istard emt bullding beat, Mrs, Nere Sing, at 094 Surstogs, The en ue the beet) ding. y in the teidd img are the heat bs often npthy OD-eUl stent and whee It Goon Come wp i ts 20 damp chat t joer clothing,thes pow are cold when Nere expla the source of Anthony’ s cc We know that peeumonda and fe viruses are running rampant due ‘ we very comiithoes and whee wahers turn to the so-called hoepitals, they are give tmade- quate service which sometimes 1s in this case lends to Geath It should the te eadersticd that (is le oot a8 isolated incident, tut that a Pwerto Wien 1s eMC dled of sims ibar reumstances that we must polm out merely ancther fo fans murder), aloog with the fires, Gope and qutright murder and brutality by the pig depart- ment, being inflicted vpce IMack and Puerto Rican people. be dott of the oxi a cold cabcubated plan by the power structure to eliminate oppressed people, from adiord who is not providing Gecent housing, the hospitals that give inacequate service, to Ge city, * and federal politicians who are o&- willing to force these ageactes to provide even the most misute service... Usderstamting this move op all levels t phot of genocide by we must Gestroy this the power THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 9 structere oa We p Adding insedl njury, the fen eral conducted by the Kings Fun- Home bocated at Stoae Ave Ave eral of East New York klyn, Gheplayed © B do Mra. ticked up at her home the morning of the fun- eral as pe ranged, Whee wear- rived at the funeral home, the di- recto r, King © He te ten mb . abrultly informed Mrs. Nere «i be was unalle to Ged « milcister and thal be would say something at the crave alte, Teo so-called HEALTH CARE - Dectors af San Prancisco Gen- eral Hospital say that the med- keal care in Ge emergency room fis 80 good thet they would want to be taken there if they were burt fe any accitem, That may be trve for them, but let's look at gomne of the muscare cur peo- Die get whes they are blocky enough to get created at all. Lest semmer 4 man came keto the emergency rocen registered at the window, told them be'd been wounded by # knife, He was tokd to sit down and wait his turn. ‘Two hours later & rurse discov- ered him shimped te # chalz, with @ four inch Enife in his back. Just this last Christmas, one of the Bleck brothers who works in the hespéral brought « relative ie whe had cut bis hand badly on some broken glass. They weired over an hour, with blood gushing all ever the place, until finally the bro- ther cowkiy't take K any more. He told « few people off, anc de pigs cried to arrest him for dis- turbing the peace, Last summer the SP polke department get old uptight because doctors in the emergency room trested 4 yourg Bleck man who bed been shot through the heart before they ex- amined « pig who bed browen bis leg. **Treat us first of we'll go somewhere else for medical care”, they threatened. But take a loot around Mission Emergeecy any hour of any Gay--they still owe the place. Why? Because in the hospital they con varep om the people, and no cee stops them. Most of os freen the poor com- munitics of SF have had at least one bed experience at Missica Emmergeecy. 80 we know some of what goes on there, txt not ene people know about the way women are treated bb te hospital's maternity clinic and upstairs on che ward, & starts whee you cal up paying you're probably preg- cant, and you want to make an ap- potnamest. Well, you havee’t beds ° test yer, #0 you cas’s Go thu, You have to go to « district healh center to have 4 pregnancy test done. They give you the sumber, you call, and you go there, They say they won't even examine you, since you're more than 2 1/2 moeths pregeant, of you are all, and they beve « rule adour that. You call up the hospical a- Bin, text they give you an appolat- rent for Gynecology Clinic Ge- male problems) is two weeks time, You sy you can't welt two weeks, ‘welfare’s on your back, and they woo't releaseyour check next week unless you have asignedform say- ing you're pregnact--how are you suppored to eat while you're walt- ing for your sppoiemen. The clerk swhetes you to someone else, and you ge through the whole story agein. The new per- son happens te understand, and tells you te come into GYN Clinic as 4 “Drop-in this afternoon. So you get a babysitter and you show up at two Uke you were tobt, ‘Thee you wait until 4:30 to be seen, ‘The intern whe examines you first at least says bello, et Ge resi- Gert whe comes in te check wp on Men hurts you and ignores you. He talks abot you 48 though you weren't there, be signs the form for welfare, and you cam go. Ba you heve to come back tomorrow morning for a urine test, te be sure you're pregnam. Se you bring in the uriee at %MO the next morning, and get bewled o« for being late with It--jou get your kids off to school and the bus was late, but mebedy asked about that. You're supposed to call beck for the resaks in the afternoon, Whee you do, they demand te know the name ef your doctor. Well, S¢ never told you his name. You get mad, 0 they find the Lab slip anc some Gector gets om the phone. | “s post. tive, Well, you Kaew that. The doc~ tor chinks you wouldn’s possibly wart ancther kid for the state to support so be tells you how to fo aboet getting « therepectic abor- ten. You explode aad run down a few things about genocide, #0 be backs eff and tells you how to register for prematal clink. You've EO to go chrough social service, and by this rime you're in tears, because you've been social worked before, Dut you want your Baby te be healthy and you don’t know of amy private doctor whe will take « welfare card, #0 you go through with i. The social worker asks you « kt of personal ques- thons «you're used tothat by sow-- acd gives you an appolstmen for Peematal clinte af @aghs in the exe n= ing of you won't be seen. You get & seighbor to feed the kids, and you get there in time. Then you wait three hours er more to see a dxtor, Bach time you come back, you we af jeast two hours, so you get fed up and miss a few sppolmiments, sed they seada pub- lk health nurse out after you. She pokes around, checking to see if the bouse le clean, and Uf you can handle your kids OK, You say you don't dig anyone coming without calling, and that you aren't abastto have her jolge you, She goes off up set, and wrires in her report that you have a hostile persomaliry, When you Go come to the clinic, the social worker takes you into ber office foe a “‘quiet chat”, and Says something about bow she's beard that you are irritable these days, and are you sure you were amcther chi }4--it's soeasy to adoee it away. This tise your're too upect to even beangry: you want this kid, and why cast they understand such slenple thing Once more you look around for anccher place tohave the child, but you're tteck with General 2 beep your appolnemenss and you may « an arguements, The doctor s the Deby is fine, and that’s all you care abect right now... You start having labor pales, and you burry inte Missice En ency, precty tor along bee your foerth kid and thangs « soy ANTHONY NERO JAMES funeral songs were played on a recoré player for & Gurathe of seven minetes, afer which the Cirector annoenced that we could View the body for the lawt time. the way to the cemetary, it took a creat deal of effort to keep op with Mr, King as he was coirg atest 60 miles an hour, weaving tn and out of traffic, At the grave atte, Mr, King made a speech, whieh he evidentiy memorized anc them anncenced that it was over and everyone could returs to thelr cars, Mr, King harried Mra, Nero beck into the car and left ie mech a berry that meee of the other cars c0u)4 follow aad subsequest!y On cet loot After we found car way back, | made some comments to Mr. King on the disrespectful mam- ser ie which the funeral was coe- Gucted; af that time he informed me that if we Cidw't like it, we could get cur owe minister Ge tent time This eatire incicest only goes to point cet that the poor an¢ op presses poophe have ao rights from birth endl] or even after Grath that this decadent, corrupt system re- specta. