Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and their Legacy (New Political Science Reader)

Contents 6 Introduction by George Katsiaficas 8 PART ONE: REVISITING THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE 16 1. Repression Breeds Resistance: The Black Liberation Army and the Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party by Akinyele Omowale Umoja 18 2. Global Solidarity: The Black Panther Party in the International Arena by Michael L. Clemons and Charles E. Jones 35 3. A Life in the Party: An Historical and Retrospective Examination of the Projections and Legacies of the Black Panther Party by Mumia Abu-Jamal 55 4. Mobilizing for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Paris by Kathleen Neal Cleaver 66 PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM 84 5. Every Nation Struggling to Be Free Has a Right to Struggle, a Duty to Struggle by Geronimo Ji Jaga 86 6. "To Disrupt, Discredit and Destroy": The FBI's Secret War against the Black Panther Party by Ward Churchill 93 7. The Split in the Party by Donald Cox 133 8. Women , Power, and Revolution by Kathleen Neal Cleaver 138 9. Black Fighting Formations: Their Strengths,Weaknesses, and Potentialities by Russell Shoats 143 PART THREE: ENVISIONING THE IMAGINATION OF THE MOVEMENT 154 10. Organization and Movement: The Case of the Black Panther Party and the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention of 1970 by George Katsiaficas 156 11. The Influences of the Black Panther Party (USA) on the Vanguard Party of the Bahamas, 1972-1987 John T. McCartney 171 12. Cuba, the Black Panther Party, and the U. S. Black Movement in the 1960s: Issues of Security by Ruth Reitan 179 13. "Revolutionary Art Is a Tool for Liberation": Emory Douglas and Protest Aesthetics at the Black Panther by Erika Doss 190 14. White Radicals , Black Panthers , and a Sense of Fulfillment by Stew Albert 203 PART FOUR: CONTINUING THE RESISTANCE 210 15. Shadow of a Clue by Errol Anthony Henderson 212 16. Rediscovering the Black Panther Party by Victor Wallis 223 17. Tracking Down the Empirical Legacy of the Black Panther Party; or, Notes on the Perils of Pursuing the Panthers by Claudia Dahlerus and Christian A. Davenport 227 18. Remembering King's Assassination by Kathleen Neal Cleaver 242 19. Lockdown at Angola: The Case of the Angola 3 by Scott Fleming 244 Notes 252 1. Repression Breeds Resistance: The Black Liberation Army and the Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party by Akinyele Omowale Umoja 252 2. Global Solidarity: The Black Panther Party in the International Arena by Michael L. Clemons and Charles E. Jones 256 3. A Life in the Party: An Historical and Retrospective Examination of the Projections and Legacies of the Black Panther Party by Mumia Abu-Jamal 261 4. Mobilizing for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Paris by Kathleen Neal Cleaver 262 6. "To Disrupt, Discredit and Destroy": The FBI's Secret War against the Black Panther Party by Ward Churchill 269 7. The Split in the Party by Donald Cox 287 9. Black Fighting Formations: Their Strengths,Weaknesses, and Potentialities by Russell Shoats 288 10. Organization and Movement: The Case of the Black Panther Party and the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention of 1970 by George Katsiaficas 288 11. The Influences of the Black Panther Party (USA) on the Vanguard Party of the Bahamas, 1972-1987 John T. McCartney 291 12. Cuba, the Black Panther Party, and the U. S. Black Movement in the 1960s: Issues of Security by Ruth Reitan 292 13. "Revolutionary Art Is a Tool for Liberation": Emory Douglas and Protest Aesthetics at the Black Panther by Erika Doss 293 15. Shadow of a Clue by Errol Anthony Henderson 295 16. Rediscovering the Black Panther Party by Victor Wallis 297 17. Tracking Down the Empirical Legacy of the Black Panther Party; or, Notes on the Perils of Pursuing the Panthers by Claudia Dahlerus and Christian A. Davenport 298 Appendices 300 October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program: What We Want, What We Believe 300 Rules of the Black Panther Party (Central Headquarters, Oakland, California) 301 The Rules: 302 Eight Points of Attention 303 Three Main Rules of Discipline 303 Why the Free Breakfast? 303 Revolutionary Peoples' Constitutional Convention September 1970, Philadelphia Workshop Reports 304 Self-Determination of Street People 305 Workshop on the Self Determination of Women 307 Family 307 Employment 307 Education 308 Services 308 Media 308 Self-Defense 308 Women in Our Own Right 308 Equal Participation in Govenment 309 Statement of Demands from the Male Representatives of National Gay Liberation 309 Workshop: The Family and the Rights of Children 310 Control and Use of the Legal System and Political Prisoners of War 310 Rights of Oppressed People and Political Prisoners 311 Control and Use of the Educational System 312 Students' Rights 312 Workshop: Control and Use of Military and Police 313 Proposals on the Military 313 Organization, Use of, and Control of the Police 314 Health 314 Revolutionary Art 315 About the Authors 316 Index 320

While the story of history may be most often defined through its winners, long forgotten, "defeated" movements and their ideals sometimes reemerge with renewed popularity, offering perhaps a better glimpse into society's future. So argues this unique collection, which gathers reflections by scholars and activists that reconsider the historical impact of the Black Panther Party (BPP)-the most significant revolutionary organization in the US in the later 20th century. Compared with more entrenched organizations like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) or the NAACP, the 14-year existence of the Black Panther Party seems brief indeed. Yet the BBP gave organizational expression to a tendency in the revolutionary movement that long predated it-the idea that the entire system is corrupt and needs to be reconstructed. Dozens of groups dedicated to revolutionary change appeared in the US in the 1960s, but only the BPP was able to develop a mass following and appeal to a broad constituency.
These articles offer a fresh and realistic recounting of the Party's tumultuous history and its reverberations through modern politics, including Chicano movements, international labor movements, and the campaign to free Mumia Abu Jumal. Counterbalancing hypercritical attacks and fawning glorifications, this anthology offers a more reasoned perspective and features previously silenced voices.

While the story of history may be most often defined through its winners, long forgotten, "defeated" movements and their ideals sometimes reemerge with renewed popularity, offering perhaps a better glimpse into society's future. This is the argument put forward by this collection of reflections from scholars and activists that reconsider the historical impact of the Black Panther Party (BPP)- often called the most significant revolutionary organization in the US in the later part of 20th-century "This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th century."--Google Books viewed June 18, 2021