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Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black party and its chief theoretician, has long been a hero to radicals of every description. 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.
With a rare and persuasive honesty. To Die for the people records the party's internal struggles, rivalries and Contradictions, and the result is a fascinating look back at a young revolutionary group determined to find ways to deal with the injustice it saw in American society. And as a new foreword by Elaine Brown Makes eminently clear, Newton's prescience and foresight make these documents strikingly pertinent today.
Here is the compelling portrait of a young revolutionary determined to create a People's ethos to deal with injustice and cruelty. Newton has already taken his place in the history of this Country. His writings fix that place.
| Introduction | ||
| The Ten-Point Program | 3 | |
| Executive Mandate No. 1: May 2, 1967 | 7 | |
| Executive Mandate No. 2: June 29, 1967 | 9 | |
| Executive Mandate No. 3: March 1, 1968 | 11 | |
| The Correct Handling of a Revolution: July 20, 1967 | 14 | |
| Speech Delivered at Boston College: November 18, 1970 | 20 | |
| Resolutions and Declarations: December 5, 1970 | 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 | 44 | |
| Statement: May 1, 1971 | 54 | |
| On the Relevance of the Church: May 19, 1971 | 60 | |
| Fear and Doubt: May 15, 1967 | 79 | |
| From "In Defense of Self-Defense" I: June 20, 1967 | 82 | |
| From "In Defense of Self-Defense" II: July 3, 1967 | 87 | |
| To the Black Movement: May 15, 1968 | 92 | |
| To the Republic of New Africa: September 13, 1969 | 96 | |
| Black Capitalism Re-analyzed I: June 5, 1971 | 101 | |
| Black Capitalism Re-analyzed II: August 9, 1971 | 109 | |
| He Won't Bleed Me: A Revolutionary Analysis of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song June 19, 1971 | 112 | |
| On the Peace Movement: August 15, 1969 | 148 | |
| The Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements: August 15, 1970 | 152 | |
| To the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention: September 5, 1970 | 156 | |
| Reply to William Patterson: September 19, 1970 | 163 | |
| To the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam: August 29, 1970 | 178 | |
| Letter from Nguyen Thi Dinh: October 31, 1970 | 182 | |
| Reply to Roy Wilkins re: Vietnam: September 26, 1970 | 186 | |
| On the Middle East: September 5, 1970 | 191 | |
| Repression Breeds Resistance: January 16, 1970 | 197 | |
| Attica Statement: October 16, 1971 | 205 | |
| Uniting Against the Common Enemy: October 23, 1971 | 207 | |
| Prisons: July 12, 1969 | 217 | |
| Eulogy for Jonathan Jackson and William Christmas: August 15, 1970 | 221 | |
| Lonnie McLucas and the New Haven 9: August 29, 1970 | 223 | |
| On the Capture of Angela Davis: October 17, 1970 | 228 | |
| Eulogy for Samuel Napier: May 1, 1971 | 230 | |
| On the Dismissal of the Case Against Bobby and Ericka: May 29, 1971 | 231 |
Overview
Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black party and its chief theoretician, has long been a hero to radicals of every description. 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.
With a rare and persuasive honesty. To Die for the people records the party's internal struggles, rivalries and ...