Includes bibliographic references (pages 381-[383]).
Contents:
The last empire. Response of the government to the Black Panther Party : 1980. Freedom -- Bobby Seale -- The founding of the Black Panther Party -- Patrolling -- Sacramento and the "Panther bill" -- Crisis : October 28, 1967 -- Trial -- The greatest threat. Fear and doubt : May 15, 1967 -- From "In defense of self-defense" I : June 20, 1967 -- From "In defense of self-defense" II : July 3, 1967 -- The correct handling of a revolution : July 20, 1967 -- A functional definition of politics : January 17, 1969 -- On the peace movement : August 15, 1969 -- Prison, where is thy victory? : January 3, 1970 -- The women's liberation and gay liberation movement : August 15, 1970 -- Speech delivered at Boston College : November 18, 1970 -- The second wave: Intercommunalism : February 1971 -- On the defection of Eldridge Cleaver from the Black Panther Party and the defection of the Black Panther Party from the Black community : April 17, 1971 -- Statement : May 1, 1971 -- On the relevance of the church : May 19, 1971 -- Black capitalism re-analyzed I : June 5, 1971 -- Uniting against a common enemy : October 23, 1971 -- Fallen comrade : eulogy for George Jackson, 1971 -- On Pan-Africanism or communism : December 1, 1972 -- The technology question : 1972 -- A spokesman for the people : in conversation with William F. Buckley, February 11, 1971 -- Eldridge Cleaver : he is no James Baldwin, 1973 -- The last empire. Who makes US foreign policy? : 1974 -- The dialectics of nature : 1974 -- Eve, the mother of all living : 1974 -- Dialectics of nature: 1974 -- Eve, the mother of all living: 1974 -- The mind is flesh : 1974 -- Affirmative action in theory and practice : letters on the Bakke case, September 22, 1977 -- Response of the government to the Black Panther Party : 1980.
Summary:
"The first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder and revolutionary icon of the black liberation era, now in a new edition with a new introduction by former Black Panther Party chairman Elaine Brown. The Huey P. Newton Reader combines now-classic texts from Newton's books (Revolutionary Suicide, To Die for the People, In Search of Common Ground, and War Against the Panthers) ranging in topic from the formation of the Black Panthers, African Americans and armed self-defense, Eldridge Cleaver's controversial expulsion from the Party, FBI infiltration of civil rights groups, the Vietnam War, and the burgeoning feminist movement. Editors Hilliard and Weise also include never-before-published writings from the Black Panther Party archives and Newton's private collection, including articles on President Nixon, prison martyr George Jackson, Pan-Africanism, affirmative action, and the author's only written account of his political exile in Cuba in the mid-1970s. Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Geronimo Pratt all came to international prominence through Newton's groundbreaking political activism. Additionally, Newton served as the Party's chief intellectual engine, conversing with world leaders such as Yasser Arafat, Chinese premier Chou Enlai, and Mozambique president Samora Moises Machel among others. Beginning with his founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966, HUEY P. NEWTON (1941-89) set the political stage for events that would quickly place him and the Panthers at the forefront of the African American liberation movement for the next twenty years"-- Provided by publisher.
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