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contacted by Elbert Howard, Managing Editor of the EFF newspaper,
when Howard visited Japan in the autumn of 1969. (not further b2
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American and European radical student organization representatives
in Japan during September 1969. Elbert Emroy Howard represented

the EFF. He was in contact with elements of the violent Red Army
Faction (Sekigun Ha) of the Socialist Students League, as well as
leaders of the Beheiren (Japan Committee for Peace in Vietnam) of
the so-called New Left. During the period of 9/6-29/691Howard spoke
and attended numerous meetings in Japan.

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REFERENCES SLIP FAGE NUMBER
100-446997-84-74 pl ep 1-4 ,ggi?

 

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The following references in the file captioned "Racial
Matters" contain information concerning Elbert Howard in connection
with his racial activities during the approximate period October 1969
to 5-1?70 in New Haven, Hayward, Calif., Japan,
Europ?,and Scandinavia, Howard who was the Managing Editor of "The
'ETack Panther" newspaper, visited Japan approximately October 1969,
as the guest of the Communist Party League of Japan, and also
.Scandinavia where he was endeavoring to build BPP support. During
a BPP rally in New Haven to defend Bobby Seale, Howard stated the
EFF had a 'revolutionary plan of physical attack" which would be im-
plemented if Seale was found guilty of murder. He also stated that
in connection with the May First rally in New Haven "things are
really going to be bad around here." Howard_spoke and attended
several BPP rallies and was scheduled to make speeches up to 5-19-70.

REFERENCES SEARCH PAGE NUMBER

157-b-2u97 pl (12? 
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?32-1129 p3,6-8, ep3,6-8 
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The following references in the file captioned "Black
Panther Party" contain information regarding Elbert Emcy Howard,
in connection with his BPP activities during the period 5-31-67 to
5-2-70 throughout the U. 8., Algeria, Japan, HQth_KQnga and the I
Scandanavian and European countries. He held.various positions of I
leadership including the office of Deputy Minister of Information. I
Howard was also Managing Editor of "The Black Panther", official I
publication of the BPP. He went to Japan in September, 1969,at the
invitation of the League of Communists of Japan. Howard claimed
he had gone to Japan to study the Japanese fight against imperialism
and to promote Japanese understanding of the BPP movement. In
October, 1969,while in Swede Howard held a press conference during
which he accused the leadership and the courts of the U. S. of being
fascist. He also visited Communist Bloc Embassies in Sweden to
inform them of the aims of the BPP and continued on a speaking tour 1
of the Scandanavian countries to raise funds for the BPP. Howard
spoke and attended numerous conferences of the BPP. On his return
from France, U. S. Customs Agents disclosed Howard carrying
$6,000.00 which he advised had been given to him by Eldridge Cleaver
for utilization in the BPP bail fund. During a speech made by Howard
at a public gathering in on 3-25-70, he
made a threat against President Nixon. Also seE?6ut was information
indicating that BPP officials, including Howard, were considering
kidnapping well-known Americans to achieve their demands.

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105-165706-22 p31
?768 3,11,20,31 
"1058 6,47 . 
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?1083 p2

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Memorandum
T0 FBI (1-00-449169) 10/20/69
ISROJJEESAC, UFO (157-2636) (RUG) ALL INFURHEFIEEF 
1312mm IS WCLASSIFIEI:

- BEBE 82~ 2 6?2033 '3 33:" 6 324.2%113: 3. 3
mnun EMCY HOWARD
RM- BPP
(00:31Buairtel, enclosures.

The 6?1 the Passport Office, USDS, reviewed by

SE on 10/16/69, disclosed that the subject

was issued Passport o. le?l9503'on 9/2/69, at San Francisco,
California, for a Japan. His passport appli?
cation dated 9/2/69, at San Francisco,-ref1ected that he expected
to leave in September, 1969, via air. He also indicated that

he did not expect to take-another trip abroad. This passport .
was valid for -five years' travel to all countries except Cuba, .
mainland China, North.Korea and North Vietnam.

 

 

 

1- He stated that he was 'born on 1/5/38, at Chattanooga,

Tennessee, and the file shows that his birth certificate was
seen by the passport authorities. His permanent residence was
given as 46Q 41st, Oakland, California.