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE DOWN WITH CAPITALISTS AND ALL THEIR RUNNING DOGS IG STYLE fast for you. You tell them this, but they tay youhaverofill cathe pa- pers first So your baby is bore right there in the Emergency room with everyone watching, and then they rush you upstairs. baby’s OK, dut you would have been better off having it st home. Obviously nt every women has ber baby in the emergescy room, but at beast once a week something Uke this happens, and everything else Gescribed is sormel for SF feneral, Not leg ago @ womanhed ber baby is the X-ray rocen, with no Gocter of purse present, because the Gocter who sent her ower war too busy in clinic te examine ber firet, The week before that, one of the residents Gelivered a baby, thought he was through and left the intern in charge. There was ancch- er baby in there, and nobody know the women was beving twins, eves though we had been coming te m- ternity clinic for 7 mocths, andany docter whe has tiene to Lsten cas bear twobeartheats. “Oversignts”” like these, plus Poor medicalcare, bnburnes treatment fobling back on palchiliers because Gey are ex- pensive, for example), mo transla~ tors ot all for the barge Spanish and Sarvoan populations, bestardte fot allowed ia the labor room whea thelr women seed themmost: ts ts what SP Ceneralcalis maternky care, These ieciderts, and there are many more, are no accidents, They are part of a detbemantring medical system, part of the colonization of the poor people of San Francisco ond all other amerikKKea cities, dea FranxtscoGeneral is the damp- tog ground for all the private bospi- tals in the city. B is not 4 charity yoepital, Gece bere is bo Chae rity practiced there. The drug companies, the doctors, the tesur - ance Com panies and the equipment suppliers take in boge profits from private boepitals, and dey coudde’t stuff thelr pockets as easily the privete boepitals hed to Goal with the health seeds of the poor people of this city. The Depart- ment of Public Health is in col- lathes with Gese doctors, with the health indesrry, with he Chamber ef Commerce, beceuse it maln~ tains an undersupplicd, drastically enderstaifed, overpoliced, over- soclal - worked institution--San Francisco General Hospital, which bas no respect whetscever for the peivacy and dignity of the people ‘whe have no choice tut to ase i, There is 4 machine at he bos- pitel which cas reproduce instant~ ly for anyone who knows how touse it, personal facts on every patent on welfare in cor city, Hospital records are fall of private infer mation that can be easily used against patients to take children awsy from parects, and commit people to mental instiutions. Pa- tleats in Mission Emergency are questioned and brutalized by pigs while they are upect, iD, and un able to make proper jodgmenra, A poor man has so medical of Jegal rights--be ls 4 colonized man, This kind of medical colentza~ tion can only be mulmaleed by the collusloe of doctors, police, chy officials and social workers. h can only exist usder 4 system of super-exphkaion of bospmal workers, The guy sho runs mes- sages, the ocderly who moves patioms around, the woman who helps people with bodily functions and tries te comfert them--chey are al] tobd that they are Goig menial tasks, that they are une necessary to the patient’s com~ twenty, relate to their chikiren, their Feeblems, their medical needs, A majority of them have temporary jobe aad can be fired at any thee, for any reason. Their salaries are the lowest and they receive no besefies, no sick leave and wo vacation, They have po job CONT ON PAGE 15
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FASCIST COURTS TRY N.Y. PANTHER 21 fare Center was respon 5 the needs of the politicians ofA Bae! have time tae their sypeal: te in the arene ber : f : uh é on the mar cema shee manner. the hoes ** court was going that brother, but the the Twenty-one Pre) yulld mot be fond guilty ry the Meoctst On April and, - order of aie fie geet fy rg e ge : fe Hees fy i ; t ef ferrisie, aut the ot fuatice’” demon~ i : : $ £ i counes te the People howe dx- _ foon i court - terms “a The New tereet"”, The “ Twenty-one" ve cantina as congeized that rapping about people problem. We have olredy doesn't talked oursetees silly; we also late fo recegnized that working with feat the people, without having the that | peeple’sinterest af heart, wos tues met going to alleviate the pro- @ perso Moms qither, We have hod Michael \—5: edge oad from community using the people! The Twenty-one mowed with i ES : i rE i i Ne wil! deat with ali the pigs-= im their cowrta om the streets, HE a Rite pEGtt i ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE FREE THE NEW YORK “21 tl Ag i Afesi Shaler t ; :
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SAT VEDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAG THE era OF THE “big lie” When & Country camnet mat tein cootrel over the mas: Ms population with the norma . tritic phrases and slogans of freedom: amd justice for all and camect mainte status qu wihowt inflicting barte ven Crete UpKe a]! howe who refuse tc suterit to tebe that relegates them b & clear sign Gat & commtry are being ruled by a fas cist regime, The United States Covreran< is waging bm pertaliat ware of ageression all over the world, and domestically, is waging fascietic gerocidal argression a gainst Black people and other op prensed people at home, When Naz famciom under Nitler was running rampant all over the world, tne aTman people vere Saped by the hig Ite” and their silence was ORSON 10 GENO ide Hot when we check cut the his- oric nature ef éecadent amer- IKKXa, we find that the rulers of Datylon have always bees no- tortous liars. The “Dig Lie” is nothing new fn the epoch of U.S impertalt Th UK KK an [ae Glas, the first victims of U.S. grac- cide, were the first to saythat the runs this cowstry has sever tees concerted with telling ts oppres- sed people the treth [ has al- ways been a question of how to com.- mit getocide agaiast Its colonized webjects and simutancously tell Mes, al) sith a straight face WHS the omergeece of Lynde Baines Jotason’s ugly meg ce the Presidestal ora), the amertKKKan people coetronted with the “credibility cap." Nixon's Molly- wood anticsare less comvincing than Jobason's pantandie taf- foorary, and the “era of the Mig le" has Gescesdes §=upon the amer(KKKan people, and becanse there is bo general cutrage to the atrociiles that are being com- mitted in the came of the ameri~- 2 can om silent whe, ple consent of the ig Me" ts being per petrated at all levels of the eo clety. Pig & Ag timated the mass m Lahment media ng and abort! cist Covernment in one and is at ameriKKKan peopl mation. From the White Howse to the Court Howse, the “Big Ihe" has become policy of the ate KKKan | hees que stiona hd: particolar and peegde tn eres ived fair and tt Le commen hot supposed to Ite ' state this specificalty, but judges are, at least, suppose represent | some mance of treth, However, Om the case of the NY. Panther 2i, the “designated* trial jodge, Frank Murtagh has never given the impression of ix partiality, in most courts, judges are selected bases of a ro ary syster in Marbattan and the Bronx, the District Attorney picks the jedge of bis choice Gestapo pig cops best you, raciet & prosecute you and facctst pig justice sits tt edgmeet over you. Stace the early part of May, pig pedge Murtagh has teen the “hatchet man’ (lat the N.Y Pan ther 23 have been coafrontes +t every time they eve court. Regardless of the court the Panthers are scheduled to appear be, they al- ways cod up facing Mortagh. Orig pally, racket dog Charles Marks was ihe DA's “banging judew be is the pig that wet the $990,000 tall on the Panther 23 Bet Marks" opee comempt for Mack people Was too obvices. Around the latter part of April, the Pasther 3 were acheduled to appear before Negro judge William Booth, Det Booth we ened was mysteriously removedand re- placed by racist Marks after this incidest, pig M declares senile and forced Dortly rks was to Murtagh is younger and thas MMs senile prede- conser, tut equally as raciet. Pig Murtag® ba 8 designated by the DA handle ALL PANTHER CASES (Ce December M, 196), our attorney, Santora Kats asked ple Murtagh why the defendants were oot arraigned tn the part of the Supreme Court assigned for Gis particular arraigemest Mertagh cine’ be was as od to ths case “by the Ap pellate Division.” Attorney Kata stated that nelther be, nor the defendants knew of any woch as signmemt Murtagh cinked In re- ply, ‘the Appeliate Dtvisiom of the Supreme Court has Geaignated me to preside here.” Ge January 1, 1970, Attorney Saaforé Kats wrote to the Con- POLITICAL POWER GROWS OUT OF THE BARREL OF A GUN Letter From Holland Brothers and Sisters How many reactions you will get from us bere is Holland, | will net Know an will never Keow, bat I just had to send this better as 2 gift of friendship anc solidarity towards the endless oppressive fascint like bebaviow of pigs, going on is the coutry, Gey keep calling ‘‘the promised land”, A solidarity campiiga bas been geing om bere in Amsterdam by several of your people, and to the greatest joy, Big Man, Deputy Minister of information) made a speech te 4 great many peuple Go Amsterdam) and this as well is the reasoe for letter to all of you. This country, as well as yours aod as well as the rest of this pig-tortared works, has just bed enough of the dirty deals they think they're making, as they're puttig & for the venefix of all mankind, but don’t we all ace thet they're aly to fatten their own filthy pockets, Doo’t we afl see that they are worried, that the big dream of the second car, the swimming pool and the colored television sets be felling sport, dit by Da, by legel action from the side of your Party. Of course we all see and know, that pigs are worried about their peaceful country clubs and debutant balls, How obse could they have voted for 4 smelly pig- ety they have pow. 1 have friends in ameriKkKa, but they can be counted oa ome banc. Aad that's bow & wa way ast will ect know if this new friend will not ture on me, when my back is tureed. TAKE CARE, YOUR FRIEND CAN BF A MG Of coarse my lewer bas to say something sbowt the violent ex- eoutlonal merder of Fred iampeoa and Mart Clark, I have bere ? of The fleck Paraher, Community News Service, in whix 1 get ences ied ormation to get my Dood-a-sieaming and I'm wuly glad | did tary that, for this is the kind of information we want and we need. M the oppress through sewrpaepers 4° programmes, we will never be able to get away under the pigs feet. 1 Bback sincerely hope that information, like the Plack Pasther Newspaper, will keep om Going the fantastic work that i bas been doing for so long. And | do hope Gat he Party will swcceed bn the works they have been planning to fulfill, and do whet & has been Going. My sin- cere thoughts go to, Huey P. Newton, Geddy Seal Dawid Hilliard, and all the others, sut- teringfrompig-fascism,() supp that meacs al] the brothers and visters.) and I suggest blotting cut the letter K in the world alphabet. ALL POWER TO THE PHROPLE PIETER “dach” HILDERING BADHOEVELAAN-45”- BADHOE VEDOR? HOLLAND fidental Clerk of the Appellate Invision, requesting a copy of aay order from the court which as- signed pig Murtagh to the trial of the Panther 21. The Confides- tial Clerk's response stated “no wach order existed.’ Attorney Kats then called the Confidential Clerk and he made i explicitiy clear that “no such *ethorization 7 order, letter or otherwise exists.” Pig Murtagh was caught red haoded, lying ip Ube face of the peo- ple. Ce January 20, 1970, oer attor- ney filed @ show cause order to have Murtagh removed from the Pamther 21 case With Mertagh residing, the teothers and sisters have the same chance to a fair and impartial trial as somecee being kidnapped by Jessie and Frock James and havieg Cole Younger Gecite whether or not you should be set free. Our at- torpeys also moved to Mave all “orders, decisions and Getermi- nations’ made by pig Mertagh “squashed arnull and woud.” As 1 said, it is not @ question of whether the pigs whocontrotand maatpulate this country ate the liars (hat we know them to be; the question is bow long will these fascist pigs be alle to commit gross infustices against all of bumaaity, in the same of the amerikKKan people? We in the Mack Panther Party also know that there Is no redress of erie- vances tn any of (he courts of: Babyiea in the words of ‘Dkarube’’ Moore, "The people will free the NY Pasther 2° POW's tor PANTIONRS Pes ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE zaya — NY. 2 Black Community ingore mation Coster 1970 Bestoa Rd, Broax, XY. “WITNESS REPORT ON THE ARLANDO JONES MURDER” Artasde Jones was murdered ip cold Mood by fascist pigs on Jan- wary 16, 1970, WHS no newspaper reporters present, the pigs thought they could carry cet a search and Gestroy mission at 4.00 a.m. ip the morning without their dirty work being uncovered. The Black Pasther Party an¢ an eoraged Black commentty carried cot an investigatice to expose this Killing for jest whal was--an act of genocide. Witeesees report that the treck came down Sinclair Lane and stopped at the corser, The pigs Iumped cot of their cars and started shooting. The truck then pulled srcunt the corner ttto Washington Street, where the pigs ran f isto a nearby parked car to stop it, Some of the pig stopped showting while other ples kept shooting and approached the treck. The ples have stated Ghat there were shotscoming from the truck, Keowing the mature of the Pigs, the brothers had the right to defend themselves in sock « situation. Mowever, the witnesses repert that there re & sets coming from the truck and there was 60 cue fowed im the truck of mtarhy im the street, While Still sbooting, the pigs opened the door of the truckand Arlando Jones fell owt, The pigs then showed their beastly nature as they began to kick him tm the head to see if be was dead The pigs took Charlies Demby aad Hickard Woodard (who was wounded) cot of the truck and beat them tn the etreet. ‘The witnesses counted approxi- mately Sty pig cars oo Wasbing- ton Street alee, (hat Goes sot in~ chede the 6 to § wagons and the pig cars om the side streets. was at least an hour before an ambelance came to take the bro- thers to the Rospital, It was cb- viows to these who witnessed the Arianéo Jones murder, that the Raltimere Pig Department ts no Gifferent from the pigs in Chicago or Les Angeles or anywhere else. Conversations with peophe whe live ferther dows on Washingtce Street revealed that the pigs use the homes om that street for target practice regularly, The night of Jaseary 16, the pigs bed Bo intentions of arresting any- one, They © ot to Mill, and when they realised that they tad missed killing Charles Demby amd Kichard Woodard, they beat them almost to death before removing them from the scene. Like the foal depraved createres they are, he ples quickly claimed they were the victimes of an en- provoked attack. The people have teen made aware of this atrocity, The racist pigs who murdered Ar- tance Jones and tbe demagogtc po~ Uillelaas who endorsed it will be bromght to justice teeause the peo. ple will rise up aad bring them to justice. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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from Air Fort Jery, and described how > fase realized jetnarese were being te the Same way as the ML we rement on eMnessed jona} Kev- PRG: F carried out ecto andetects acon they Bad the fall Api aimed that after re. tonigm. A jery of twelve to Vietram, be was y wmidiers tound the six months is be ut “guilty” om charges of Presidio stockade, where be ©as support of the people. beates by the cuards. Leonar been an active ASU organice The high point of the trial came whee « young man with » beard ; Fort Lewis, signi. up his whole to the stage from the Whom had tees im Vietnam, tok platoon in the union surrounded by a defer of observing atrocities Like the Amither ASU member, Tyrose ASU membe toe re at My Lal, They also Riddle, told how the Puack Gis . Mc Lean Of the fall support given are getting together and stand- Affiliationy “US Army.” Status Natkceal Literation Front of ime up te the brass, Meferring He raised a clenched fist and sald Seoth Vietnam by the peasants. to a meeting of the brothers that ‘lar Ninety per cent of the Gie who had been broken up by the brass, The wert wild and pated inthe trialare mem~ Riddle pot tremendoes applause cheered and clapped for a mis Of the ameriKKKan Service- i the Panther slo- wtes, Whee things he died down, mee Usice, as were nearty all