To Die for the People

by Newton, Huey

• ISBN13: 9780872865297
• ISBN10: 0872865290
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: City Lights Books

Summary

Long an iconic figure for radicals, Huey Newton is now being discovered by those interested in the history of America's social movements. This new release of a classic collection of his writings and speeches traces the development of Newton's personal and political thinking, as well as the radical changes that took place in the formative years of the Black Panther Party. More than just a historic record, Newton's prescience and foresight make these documents strikingly pertinent today.Huey Newton was the founder, leader, and chief theoretician of the Black Panther Party, and one of America's most dynamic and important revolutionary philosophers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxv
The Party	p. 1
The Ten-Point Program	p. 3
Executive Mandate No. 1: May 2, 1967	p. 7
Executive Mandate No. 2: June 29, 1967	p. 9
The Correct Handling of a Revolution: July 20, 1967	p. 14
Speech Delivered at Boston College: November 18, 1970	p. 20
Resolutions and Declarations: December 5, 1970	p. 39
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	p. 44
Statement: May 1, 1971	p. 54
On the Relevance of the Church: May 19, 1971	p. 60
The People	p. 75
Black America
Fear and Doubt: May 15, 1967	p. 77
From "In Defense of Self-Defense" I: June 20, 1967	p. 80
From "In Defense of Self-Defense" II: July 3, 1967	p. 85
To the Black Movement: May 15, 1968	p. 90
To the Republic of New Africa: September 13, 1969	p. 94
Black Capitalism Re-analyzed I: June 5, 1971	p. 99
Black Capitalism Re-analyzed II: August 9, 1971	p. 109
He Won't Bleed Me: A Revolutionary Analysis of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: June 19, 1971	p. 112
White America
On the Peace Movement: August 15, 1969	p. 149
The Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements: August 15, 1970	p. 153
To the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention: September5, 1970	p. 157
Reply to William Patterson: September 19, 1970	p. 164
The Third World
To the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam: August 29, 1970	p. 180
Letter from Nguyen Thi Dinh: October 31, 1970	p. 184
Reply to Roy Wilkins re: Vietnam: September 26, 1970	p. 188
On the Middle East: September 5, 1970	p. 194
Repression Breeds Resistance: January 16, 1970	p. 200
Attica Statement: October 16, 1971	p. 208
Uniting Against the Common Enemy: October 23, 1971	p. 210
The Bound and the Dead	p. 219
Prisons: July 12, 1969	p. 221
Eulogy for Jonathan Jackson and William Christmas: August 15, 1970	p. 225
Lonnie McLucas and the New Haven 9: August 29, 1970	p. 227
On the Capture of Angela Davis: October 17, 1970	p. 232
Eulogy for Samuel Napier: May 1, 1971	p. 234
On the Dismissal of the Case Against Bobby and Ericka: May 29, 1971	p. 235
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