I He-request?d that his wife, at 916 Aileen
Qtreet, aklan California, be notified in death
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HFO 157?2636

The file contained the following description:

Height: 6' 

. Hair: - - Black
Eyes: - Brown

. Occupation: Pressman
Social Security Number: 415-48-7497

Copies of the photo appearing on the passport appli-
cation will be forwarded to San Francisco by routing slip when
processed. 

 

 

 

 

    
  

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and Miss Alexander, have

in four "asked ques-
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thurn many things that

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAW b6
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Copy 1 - SECRET SERVICE, SAN FRANCISCO (CLASS: 3) - (Rn)
Relaunch . one. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Due" November 24, 1969 -
HddO?keF?eI: 100?60055 . BwuwF?elsloopq49163
Title: - ELBE RT may HOWARD 
Chaucer: RACIAL - BLACK PARTY (BPP). 

Synop?n

ELBEPT BHCY a? "Big bian" and ?Brother Dynamite",
currently lists ?t Street, Oakland, California as his
place of reside 4e. is the Managing Editor of the

newspaper. HOWP.RDO just recen.t1y travelled to Tokyo,
Japan as a representaive of the BPP to ttend numerous
anti?war rallies and and also
attemnt to raise funds for the EDP. HOWARD is currently
in Scandinavia, attempting to raise funds for the-SPF:
through sneaking engagements an? through attempts to 
improve circulation of the Black Panther newspaper-in?
that area. 5' 

 



 

 

 

 

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If} ETHICLASSIFIED 


 

 

This document contains neither recommendations not conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and 1e loaned to
your agency,- it and its contents are not to be distribpted outside Your agency.

 

 

 

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TOKYO, JAPAN

Ps-of August 27, 1969, BPP had received two round- 3
trip tickets from the Communist League to attend the antiawar
conference which had commenced as of this date. It was
indicated that LLBERT HOWARD, Editor of the EFF newsPaper,
and a EOBERTA ALEXANDER, a female worker around BPP Headquarters,
would be the ones attending the conference.

 

 

 

 

AuguSt 7, 1969

As of September 2, 1969, HOWARD was still in San
Francisco endeavoring to secure his birth certificate
ano passport in order to make_the trip to Japan. As . 
of this date, he had not succeeded in securing the - i
necessary visa from the Japanese Consulate to permit him to
enter Japan. HOWARD and ALEXANDER were to depart San 
Francisco, California. on September 4, 1969 aboard Fan i
American Airways Flight.numher 817 for Honolulu, Hawaii, 
and then on Pan American Flight number 1 for Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

 

 

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As of September 11, 1969, HOWARD could be reached
at Tokyo, Jayan through telephone number 209-06-09. HOWARD
was visitjno Japan as a quest of the Communist League of
Japan. HOWARD's latest instructions from BPP National
HeadQuarters were that he should speak in Japan about the
fascist tactics being used against the EFF in the United
states. HOWARD was to prepare demonstrations to take place
in front of the American Embassy in Tokyo.

 

 

 

 

September 11,'1969 1

In the Japanese language magazine entitled "Asahi 
Journal," October 5, 1969 edition, appeared an article
captioned "Round Table Talk", The_article_was translated

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from Japanese into linglish. The article lists the participants'i
in the round table talk. The talks are all of a revolutionary
nature and among the participants in the table talks was 
spoke of the history of the EFF in America i
and of its successes, trials, persecutions and the goals and 1
purposes of the party. stated that the BPP adopted
free breakfast and medical programs for the poor and stated
that free service for the poor such as freed medical.serviee' 
is a contradictory concept to a capitalistic system. The 
poor Negroes will find themselves that the socialistic
system is superior to the capitalistic system. 
further stated the Panthers have been educating themselves 
since the founc'ation of the party. The Panthers studied Maoism Iahd
Marxism?Leninisw. ?e further stated in order to achieve. 
our goale?revolution--it became obvious to us that not only 
Negroetsociety but whte society should have revolution.
further commented there can be no doubt that curl I
victory depends upon the indomitable foreign revolutionary 1

 

fighters who are struggling against imperialism with burning. . I
hatred for the the enemy uncompromisingly. American imperialists.
stretched out their tentaclesof aggression to the whole .
world like an octopus? legs.

further commanded the pars-one, who
cannot agree that the Negroes, especially the Panthers, should
be the main constituent in a revolution in America, should
study about the fact more closely.