jal a revotetionary McLese explal hy be had geee the 100 soldiers and airmen in tut you can't fall the revolution AWOL, Because of bin Coes sition the audience, The men had come A tape recording made by Pvt. to the Vietoam war, be had ap- _ 8G the trial Gespite attempts at Wade Carson, who had teen put plied for comsclertions chjecte ton by thebrass. Thetrial on restriction w keep Bim from status. According to military Law, WAS Organized by the Shetter Half trial, be coubé not be transferred while Cotiee house in Tacoma incoupera» Me had bees very & decisice on his CO appeal was ‘thee WIth students at the Universi- ganising the large renting pony af Wa. lingtce in Seatile Participants tm the trial. Carson Dut the Arey tried to shanghai Cee of the soldiers to testify, bas since b charged with Bim atyway, In the mb of the i iheunds Leonard, isan amerikKKso Article I34--attempting to cause Might he was awak 6, told he | Unfian whe participated tn the in. Gisafteetion--amd hebdin the ste was bwing transferred and taken t | dian occupation of Alcatract Csrituting The Bond an be airport. When be found cot Me told bow he bad catered the the respective 5 hat he was teing sent to Vietnam | Army “ready to do anything’, tut papers of the national o Broce bocked Dimeetf in an air ee ee Teen be local chapter of the ASU. po ath rex and escaped out tag Army training Nc Au swt be back *indow «the Indias wars. saan stressed Geir sympethy for Bruce McLean ended bis testi. 7 ‘S0e" Ob genocide”, be Vietnam ese and the Na my be declaring, “1 seg¢ che a 4 Pr ivese Miu a e ‘a P : ER Kan Servicers ' " . «ate anizer ation . 4 . c = a ~ | gen, Sxah Caroline bong e ‘ . z : _ abl frie x ‘ , ras: ; | Wo. . l | PAG. Sach, ad i . ze © 5 - , WOL. ite . ; “ . Jictece in « _ an ‘ | Partheipate in che . = J 3 ve ' «ill Gorbers be full accor t _ : - emer ik Kian ve . ween is P ct rikke ‘ - : : vs ad Wor, Ms mocting o Nuh | Conlerence of CA rights, 1. Sint abe ene F ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 18 VERDICT GUILTY! while the crowd was now tuys five times more crapes wildly cheer be was whisked (than before the strike), Terry Cas- off the stage by Mis “military es- son of the Oakland Seven acted as Cort’ and drives before the prosecuto many Army late Maints co in The be edealtafizal Now the sudience 4 d) & thing. by Jobe Lewis, Nathonal Pleid Or- Hruce’s Mory was corrotoraied ganizer of the ASU. Lewis went by atother witmess, Doc Sherman, inte the class nature of Ge.brass, who worked in Ge Overseas He- the “businessmen is unigorm™ who Placement Center. Me told how the sead young bers to die in de- Army bad cut illegal orders to fense of Be profits of US im- sod Bruce McLean to Viewam. perialism. The NLF is fighting A veteran of MamturgerMillde- the OS ruling class, he empha- scrited how the Marines had bad sired, which is Gis enemy thelr evn “truce” with the NLF_ too. Lewis read a statement from There just wasa't any shooting a IMack Gl who Geserted im Viet- colng om, Whee coe gutg-ho Hiew- mam to fight with the NLI tenant tried to get the men into After elaborating oe the Union's combat, the Marises pot a price dGemands, the ASU organizer om his Bead, and the brass hadto pledged that onion brothers will trenséer him to another eever go inte the chettes to kal A psyeMatrist who hadt » their class brothers inte the the Grees Berets in Vietnam, Dr. factories to break strikes Peter lourme, reported that the The jery of > servicemen My Lat massacre was ect an iso needed Ilitle time to reach Geir lated atrocity, Me had talked to wrdict of “qetlty” on all counts. macy suldiers «bo bad witnessed And they didn't equivocate on the somone either, Ucipated im similar slaagh ters Me had reported someof these The Gis sentenced the Army to crimes Mmself, tut the Army did death They weet back to their eothing. in cae case, be was told, bases to orgatize their baddies We can't nything becaese the and carry cut the seatence, Major bs getting the Silver Star,” Ama@¢ Civilia® witressesatihe American Servicemen's Union tr wer re¢ Gardoer of the Andrew Stapp, Chal I cotter houses asd a undos repr 106 FiRd Ave., Rm. seatative from the grape strike whe York, MY. i accused the Army of strike- { : breaking (the Defease Departm tumbbs, SA ~~ Last of lunes ican Servicemen's week police in this town outside Union, saié: “The ASU condemas Fort Jackson chose wa the UFO, the ch : town chal chdeot bs : . wit . Jee court rreenge “ 1 ing charged with opera- are nig nore and more dese he ‘ t isance, an of~ pe ir efforts crust fense which oa + po - it. Organizers on US buses allover a world are determined tofight. ‘ t ‘ - 't, Misch Smith, an ASL fu ‘ hitery # rganiree Fort Jack wil} villan authority to crush Cl defend hiewell at 4 Special Court. ent. A irer ave Martial soon, The Army he t jected to this cox “ im with being AWOL while ASU teas bi { the Nowember Cofiechoute, Ge first ISch anti-war activities in Wash. { Ms bind be 0 er ved ingtes, D.C, ir oppositl be Vietns ~ am in (ie Army aad other Reprinted trom American Services — men’s Unies job Lemay, executive dtrector
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATU Febreary 2, 1970 ™ New Year's Eve and while the world was ushering ts the year 1970 and, woth I, a Dew decade, the Palestinian Revolution was marking the (ith anelversary of tts malies commando § operation bearlding & popclar war for the Mbertion of ctcupled Palestine, Dringing the Palestinian Revo- armed strvggic because national Liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nathonbgad to tle people: whatever may be the bead- ings used or the sew formulas in- trodeced, DECOLONIZATION 1S ALWAYS A VIOLENT PHENOM- ENON The Palestine National Lib- eration Movement, Pai'h, decided to lawech the revetetion afer atost six full years of preparations be- tween 1958 and 1964, Incloting the orgaaization a Wéergrome cadres, secret tadoor Tailitary recommalssance missions isto oc- cepted territory. The fret clash ever betwees an israeli petrol anc Hie i if 22 He = WHA this triemptant birth of the Palestieten Revolution through armed mrugric at the coset of 1965 ame & political statement ehch read in part “Simeee years have elapsed while our people live Getachet from thetr cause which has teen shelwed at the Unt +1 Nations as aproties oo Gsplaced refugees whereas the enemy plans, with all Ms meazs, on the local and international bevels, for an extended way on our homeland, ignoring the Heroic Patestimias “le the Meet of thls distressing fact and because of the adverse effect of the lapse of time, the ASSIFFA forces (of Pat'd) have tees launched forth to reiterate te the enemy and the world at large that this pecgte (of Palestine) did Bt die and that armed revolution bs the road to return and to victory. “The Assifa feces emanating from the will of be revolting Pal estinian anes, reabiae fully the scope of the battle politically and militarily, Bat Gey seek to over- Come al) COmditions aad obstacles. retying oo thetr owe strength and wDAY old rusty weapons and scores of aguin ce cur Gear home! PEBRUARY 7, 7 “ Fifth Anniversary of Fath 1965-1970 om the potentials of our Arab peo pie This ts cor path and thisiscur march. The situation is serious Martyrs have fallen and blood bas been shed. Let us rise to the level of responsitdtity of an hcooralte tattle because this take-cfl ts nothing bet the ofa war Uberaticn with « carefully cee and warrants preparedoess and moliisation, “Astarasweare concerned, we have started off from a Pal- estiziam position conmected to the soll of the nation. The best force that directs ws is our faith be that this is our way for extracting cur cause from the vicious cireleit has bees in, We Cepend ce cur Arab nation aad its common strug- gle as well as om the forces of Lderation in the Ree of the sacrifices, alse vow to cer people to contiage tm this path and not to retingulsh arms wil victory is achieved...” ‘The tetent of the Palestiaian Revolstion at this take off stage between 165 and 1067 was 1. To personify the practical Tetesal of Zionist occupation, Present the Palestinian caer to tabernationas public opinion as 4 cause Of Iberstion rather than a problem of refugees or aprotiem concerning the diversion of the Jordam River © and motelise the masees and instigate thee to armed revolutiooary action. 