That these are enterprises of “Black capitalism,” Newton does not deny. Here he announces that the party is ready to open, in San Francisco, a shoe factory and one to make clothing and golf bags-the first of many factories to be operated by the Black Panthers in ghettos across the nation. That the uneasiness created by this article is well-founded is confirmed by Newton’s subsequent writings and speeches, and particularly by his May 29 article in the Black Panther.
However, in this article as a whole, Newton, instead of providing answers, creates still more questions and doubts as to the past, present and future course of the Black Panther Party. In saying this, Newton appears at first glance to have taken a step toward understanding and correcting past mistakes-to have begun the process of disentangling the Black Panther Party from Cleaver’s catastrophic influence. Therefore, the Black Panther Party defected from the community long before Eldridge Cleaver defected from the party.”
In his April 17 article, Newton states: “Under the influence of Eldridge Cleaver the party gave the community no alternative for dealing with us, except by picking up the gun. Newton, writing in the Black Panther of Apattempts to provide an explanation for this crisis, which led to the party’s split into factions, one headed by himself, the other by Eldridge Cleaver. What are the causes of the crisis of the Black Panther Party in the U.S.? How could an organization which portrayed itself as the revolutionary vanguard become so quickly isolated from the people? Why were the hopes of so many militant and courageous Black youths who were attracted to the party turned into frustration and even tragedy? No answer to these questions can be given without taking into account the attacks and frameups launched by the class enemy against the party, Yet even these brutal and murderous attacks, conducted both from within and outside the organization, cannot alone explain the crisis of the Black Panther Party.
HUEY P NEWTON REVOLUTIONARY ARCHIVE
Public Domain: Marxist Internet Archive 2021. Transcription and Markup: 2021 by Gavin G. Source: Pamphlet printed by The Communist Party U.S.A.
HUEY P NEWTON REVOLUTIONARY SERIES
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