 

ELBERT HOWARD, Deputy Information Officer of the
EFF, came to Japan on September 5,.1969 by Pan American
Airlines Flight nurber 845 and was one of several radical
Left-wing students and representatives of anti?war organizations
from hmerica and West Germany who came to visit Japan. HOWARD
attended a rally called Smash the Japan-US Security Pact, 1
Struggle For Okinawa,Victory, Down With The Japanese Imperialists,
Stop Shl'o's November vist To Aoerica, and the Novembei 15th
Ml Kan .t.o I.rea Anti?EJar Mass Rally. At this rally, 
spoke at this rallv' andz..in 
We came to Jape to observe the process of a .
revol.ution in IJapan. 

 

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Revolution is occurring everywhere in the
world these davs

We Condemn the American fascist police's thrice- . 1
cursed brutal repression - . .1

The peeple who areiighting against imperialists Ii
are our friends.

'The peeple who are coOPerating with the Vietnames
invaders are our enemies

We reaffirm our determination to strengthen our

solidarity ties with the peoples of Asia, Latin 
America and Arab . . - a

HOWARD ale )0 attended and spoke at the Sanritsuka' - 1
rally. The following are some of the highlights of his speech:
I have come to realize that in order to fight
against our common enemies - police forces;?

uniformed, plain-clot.hes and riot pomice, we. i

should be united 

Police are killing people with homicide weapons . i

US RIOT 

HOWARD also attended and spoke a.t a rally sponsored
by the Phuk aku faction which was held on September 25,1969.
The highlights oftis speech are as follows:


The Negroes in American should be armed 

The reasons for arming the Negroes in America
is as follows:

22 Panthers were murdered by the 3

American police

It is a Negro's right to arm binself

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ins the travel abroad by-Hownrd and Alexander and furnish the
results to the Bureau in form suitable for dissem;nation.

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This sort of social oppression is not coming in anabstract way. I
It is a concrete phenomenon in our sick society. I can not stress too much 1_
the fact that the intolerable persecution imposed upon the Negroes are i
beyond our description compared with that of the whites. In t. is vien, 
the Negroes should be the advanced guard in the new left movement. 

The white-s must be clearly mindful of this and wage a struggle

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As so it is that the whites are struggling because they are oppressed. 1
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[Memorandum



 

 

 

 

 

T0. Director, FBI

FROM Legat, TOkyo

SUBJECT:

- i 

. ELBERT HOWARD
(TOKfile 157-17) (RUC)
EEBERTA ALEXANDER
(TOKfile 157?18) (RUC)

  

  
 

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No further inquiry is being made relative to subjects.
ELBERT HOWARD and ROBERTA ALEXANDER in that they are -no longer in

Japan and their activities have been reported upon to the Bureau.

.In the event anything additional is reoeived, it will be'

forwarded to the Bureau.

 

 

 

 

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Enclosed for the information of the Bureau and
recipient offices are 35 copies of an LHM dated as above
and captioned DISCUSSION IN JAPAN CONCERNING -
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ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION IN JAPAN CONCERNING THE
NEW LEFT MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

The following article appeared in the "Asahi Journal"
.Magazine, October 5, 1969, edition. The "Asahi Journal" is a
_Japanese-language magazine published in Tokyo, Japan.

ROUND-TABLE TALK
RENE OF TN NEW LEFT MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

From Liberation Struggle to Class Struggle -
Editor's Note:

As a logical consequence, the
trend of new left movement in the
U. S. is moving toward a class
struggle from a civil rights
struggle (since 1960), anti?
Vietnam war struggle and libera?
tion struggle.

- Black Panther Party members and
White radicals discussed the

trend of the new left movement
in America.

Participants in the Round- Table Talk

Big Man. member of Black Panther Party.



 

 

 

 

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Roberta Alexander, member of Black Panther Party

 

 

 

 

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Gentlemen, as participants in this discussion
meeting, you are engaging in many ways, in various new left
movements in America. It may safely be said that we, the
Japanese, can grasp the meaning of the left movement in
America during the period from the time when Stokely
Carmichael asserted black power up to 1967. However,
particularly of late, the new left movement in America has
split into several factions and disunited. It is very
hard for outsiders to trace the trend of the left movement
in America.

