Lessons from Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panther Party

Ahjamu Umi “Revolutionary or Death” is the 2020 biography written about former Black Panther Party (BPP) Minister of Information Leroy “Eldridge” Cleaver.  The book was written by Justin Clifford.   Eldridge Cleaver without question was an enigmatic figure within the BPP and Clifford attempts to use this biography to show a balanced view of Eldridge…

The Black Panther Party On Palestine

Greg Thomas Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, at an unknown Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, 1980. (Photo: Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Inc./Department of Speical Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries) The following article by Greg Thomas, the curator of “George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine,” was published in Ittijah,…

The Black Agenda Review: On Anarchism and the Black Revolution

The Black Agenda Review “The principles of anarchism appear to be growing in some corners of the Black community,” due largely to the work and thought of former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. In our opening post, the Black Agenda Review described its objective to provide a longer historical and more explicitly educational perspective on Black liberation. We…

Black Anarchists Prefer “Non-Hierarchical” Activism

Ebony “Sima Lee” Outlaw, the activist and Marooncast host based in Baltimore, was inspired by “Black anarchists who very much wanted to end imperialism, but chose to do so through a non-hierarchical methodology, and not necessarily by the central command vanguardism” of the Black Panther Party.

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: A Short People’s History

Flint Taylor <Chicago cops laugh as they carry Fred Hampton’s bullet-ridded body fromm the murder scene. Hampton’s body was dragged from the bloodstained bed to the hallway floor, to be displayed as the raiders’ trophy “He’s good and dead now.” Introduction Fifty-one years ago this past week, Illinois Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark…

Notes Toward a National Defense Organization Against Racism and Political Repression, 1973

The Black Agenda Review Few records survive of the birth of a national anti-police repression organization formed by supporters of Angela Davis – but government spies preserved Davis’ speech. “We are here to build a united organization to defend existing movements, and to defend our communities from racist and politically inspired attacks.” Introduction On Saturday…