Panthers

[RedAnarchist]

I watched a film on Channel Four last night about the Black Panther Party. What they didi may have involved murder, but in my opinion they were a major force for equality and civil rights in america.

What is everyone's opinion on the BPP of the 60's and 70's?

[j.guevara]

When you say "involved murder" what are you refferring to? Alot of the crimes they were convicted for were total bullshit.

[RedAnarchist]

not their crimes, the crimes of the police.

a lot of them were killed by corrupt cops.

[SittingBull47]

The Black Panther party was a militant movement to free the african american society of america from the chains of bourgoisse oppression. They were a united force, but gang wars between the West panthers and the East panthers erupted and there was civil unrest in the party. Huey Percy Newton was the leader of the western panthers (i believe) while the eastern panthers were led by another man. Their militarism against white oppressors was still strong despite the inter-party fighting. Huey P. Newton was killed by Oakland police, and this enraged the movement. After this, despite all their rage, they lost some momentum but still were a recognizable force.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24 2004, 11:27 AM
I watched a film on Channel Four last night about the Black Panther Party. What they didi may have involved murder, but in my opinion they were a major force for equality and civil rights in america.

What is everyone's opinion on the BPP of the 60's and 70's?
Yeah I watched that film, right after I watched Al Pacino getting shot in the face and survive... right.

panther I thought was a good film, it certainly showed the bruality the state used to put down the Panthers and displayed the police racism and corruption that certainly did exist.

[Hampton]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25 2004, 09:51 AM
The Black Panther party was a militant movement to free the african american society of america from the chains of bourgoisse oppression. They were a united force, but gang wars between the West panthers and the East panthers erupted and there was civil unrest in the party. Huey Percy Newton was the leader of the western panthers (i believe) while the eastern panthers were led by another man. Their militarism against white oppressors was still strong despite the inter-party fighting. Huey P. Newton was killed by Oakland police, and this enraged the movement. After this, despite all their rage, they lost some momentum but still were a recognizable force.
You've got it a little messed up here. Huey was the leader of the Panthers, both East and West. One could argue that at the end there were two groups of Panthers, but, for the most time they all took orders from what was called the Central Commitee located in Oakland. And Huey didn't get killed by the police, he shot a cop in self defense in 1967 and his trial and inpirsonment is what made the Party grow to such an epic size. Huey was killed by a drug dealer in 1989 over a dispute regarding drugs.

[Hate Is Art]

has anyone got any info on the panthers? they sound interested and I haven't heard much about them?

Was malcolm X a panther? or have i just become even more confused then usual.

[j.guevara]

Malcolm X wasnt a Panther but the Panthers were heavily influenced by him. You should check out War Against the Panthers by Huey Newton and another book called the panthers speak im sure other people on here no more books you could check out.

[Hampton]

Books on, about, or by the Panthers:

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
The Huey P Newton Reader by Huey P. Newton
Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist by Judson L. Jeffries
To Die for the People: The Writings of Huey P. Newton by Huey P. Newton
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale
A Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson
Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party by Kathleen Cleaver (Editor)
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson
Die Nigger Die! A Political Autobiography by Jamil Al-Amin
A Taste of Power : A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown
Assata: An Autobiography
The Black Panthers Speak by Philip S. Foner