2. Te incarnate the asuthratic revolationary meant for the liberation of Paleetine § through armed violence and prevent at- tempts by the Arad reeimes to contain the Palestine struggi¢ 3, To create revoleticeary at- mosphere om the (West) lank anc fn the (Gaza) Strip aiming at armed revolution 4. To give the upcoming gen- erations theopportunity of getting weed to taking ap arms and to ac- Quaint them with Palestinian soit through armed raids, 5. To focus the true mature of the struggle im the Middle East %© allow the Palestinian people to asvume their leading robe in the Uberation of their homeland, thereby preventing the pre- sestation of the problem of Pal- entine as & regional one over dis. puted boréers Armed operations started toes calate andthe revobetion began to Grow and to muster Increased mass support. On the other hand, its cadres were exposed to Im prisce- ment, arrest, Geath Giqersemen and torture om the hands of the counter-revoletionaries on the Arab scene. These arests cely helped increase the Hevotution’s Geterminstion to cominue the armed struggie Nevertheless its ineed =pleas for arms for the nlams 80 as to create the revolutionary imununity on the ot Dank and in the Gara Strip weet esheeded until the advent of the war of June 1967. Such weapcery, stost 6,000 te all, was collected by Palestinian revolutionaries from territories evacuated ty the retreating armies. fone 5, 1967 also engendered a Bew encemtive for ihe revolutionary vanguaerde of Pat") to move tate the wewly- occupied West Dank ts oréer to @ ory and tern & Bew bea! in the Palestinian stog- ge. Furh's decisis to undertake such & Move was made co Aug- Wet 28, 1967, fh was immediately he ~ . >» vies implemented at the expense of berote sacrifices which cost the Movement the loss, withts tiree months, of 46 of tts best mee, in- cloding 26 officers, Those were an elite croup becasse they were trained and raised guring pertods of oppression and severe bard- abies The alm was to belld @ the eptrit of passive resistance among the masses to prevent the merger Of the peopte’s Life with the state Of Zionist cecepation. Passive re- sistance and Bon-coupe ration with the enemy crew and the enemy's curricula and projects were re- jected. Passive resistance deve oped into popular strikes and Cemeasirations. The masses re- cuperated confidence in .them- wolves and tn Geir abddity to strive for the Liberation of their land. Moreover, passive resistance es- calated to Lactede all popular sec- MENT AND V OF CREATING MILITARY ERATION, Ouerilla war cannot achieve li>- eration bet it is the Cornerstone butiding & popelar Iteration army. For this reasce, Path de- cided to establish a secure base in Ge Aghwar (Jordam Valley). Par*h's three-moath experiese te late 1967 bad proved that « secure tase carmot te estaditaded on the West Bank. In fact, a se- cure base implies that the revo- betionaries can work G& It ogealy and without interruption, it impiies that it shoeid te located amidst the masses bet in contact with the enemy so that is members can bears warfare by acteally prac- tieing it. Tt also implies Gat 1 can be defended, Path realized that o¢cepted Palestine constiteted the actual battlefield rather than the secure base The Cifficuities eeccestered ia setting wp the secure base in the Agiwar were (tremendous and were o@ the verge of leading to a con- frostation between the Palestinian Revolution forces and the author- fies in Jorgan The solution to the crisis was afforded by the enemy Rimeelf in Bis attack of al~ Karameh on Thursday, March 3, 1968. About 4% com mandos (nearly 409 from Pat"h and about 50 from the PLO’s Liberation Army) were joteed six hours afler the start of the battle by Jordanian troegs w repel Ge enemy's cnslacgtt on al-Kamramet town The Palestinian evolution’ s de- cision to stay pul at a)-Karamed ecabled the Pabestinias Hevoluthon to set-up the safe buse it was after in the Aghwar, The tase was needed to build & popular army without Selay. While people were tasy cete- Drating the victory ofal-Karameh, Fateh wasponderingover the new problems confronting the revote- tee In two weeks, the ranks of freedom figh free from slighly more than 109 to several thowsaads most of whom had kaki uniforms tet lacked political awareness, military tratetag, arms, medical supplies ete After alKaramed, the revohaioe embarked on the phase of founding the sucleus of the Palestinian pop- ular army Theasends of men for training abroad, This emsive training of com- Mancos limited operations te oc cugted Palestine throughoet the frustrating 1968 yer. By early were seat 1969, however, the Palestinian |fp- eration struggie took new dimen- siees when it moved from the limited confrontation (or Mt and Tua phase) to that of motile war (or Mt ané held) such as fs the battles of immad, the spe town which was belt for several hours os y 2, 190), Qu'Ra’s, Grees Delt and Nahal-Colas Neverthetess, the most itpor- tant accomplishmetts of the forces Of the Palestinian itevoluthon have been Like breaches they succeeded, to the eoomy’s astonishment, in making through e1lremely compiles proved the ability of the revete- thom to break and leap teto on~ cupted territory, Tiis te ehat paved the way for he major op- DEMOC * the revolutionary march. Ths ts @ positive factor which escalated resistance from within and dis- persed ané harassed enemy forces, ‘This has hed & creat effect on all aspects of the enemy's Bormal dally itfe im the cecupted home- dasa We Go mot say that the Pales- tintan Hevovutlon’ s tasks abeadare simple and easy, Wrestling vith Reo-colomfallem apd world imper- taliam and their Zhoalst offshoot requires the costinged motdli- zatloe, training equipmeat of the of the Palestinian masses both within and withowt the cocupied Remelamd aad the dewhoment ofa popular Liberation a! ik re- quires the folling of attempts by Coumter-revolstionartes co belittle, discredit and liquidate the revo- lution, it necessitates the moOMl- Baton and comaitment of the Arad im * to the revolution and its basic creed im that ational lib- eration, restoration of nationhood to the people and decolonization ts that armed struggie is THE ONLY means for iteration ané reters it preordains the anificatke of all battling Palestioian revo- jutioea ry forces tz a national frost shelving all abatract amd impctent dispates over iGectogical contents aad theorectical principles, reit- erating «the fact that the Palee- (tintans” struegie today is a national literation rather than « class struggle and putting an «né tocen- fusice and overtids which escour- age the Arab regimes to exerciee power politics ce the Palestinian scene, particularly through the create of puppet organizations More important still ts the tremendous task incumbent on the Palestinian Revobetion tn winning Jews all over the world and par- Geelarly ts the occupied homeland to the ultimate objective of its iberation struggie--aamety; the establishment of a UNITARY, RATIC AND NONSEC- Palestine State ta which ON AFRICAN UNITY Subash Shah from Tanzania in our struggle against coloatel- iam, the concept of African Unity emerges. Looking Deck at the eix- thes, we can see that Africa is divided on the Rusts of religion, tritelianm, and race, aad we sow find that we are not any choeer to the goal of achbeving African Vesty, Auallte the comcept of Afrt- can Unity, the people of Africa mest participate in this great task, The leadership in moat African cowtries, bowever, lies in the hats of the national boergect se, ithe bourgeoisie eleewhere, they © hang up om the lasve of their immediate respective eccoomic taterests, The interests of the bowrgrotele of Africa are so nar. row that it is imgossitde under thelr leader ship to build strong and prodective African fathoms As Franz Fanos, cae of the Third Work?s greatest revolutionries put it: “this merciless fight es. Caged epoe by races and trites and this accressive aaxiety to oc. cupy the posts left vacam by be Gepartere of the foreigner wil! equally cive rise to religtows rity. siries, Im the cowstry districts and the bush, misor confraternities, local religions, and maraboutic cults will show & new vitality and will once more take ep their big towns, on the level of the admin. betrative Classes, we will observe the coming to eriga of the two ereat revealed religions, islam and Catholletem in other words, the sickness of Lvrope perpetuated by racism and cultural chaevialem ts also per- peteated by the bourgecisies of various African countries, The African bourgeoisie is besy get- ting the presently limited re- sources of Africa This ts why the ery for African UVeity from African tourgeotsies and thelr counterparts te turoe and amertKkKa is phony. As Fance said in very ef i terms," African Unity can caly be achleved through ee upward threst of the peuple, and wader the leadership of the People, that is to say, IN Dien FIANCE OF THE INTE RESTS OF THE DOURGEOSSIE
