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8 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Radical histories must be protected. You can't talk about the Panther's breakfast program as just mutual aid. They called it survival programs for survival pending revolution. The goal of all their programs was to be amongst the people and build towards the overthrow of the US.
If they were just feeding people for free, they'd be a food pantry.

All of their programs were intentionally designed to show Black people what socialism looked like. Huey P. even said Black people weren't a reading population, so you have to demonstrate what socialism is.
Read the Huey P. Newton Reader. Don't idolize the man.

Read the theory and self-critique of the organizational praxis. He states that he and other Panthers knew that every day could be their last day. They knew what their objective was and how their enemy (US) would respond.
1. The Black Panther Party
Service to the People Programs:
drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz011I…

2. The Huey P. Newton Reader:
https://t.co/obCeT5gRbS

3. War Against The Panthers:
A Study Of Repression In America
HUEY P. NEWTON's Doctoral Dissertation
drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz011I…
From Huey P's Doctoral Dissertation: Image
Thanks!
Sorry...click here: drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz011I…

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I took a 9-hour drive and listened to "The Huey P. Newton Reader" audiobook for the entire trip. It's special to listen to theory, and commentary, from people who've read, organized, and can point to praxis. A lot of what he said is relevant now.

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1. Prior to creating the Black Panther Party, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale went through a period of "deep exploration". They wanted to seek out a Black organization who would adopt their self-defense and police patrol program. They were rejected and called "suicidal".
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