It is our desire to learn what is happening in the
U. S. left movement these days and what will be the future
course of the movement. We would like to hear your frank
comment on the new left movement in America.
Big Men

Our party, Black Panther Party, was organized in
October 1966. Hughie P. Newt on is the founder of the Party,
who is the defense minister of our party. Newton was
arrested on account of his political activities. He is
now in a jail in California serving an indeterminate
sentence from one year to fifteen years.

Bobbie Seale, co- founder of Black Panther Party,

is also in jail. He was arrested on a preposterous- charge
or a murder case. When I came to Japan, I was informed that

 

 

 

 

 

 

he was transferred from a California jail to a Chicago jail.
There is a strong possibility that Seale may be indicted once

more in Chicago on a charge of insiting a riot in Chicago 
the so-called 1968 Chicago Democratic Party convention riot.

When Scale was transferred from California to Chicago,
the U. S. law enforcement authorities did not notify Seales'
lawyer in advance. This is an unmistakable violation of his
U. S. constitutional rights.

Newton and Seale are the founders of the Black
Panther Party. They are also students at the University of
California. They have watched the Negro movement, cepecially
the_civil rights movement with great concern. It was when

'tgthe"Negro movement was thwarted by vicious fascist oppression

?g?that Newton and Scale made up their mind to fight for the

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'T?ihegro within the frame-work of the U. 8. Constitution.

When they organised the Black Panther Party, they
declared the so-called 10 party platforms. One of the
most important and urgent points in the platforms is that
the police has been committing nnpardonable criminal acts
of persecution against Negro societies in America.

The U. S. Constitution guarantees the people
the right to carry weapons. Newton studied the laws
carefully and they know what acts are lawful or unlawful.
They began to watch policemen's activities in the black
communities in the light of unlawful or lawful acts.

Whenever Negroes were arrested or persecuted by
U. S. law enforcement authorities, they appeared on the
spots and witnessed every movement of the police. When
they detected that the police acts were unlawful, they
explained to the police that their activities were in
violation of-the laws. In this manner they used a "weapon
of laws.? The U. S. law 
the activities of?the black leaders and began to suppress
the Black Panther'Partyol

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The 10 party platforms were not written by Newton

as he pleased. Before he wrote the platforms, he interviewed

.more than 1,000 Negroes in the black communities and asked?
their opinion and comment on the platforms. it is said

that only one_of 1,000 Negroes interviewed.objected.to the

platforms. . I

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advocate_the basic rights of Negroes in black communities.

The activities of the Black Panther Party immediately attracte
a large number of peeple in the streets. Many proletarians
began to support the Black Panther Party and they felt that
they have close relations with the Black Panther Party. They
discovered themselves that they are.deeply involved in the

activities of the Black Panther Pary.

In spite of the suppression by the police, the
strength.of the Black Panther Party has been on the upswing
with a step?up rate of growth._ The more suppressed the
party, the stronger the party becomes.

to the appeals from political and

Black Panther Party established 45

branches in America. The party has launched an ambitious

program to feed hungry people. The United States is suppose?!
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social circles, the

to be the richest country in the world? Nevertheless, an
appalling number of Negro children are starving in a'so-
called affluent society. The party began to feed free
breakfasts to these starving children.



The panthers are organizing free medical centers i

for the poor Negroes. The free medical centers treat poor - i
Negroes without charge. These medical centers serve for 
the Negro patients, at same time these medical centers i
are used for educating the poor Negroes on how we are i
socialism. Free service for the .







desperatelytin need of
poor such as free medical service is a contradictory con-

cept to a capitalistic system. .The poor Negroes will find

themselves that the socialistic system is superior to the I

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The panthers have be -1 educating- the -mselves
since the foundation of the pa ty. The paaithers studied
Maoism. and.l r2: -eninim realized. the fact that
any action without foundation of theory or ph oilosophy
tend to be adventurous undert akings.

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The panthers' struggles are closely tied wi th
black communities. However, our basic grins 'pled sL and
is a class struggle. Our party is not/eghnic party. The
i panthers are now planning class struggle strategy. it
3. has dawned.upon the people that the panthers' strategy is
.not "racially Oriented. Although our struggle.is a class
struggle, however, the activities of the panthers are
closely connected with various ethnic groups.

'Our party is not yet three?year?old. Nevertheless,
the pant chers, equipped.v vzith our ideals, are fig ting 
vigorously against social contradictions. Also very sig?'
nificant was the fact that 22 panthers were_murdered by the..
police.