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The Mack Panther Party com- sists of workers, tet we call cor- selves the peoples’ servants. We come to realize the seriousness ct the sMuation based oe the Mister) eal expertecces of Marck p translate via Marzicm-Lenintom, es revolutionary nationalists, We View our strugeie as a link ts chain of world wide revobets take the attinede that the re is first and that there is no other chotce; the aiteaticn is repulsive and necessitates stregeie. Niggers joln the party for many reasces. We have learned to judge pectle through their C practice is the «© comredes pay” le, but I have some personal bustnras to take care ct’ which means that party business aad the peo ts relegated to a subordinate Trades can’ ( distinguish between 6e- Gication and Mberalism....we say > AYE that political work aad personal JAMES NEAL or don’t miss, and whee in- We see cur strucrie as being one dividuals say that their personal WHERE IS EARL ~ ANTHONY SAAR EERE REET EEE EEE EEE TESTE ESET EEE TEETH TEER ES CONT FROM PAGE 4 THE ONLY GOOD PIG A DEAD PIG TITIES OF AMERIKKKA, MUST expwesees expliciel RSE UP AS ONE MAN, TO HALT demands of the peop © complied THE PROGRESSION OF ATREND, THAT INEVITASLY LEADS TO THEIR DESTRUCTION,” Hety PF, Newtos, Minister of De tweed in October 67, fense, Hlack Panther Party We say right om te the people, The tes pou platofrm amd pro- for rey Grom of the Bleck Panther Party, cp are tery! The fire a the path of ul- ts CONT FROM PAGE 8 DEATH D/B/A LANDLO whe d otf Landicr dead ¢ landlord to repair the teller and some heat into the baliding Hots Px eiti-Gervice, a large anti-poverty program, called & press conference, called Nisce, Rockefeller, amd Lindsay about the tamily was e child's death, Hunts P hsows Itants ote macceeded ts relo- of S00 tutidiags in the area which cating some families into a Bronx were without beat. hotel, with bills to te sent to the Preas and tetevislon crews vist- part Five days ted 430 during the weekend, inter- nel e rd thers slace viewed tenants, al¢ fiimed viola- pay me tons, Only coe paper, the tenants returerd to 40) only to ‘Spantsd-lanquace dally El Diario, find that their possesstoe left carried the story and priated art- unguarded, had tees st len eles Gally as the tenants picketed tight =«tecants «were = ctr the betiding and tod 6 of their com antes notice $ had to af Platats and attempts to cet repairs pe ar te Lasdioré & ant Court to one tenant, (he oe Janeary 21, The courtroom was According for Bational [iteration which males tusiness is more important hap Ube RENEGERS on we Dene perscas bers because of i views and averst ‘renegers’” wer Goe’t get togethe | “oe wmalded t ws ofthe tm pertallete. ts primary and we te. leve whole heartedty in ntil victory” prey omeeb collectivett tevelution tore ro SERVE tant Oakland reoegers” are guilty of that the orm thees The fol are po longer . THOSE Black Pasther P ere ain't ALL POWER PULLADELPH BLACK RD freezing cold i “ ing the Panther Party {odd videa Natt to She<ijiine revolu- Prete by Leroy Lote an td be cae other apertmes aca THK BLACK PANTHER, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 16 COMMUNITY CONTROL OF POLICE: Attention: Berkeley Residents The petition for community control of police has enjoyed a particularly enthu- giastic reception in Berkeley, Despite the fact of a tiny group of dedicated peti- tloners, we have amassed an impres- sive percentage of the signatures needed to put this City Charter Amendment on ATUMDAY, the ballot for the peoples’ vote, The peo- ple of Berkeley are waiting to sign! We need you to takethe petition to them! Four days, March (February 28, March 1, and March 8) have been desig- nated as CONTROL YOU LOCAL POLICE DAYS, On those days, there will be 100 anti-police-state Berkeleyans knocking on doors, rapping with the people, bringing the message of community control to the people in their homes, We need you to do this! If you want to make history with another Berkeley first, if you want to pave the way toward community control for the entire country, this is the wa These are the days, We ask only one--That’s right! Only one (l)day of your time, Sign up for one of the CONTROL YOUR LOCAL POLICE DAYS at Huey’s Birth- day rally on Sunday, February 15, 7 p.m., atthe Community Theatre--or call NCCF, Berkeley: 843-4363, A REVOLUTIONARY BLACK CULTURE of tetel revolution, wheres we question all thin “i crowing cat oll the old ways that are setther Stece Bleck waght to thas ve had te pick of White a- the various segmencs functional for the people's needs ec IKK Ka and pull from histor or truly creative, We mustdevel~- as AfricanherMage inordertode- op a revohutionary culrere that al- velop « culture, Dot what we have jows people to Gees and talk and come up with is about asphonysed eat and sheep the way that pleases shallow as White amerikKKan o- them, This culture should be one clety Reell, We grownup with of freedom, of realizing that one be craditional doll value mode does what be of she pleases, pro- of Lvieg. Our scas daughon vided thar the freedeen of others are Still being brought up with De im not impeded, Our revolutionary Siceloes, puritanical, and victe cukure should be one that contains rian concepts about sex and las- sone of the irrevelant conceptual- guage. For the most pa Se- ithes, sech as*‘ohecene”’ or "pro. called Soul-muskc groupe are still faze," od that is dee Mack poopie’s manufacturing a 90 vokd of relevance t condition i this country and are still bung mn the false values of flashy cars, Doy-girl kissy-kissy, How ridiculous it would be fer the govercment to be overthrown today, Thes, tomorrow one of the ple gets beat wp by his neigh- for sittiog on ber front porch bor and money. ede Bleck people sust take the exam plesed cur Eldridges and Bobbys, ant Hueys, who have dealt inre- Devid L. Rice v ary politics. We must take Deputy Mis, Of infermarion theseexamplesaaddevelop 4 spirit, UPAP--Cmahs CONT FROM PAGE 9 Health Care-Pig Style ternands . opeab win ies gieto prosection-if they up to change conditions they are tm nediately d without « bearing. Professioaals never bot ree - ect. They too, are colonized, “@*™ Serve cur needs, we muse pee. hens ia bh cksere, MO nized and pet forth ty recognisable, workers at SECH 7% 8 Programs, The Black Paa- : : themselves togethe ther Party, from Ks very begin- into « strong f force. t ning, & wing cs bow we peir aeuty-formed Worker can rT own needs det enpe hiner, they bave i aod sect them ry wen two tmportaat vict with the Greakfast rete fa k phar. Program, and sow with Liberation . * was fired recta] Schools and the Pree Health Clin- £ and stepping the reac- ingieg op all over then “heal-in that the dex the Black Panther cs ts the mah had scheduled Party bas been providing jead~ ‘ x on the Work ership in this ares. Our people er Commitnee will 5 are Gying from medical miscare-- forward a ora for all bee- © wt all work t© make Peo. pital workers and begin the strug- Pies” Heakh Clinics & realiry,
