Happy Birthday Huey P. Newton

[EndDomination]

He would be 77 today.
Co-founder of the Black Panther Party alongside Bobby Seale, revolutionary nationalist, academic, and activist.

Ideologically he made important strides beyond idealist Black nationalist rhetoric that had existed on the Left for decades, in part incorporating Maoist thought, alongside collective action for the African-American community as a whole. His untimely death at the hands of a Black Guerilla Family member over a supposed "drug-dispute" put out one of the remaining shining lights of Black revolutionary thought in the 20th century.

But his ideology and concise, brilliant criticism of Western capitalism and racism will remain and continues to be carried over.

One of his seminal works: Intercommunalism, is an important read, linked below.
Intercommunalism (1974) - Viewpoint Magazine

 

[AAKing23]

Paying respect

 

[ultraflexed]

I love Huey but he was extremely self-desteuctive and that's putting it nicely.

He had malcom X potential, that's saying alot

 

[Marc Spector]

I love Huey but he extremely self-desteuctive and that's putting it nicely.

He had malcom X potential, that's saying alot

Drop the info

 

[EndDomination]

I love Huey but he was extremely self-desteuctive and that's putting it nicely.

He had malcom X potential, that's saying alot

Toward the end of his life, or prior?
Considering he was watched, followed, and essentially under the thumb of a desperate US governmental regime that held no reservations about ending both him and the movement he was leading, I don't find that hard to believe. But aside from the supposed cocaine addiction he had near the end of his life, what else was there in terms of self-destruction?

 

[ultraflexed]

Toward the end of his life, or prior?
Considering he was watched, followed, and essentially under the thumb of a desperate US governmental regime that held no reservations about ending both him and the movement he was leading, I don't find that hard to believe. But aside from the supposed cocaine addiction he had near the end of his life, what else was there in terms of self-destruction?

He had a cocaine addiction during the PRIME of the movement. Bobby seals said he O'd and finally had it with huey and left the panthers.
The man had true greatness though

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Salute to the OG.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

One of my heroes

 

[ultraflexed]

Drop the info

 

[EndDomination]

This was bizarre to watch, because Bobby seems to be focused on small-scale personal relationships and is completely ignoring the surrounding conditions.
The US government was decimating every Left-leaning group around them, and had been doing so for well over two decades, they were dealing with structural issues and inter-group violence stemming from the allowance of basically anyone to join the organization, fighting a good 15-30 legal battles at anyone time, each member a target by local police and militia forces, cocaine being an already incredibly popular drug made easier due US governmental interference and escalation of the early drug war, and a whole host of other things.

 

[EndDomination]

He had a cocaine addiction during the PRIME of the movement. Bobby seals said he O'd and finally had it with huey and left the panthers.
The man had true greatness though

Yeah, that undermined quite a bit.
The initial inclusion of Eldridge Cleaver was a mistake as well. He was a brilliant writer and tactician, be he alienated and caused more destruction with the party than he ever brought success.

 

[...o3]

:wtfjayz::wtfjayz::wtfjayz:...i've never seen this disturbing video before. this little birdy was doing way too much chirping to that pink demon. no matter what your shortcomings are, don't tell them s**t.

 

[Dak Pickscott]

ase' brother

 

[get these nets]

Not sure what year this video was filmed.
I was waiting for somebody else to point it out, but I'll do it.

When he mentions Elaine's effect on Huey and ...then says..jokingly.unless both of them were agents.


Well Elaine Brown was accused as an agent.

The late Geronimo Pratt ,who served 27 years without bending(on false charges)...openly called her an agent. So did Kathleen Cleaver.

Link about Brown filing libel case against them both.

Former Black Panther to Appeal Dismissal in Libel Case | Law.com


Lot of accusations thrown around about who was informing. ....and who knows the truth, but in ths case, the ones making the accusations are rock solid freedom fighters.

 

[Wild self]

Not sure what year this video was filmed.
I was waiting for somebody else to point it out, but I'll do it.

When he mentions Elaine's effect on Huey and ...then says..jokingly.unless both of them were agents.


Well Elaine Brown was accused as an agent.

The late Geronimo Pratt ,who served 27 years without bending(on false charges)...openly called her an agent. So did Kathleen Cleaver.

Link about Brown filing libel case against them both.

Former Black Panther to Appeal Dismissal in Libel Case | Law.com


Lot of accusations thrown around about who was informing. ....and who knows the truth, but in ths case, the ones making the accusations are rock solid freedom fighters.

Interesting