Monthly Archives: February 2017
Letter From an American Terrorist (1970)
IBM, Mobil and GTE are enemies of all life. In 1969 IBM made $250 million, Mobile $150 million and GTE $140 million for US defense contracts – profits made from the suffering and deaths of human beings. All three profit not only from death in Vietnam, but also from Amerikan imperialism in all of the […] Continue reading
Interview with Huey P. Newton (1968)
THE MOVEMENT: The question of nationalism is a vital one in the black movement today. Some have made a distinction between cultural nationalism and revolutionary nationalism. Would you comment on the differences and give us your views? HUEY P. NEWTON: There are two kinds of nationalism, revolutionary nationalism and reactionary nationalism. Revolutionary nationalism is first […] Continue reading
The Black Panther Programs (1969)
BREAKFAST PROGRAM: Every Panther chapter has set up free breakfast programs for young children. They are presently feeding somewhere over 5,000 children per week. The food is pressured out of businessmen raking the profits from the ghettoes and from contributions to the Party from residents and friends. FREE MEDICAL CLINICS: Clinics are being set up […] Continue reading
To My Black Brothers In Vietnam (1970)
To My Black Brothers In Vietnam By Eldridge Cleaver Minister of Information Black Panther Party I’m writing this on January 4, 1970. We are starting out a new year. On August 31, I’ll be 35 years old. I’m married, and I have one child with another one on the way. I am in love with […] Continue reading
David Dellinger
Born into a wealthy Republican family, his father a respected Boston attorney, Dave Dellinger graduated from Yale and then did time for refusing to register for the draft in World War II. He has been arrested numerous times for pacifist demonstrations since then. Dellinger was a leading figure in the movement against the war in […] Continue reading
Liberation Magazine (1956-1977)
The monthly magazine Liberation was founded, published, and edited by David Dellinger from 1956-1975 out of New York. In the 1970s it became increasingly collectivized, and by 1977 was edited by Jan Edwards and Michael Nill out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Once Dellinger was gone, it went the way of most left publications of that era […] Continue reading
War, the Draft and Population Control
(Note: this is from 1999) I recently heard that they are sending ground troops to kosovo. i was told that they are most likely going to start a draft. i am 19 years old and am worried about being drafted. i think it is terrible what is happening over there but feel that killing is […] Continue reading
Communism vs Religion and Culture
my dear friend is a Communist. a ‘marxist idealist’ she calls herself. we often have debates going on the matter; she was telling me that one of the policies of the Communist system is to discourage and get rid of all cultural and religious differences. this is done with the intent that it will create […] Continue reading
Did Hendrix Use LSD?
What up my Old Hippy!!! Well, I’m totally into Jimi Hendrix, you don’t even want to get me started there, I know everything about him. I own and read over 27 biographies on him, collect anything imaginable. Now I am also a huge fan of lysergic acid diethylamide, I also know a lot and I […] Continue reading
Just What Are They Teaching About the Vietnam War?
Old Hippy- Hi. This letter is not concerning drugs, flower power, or whatnot; I had a very important question about Vietnam. Back in the sixties, when many of our American citizens where fighting for freedom, people at home were getting loaded shouting, Make love not war. Well, it was easier said than done. Did anyone […] Continue reading