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THE BLACK PANTHER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, BIRTHDAY BENEFIT FOR HUE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 3106 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, California 94705 Dear Friend: February 17th is the birthday of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense and founder of the Black Panther Party. The weekend of February 14th and 15th, will be dedi- cated to the celebration of his birthday. Benefits will be held in his honorin Berkeley, California, on the 15th, and in Los Angeles. California on the 14, This will be part of a nationwide celebration to honor Huey for his great political work, and his undying love and service to the people. Huey Newton is incarcerated at Cali- fornia Men's Colony near San Luis Obispo. The occasion will not be a joyous one, because the brother is not physically free to join us. This is atime of‘*Revolutionary Crisis’’ and the national and international mobilization of oppressed people is what is needed to free Huey, and to Free ail Political Prisoners. At this birthday cele- bration, emphasis will be on the pro- posed Prisoner of War exchange for American Gi's in Viet Nam for Bobby Seale, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, and Huey P, Newton. in the name of world peace, we be- lieve your support and participation will heighten your solidarity with oppressed people in general, and the Black Panther Party in particular, We are asking for contributions to -help make this benefit @ success, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS SEIZE THE TIME 1 enclose $2.00 advance donation for a ticket to Hwey Newton Birthday Benefit. __Berk, ed I enclose for the benefit expenses. I enclose for the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund, HUEY P. NEWTON BIRTHDAY BENEFIT NEW YORK CITY ROCKLAND PALACE 155 & STH AVENUE 12:00 P.M. FEB. 14, 1970 NEW HAVEN CONN, in Denver, Chicago, LEIGH HIGHSCHOOL — and 8:00 P.M. - FEB. 13TH ii rem Oregon. vs imes & places to SEATTLE CLUB ELEGANT be announced. PIKE & I2THSTREET FEB. 17TH 9 A.M. UNTIL CHURCH OF THE ADVOCATE PHIL. ISTH& DIAMOND 2:00 P.M. TO 8: P.M. FEB. 15, 1970 1970 PAGE 16 ) COME SEE ABOUT HUEY Other Rallies to be held Indianapolis, Kansas City HE SET FREE! HUEY MUST FEBRUARY 11 10:00 AM cx, All people! All Chapters and jj rece: Branches of The Black Panther |} eect Party! Garry will argue Huey’s HUEY MUST BE SET FREE! appeal February 1, 1970. ~ Show support by holding nation-wide demonstrations in front of the State Building. FREE HUEY! STATE BUILDING Mc ALLISTER & LARKIN SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY CHARLES GARRY WILL ARGUE FOR HUEY'S APPEAL ON FEBRUARY 11. THERE WILL BE HATION ~ WIDE DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF HUEY P. NEWTON. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY DEMONSTRATING IN FRONT OF THE STATE. \ BUILDING IN SAN FRANCISCO. — (ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FEDERAL BUILDING) FREE HUEY! ; TRE WILL BE BUSSES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSPONTATION 10 THE DONCASTRATION “om BUSES WILL LEAVE ROH ALL eum AND 4: 30M Al 7 00am Sau ee Pas COLLEGE 19TH, & HOLLOWAY BERCELEY — AL & eta WEST OAKLAND ~ 14TH. & MARKET PROVO PARK ‘aROve © ALLSTON WAY = OAKLAND ~ 73RD. & EAST 14TH. ST. BLACK PANTHER PARTY LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT FRIDAY » FEBRUARY 6, 1970 - 8:00 P.M. BERKELEY COMMUNITY THEATER GROVE & ALLSTON WAY PRESENTING TICKETS OW SALE AT: * SANTANA * FOURTH WAY oa * SOUTHERN COMFORT = Sse" * ELAINE BROWN crc SINGING THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY NATIONAL ANTHEM FILMS. be vies tan pao avt Osean Ca © BOBBY FROM PRISON . oe @ MAY DAY SLIDES DONATION: px $3.00 Orr ay Onamce on 0 8 PeCOReS ye) LACMAMSENPO BT ee ca “re CVAN D RECORO tae ve ene er © ON THE B.P.P SPONSORED BY-STUDENT ACTION MOVEMENT
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SEIZE THE TIME ELAINE BROWN fe a& socketios, the way of Hite of the breple, their culture, meres, cestoms, ete. evelve trom the economic Banis of hat society. The United States is a capes’ t society. the tyiter of capitadam being One of cupletation of mas iy Mae, WTR by-pregects tock at rectum, febgiowt chaewinsm senga! CRawvinie® aad wreeters! Gviees among the people. te otter words, its a Gog eat dog society But Ws net 2 Cog-ent-dog world Mes are net lenstely Treedy, ser are they innately wnceeperstive with each other, Therefore, ty oer goat, It ht the peal of the Black Paether Party aod most be the pou! of af men, te create congitions ln wreck mes Cam start being heman can begin te cooperate with exe be live with each other, ie oct, in peace Mee cannot G2 this without an arena in which ts G0 te ie a words, in a0 explerts Ove eyvtem mee are forced ts Crplet. be ae wehond cyrtem, men are feeced b be wrhind le 2 world of tshamority, mer wil be inhemas fe 3 Secety that & warmengering, we wor, There are he sepects o the way of Me of 2 people whe are part of 2 capitalist system Aad stngs are 2 part of the coltere of veciety Art, in peeeral, is that. Senge, Whe all art fooms, are am cupeessive of the ieelings and theaghts the desires and hopes, and n0 forth Of 8 people. They are ne more than That. A song cannet change 2 titaation, because 33¢0¢ does net live aed breatre People de. And ve the seocs bs this albem are a strtemest ~ by. Of, and for the people. Ail the people A state meet te tay thot we, the masces of people have had + came ren 08 ot 4 [ame thot made ws think that it was wecessary fer oer cervivel te grab from each other fe (ake what we woeted at individuals from ‘S87 ether lndivideais or greeps, or te exploit each ether Aad v0. the itatement is thet seme ef es have Saderstond that It is sbssletely essential ter eur survival te de jest the oppesite Aad Dat, is fect, we SEIZE THE TIME REVOLUTIONARY ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE have afways bad the power ts ¢¢ it The power te determine ver destinie alow them te be determined by the few men whe now determine them and shwvyt bad this power. But thot we sever recognized that, for we Sraatat Cape), ae treahats of the rutieg class And tis means af of wh Black, Mexican White Oriental, Gypsy. 28 whe are members «: the working class, of the noe-working class (that ia, Gent have jobs), af whe are oppretved Tht means aff of os have this power Bet the power snly belongs te af of ws, oot jest seme or Det a And thet war the trick. That wes the thing we sever enderrioed these toogs make i : Clawe Beowe Oepety Minister of ietermates Southere Califernea Chapter Black Paether Party DIG By Eldridge Cleaver Scr a From “Revolution and Education’ process of breaking out of slavery ng } , the process of breaking out of a set of so- ctal arrangements, 2 social organization that és killing us, this process is named revolution;...revolution is a glorious term, it’s a term to be proud of, and we should know that we are m rally right, w 1% right in every sense of the ferm, that the pressor is the one who is x rong; ¢ that the oppressor has no vights, which the op ,o" und fo respect pressed are he $3.50 Pe aisum ELLRILGE CLEAVER \ ISTER OF INFORMATION INTHER | ARTY Ll B.PLP.) MIN OF INFORMATION BOX 2967, LH CUSTOMHOUSE OSEIZE THE TIME 3s § CA, 94126 Please send meg Enclosed is my check Money Order____ Amount plus postage zs PLEASE SEND ALBUM 10 Address
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, THE BLACK PANTHE RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Peery member of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY througiboet the cowntey of raced Americs mud abide by these notes an femetional mem. bers of the party. CENTRAL COMMITTEE ecoters, CENTRAL STAPPS, and LOCAL STAPPS, inctoding off captain sebordinete to lther matheowal, state, end bocel keaderbip of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY wl enforce these rules. Length of senpemiee of other dre <iptinary action mercenary for viekstion of thew relies 4 érprad on nathonal dechiom by muthonal, state or Mate acca, aed bead comemetions wed stalls whore said rwke of rebes of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY WERE VIOLATED. Peery member of the perty seat keer these verhatem by beet and apps them dally. Bach memincr mun! report any viekstion ef threw rules to thelr headorhip of they are Counternevebetionary aed ane a! subjected te senpemies by the BLACK PANTHER PARTY THE RULES ARE 1, No party seember com have narcotic. of weed in bh peseuion while doing party werk. 2. Amy purty member foued shouting marceticn will be expelied from this party. J. Ne party meminer can be DIKUNK while doing dads party work 40 No party member 6 ill shodate pubes relating te office work. pemeral werctings of the BLACK PANTHER FAKIY, sed meetings of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY ANYWHERE S. Ne party meter @i8 OSE. POINT, of FIRE @ wcapee of any heed wnererwsrily or accktemtally at amy ome © Ne party sermber com jeden amy other army force other thaw the BLACK LIBERATION ARMY. 7. No posts member com have 2 ecages in bin posession while DRUNK o¢ beaded off marcotics of weed B. No part) memier «il comet any crimes against offer party member ot BLACK people at all, and conmet veal or take from the people. met chem a needle of » pice of thread 4. Whee aremted BLACK PANTHER MEMBPKS will cive omty name. addres, and will sign pothing. Legal fort ant mend be undcrstonnt by all Party cocemiers 10. The Tem Petet Program aed pletion of the BLACK PANTHER PARTY arnt be knewe and umdertoud by cach Party sarmber, 41, Parts Communications maint be National and Leal 12, The 1-1G 10 program shewld he Keown Bey all memebers aad ahve ene howd by all me mbes. 1S. AM Finwnce Minitry of binaawe 14. bach pe Micers sil operate under the jorhabiction of the 18 sehen a report of dally work 1 Dark Seb-Neetion Leader Seethan foude Coptoin must sebinet Dolly neperts Liewtewant. ond ot work 16, Mil Panthers mut hearn te operate and scrboe weape Conteathy 17, All Leadership perwnmel etre expel a emember mut sulbermit tbs tater mation te the bditor of the Newspaper, we that if sill be pabdinterdt ee lve pranprcr seam Vl Boe Berner Bey all « Raapetirrs aimed er ane tees 1. Pelttival Pdteration Chimes ure mumdaters fer prmrral mc minr chip 19. Only offnw perenne! aigerd te should tee cere. AM ethers ane tee sell papers gent de Political mark emt let ther comments. hex headline Captanmn. Neetio Ecader: ete 20, COMME NIOA TIONS = ll chapters mont suhenlt weekly fee Peoets bee retin te her Nadie «ue = cach day Ueadaquar ters 21. AM Beanches sent dnphemecet bint Aid smtler Mierdical (adecs AM Chapter. Hesnches, and compemrnn of the ALACK PAN CRED NSE res coterie oe connie Pinmriad Repeet bo thee Meek fry cof Dimamee, amet aber the Comtral (emernit 25, Peerseme it a headerstip pernstions east read mee fess thus fee Revers gre clay te Kacey diteneant eof thee chaning peditincw! situation 24, Ne chapter of branch shall accept grants, poverty fumes, ener oe ay eters ahd Frome ant getermmcet acrnes willed cumtac tions the National | headquarters. TS. AM chopters Huet fibers to the polics and # atc vetore ys Land om te the CP NERAL COMMITTED of the BEACH ANSTO reer Dh NM Pica te mh seabed meekly repeerts im wrvting tee thie re spec tite Chapters EDETOMIAL STAFF oF THE BLACK PANTHER — eo Pal tn en! Praaner Mm ter of Oetenee wut)? NEwro" Petrcel Prieemer Charmer Pony Stat tare Man ater of indermahen (omer CULAWER anoying bere Cope y Me mster of inter mitten eo MAN Devnet qrmmry Art ot end layer Moment of Catron iMOeT DOUGLAS Producten Menage soem Ae Cofteern ete on Mhenepes ANDADW AUSTIN Cove het em saw here CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY Pek ncel Premera Mn ates of Behera OY NEWTON Pol tcl Pavamae Che men soeny stain 1 ab amar om HOM OCECUATTR Cheet of Seal DAV D LUARD Piekd Marnell CON COK Memento: of Btn omen AT MASAr HEWITT Mim ster of fmmmee Mamenes of Perey Meare Mme A tae Pevme Momahes Cnn tees ben eaTwulin CLAVER Memes oh Cite 1OET DOUGLAS The editorial and production cost of THE BLACK PANTHER Mews. paper have increased consiGerably. We would like te continue — increasing weebly circulation 2e¢ our national and interna tonal pews Coverage. Te do this we need your aid. Please send 65 Bews ems, general information, anc contributions. 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THE OLACK PANTIE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1970 PAGE 19 We want an ead te the robbers by the CAPITALIST of our Mack October 1966 Black Panther Party ; aa: Platform and Program ‘we raul 1100 years ago as ret ye What We Want #2s2::Su2ihsn cen Mat We Believe .\ ic cun aed 5. We want edecation for our people that exposes the (ruc mature of this decadent American society, We want education that teaches us our true histery and our role in the present-day society We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a know! edge of self, If a man does not have Knowledge of himself and his position n society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything wl 6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service We belleve that Black people should not be forced to fight in the mill tary service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like black people, are being viclimued by the white racist government of Ameria We will ¢ ves from the force and violence of the racist police and the military, by whatever means necessary tect ow 7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people lity in our black community by or- ganizing black self-defense groe 1 to defending our black community from racist police oppression a rutality. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives a righ to bear rms. We therefore believe that all black people should arm themselves for seifaicfonse We believe we can end police bru that are dedicat & We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county and elty prisons and jails. We believe that all otack people should be released from the many r » ails and prisons because they have not received a fair and impartial trial } I 9. We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their black communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States ‘We believe that the courts should follow the United States Constitution so that black people will receive fair trials. The 4th Amendment of the § Constitution gives a man a right to be tried by his peer group. A peer is a person from a similar economic, sc ial. religious, geographical. et vironmental. historical and racial background. To do this the court will be forced to select a jury from the black community from which the black defendant came. We have been, and are being tried by all-white juries that have no understanding of the “average reasoning man” of the black community 10. We want land, bread, housing, education. clothing, justice and peace And as our major political objective, a United Nathonssupervised plebis cite to be held throwgheus the black colony in which only black colonial subjects will be allowed to participate. for the purpose of determining the will of black people as to their national destiay her 1 the course uman events, it becomes pecessary for ome + ah oe Trew people to dissolve the political bands which onnected them wil I REE HU KY ther. and to assume mig the powers of the carth, the separate amd 1 , and natury’s Ged entith them a Minister of Defense. Black Panther Party focent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare s of ha ‘ that all men are created equal 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our that th d miowed be their Creator with fain unalienable rights “Black Community 7 ' arm oe are life, libert i the plirsuit of happiness That. to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the convent ef the governed: thal, whenever any form of verament becomes destractive of these ends. it is the right of the people te alter or to ahelish ft. and te jastiiate a new government, laying bs We believe that black people will not be free unt we ore able to deter mine our destiny foundation am such principles. and organizing ity powers in such form, ay to them shall seem mast likely to effeet their safety and bappiness. I'm 2. We want fell employ ment for our people fat : weit ng established should me ' ‘ dingly. all experience We believe that the federa neTmem j ble and ¢ te pera t it ‘ il * the wt \ Hee ' 1 v F full eng : then the Het when @ long trate of abuses and userpations par means of product sould be tuk “ nhac bic Wario: Che sae obpeet. evieces a desige te cedace Uhem under ai the commerety so th « peaple of F snize aad « mete despotiam. itis Uhetr righ it is their dats. to thew eff such govern ploy all of its people f gave F ‘ | " vl fo peniic mea cuards for thelr feature sewurits
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