- The panthers established close relations with

white radical groups in America. in order to achieve our
goal- revolution, it became ohvi one to us that not only
hegro society but also white society-should have revolution.

sgg- The panthers also established close selidarity
ties with foreign revolutionary governments. We realized
I- that in order to fight against imperialists effectively,

we should be united as one body with other revolutionary

1? 9 groups such as the Vietnamese people who are fighting
against imperialists. There can he no doubt that our
victory d.epends upon the in .domitable foreign revolutionary
in ters who are struggling against imperialists with
hurning hatred for the enemy uncompromisingly. American
- impei ialists stretched out their tentacles of aggression
:i to the whole world like an octopus' less. We seem to be
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The panthers are crying out that the criminal
acts of trampling underfoot the basic human rights of
the people by imperialists should be stopped at once. The
world has become a united body. We should endeavor to
establish a communication channel throughout the world so
that we, revolutionaries, can communicate among ourselves
freely. The peoples of the world are fighting against our
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DISCUSSEON ON THE CLASS FORMATION

One of the most important phenomenon in the
white radical movement is that recently the movement has
become more revolutionary and extreme, During the period
of civil rights movement, the basic theme was to make
America a better living society. They employed non?violent
strategy to achieve their goal. They exerted themselves
as hard as possible to form high-pressure organizations.
They also worked hard to awaken the people to the reality.

In order to achieve the goal of civil rights
movement, the civil rights workers applied pressure to
U, S, authorities for integrating Negroes into white
societies.

When a radical.revolutionary political movement
of the Negro came to the fore and became powerful since
1966, the peeple began to realize that the war in Vietnam
is a link in the chain of American imperialist machinatibns.
We may call this new radical movement as the new left
movement.in the'Uhited States. in the?course of new left
movement, we began to think of achieving; our goal in terms
of a revolution. in other words we deem it necessary to

ave a revolution in attaining our target.

This new left movement, however, brought about
?many thorny problems. These difficult problems are very
much new to the new left movement activists. One of the

Igh?i?ig- most difficult problems is to instill a-new concept to the

word "revolution". The word "revolution" has been abused

 

 

 

by old leftists as an ice ologica -l concept or as an illusion

that was conceived after suffering of personal persecution.

Only at a time when we realis keenl the necessity
of a revolu ution, could we really understand. the leal meaning
the word "revolut ion" which was concei a day dreamb
in the past;_we feel "revolution" very clo ?o ourselves.

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Another problem is who will be the main constituent
.1n a social reform movement. {thite radicals spli into

many factions and fight among themselves. 1t be
more difficult to resolve wt .0 will be the main constituent
in a revolution. 1 as going to outline the'activities of'
various factions in the new left movement:

1. Campus radicals

This gro- up has been struggling in ?a spa usesand
has become cn.e of the most powerful elements in the new
left movement in America. It probably is fair to say that
harxism can be interpreted in terms of a campus struggle.
According to Earxism, the modern capitalist society created

a management class. This class actually controls the?modern

capitalist society. .Universities and colleges produce
this class. There is reason to assume that if c9 mpus
radicals succeed.in making an ally of'the.nanagement class,
it may be easy to revolutionize modern capitalist society.

2. The third revolutionary force

This group insists that the third world revolution?
ary force should be the advanced guard in a modern world
revolution. This group extends its struggle arena beyond
the American campuses. -hey are supporting Struggles which
are waged by foreign third.forces who'are putting up rev?
olutionary fights in various parts of the world. They
strongly advocate that in order to realize a revolution in
Emerica, the white blue collar working take part
positively in the revolution by sacrificing their special
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3. Progressive Labor Party (PL)

Progressive -abor Party is uniqu in tLe ranks
of new lettists. They claim to be the guard
the new left movement in the U: ted States. They loath
tein; mingled with the masses. ineir interpretation of
a revolution runs like There is no racial discrimi?.
nation in capitalist soc
of a revolution should bd
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The first'group (campus radicals) has been
recruiting many intellectuals from campuses and business
circles for five or six years.

The weatherman's (eh) faction of SDS has been
expanding the membership with the white working class as
its nucleus for five or six months. The above?mentioned
two'iactions have not grown'enOugh to challenge each

other in the struggle for supremacy.

It is my personal observation that the factional.
disputes will continue and they will concentrate their
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l11 the history of the white radical movement in 1e United
States, the "Freedom Riders Movement" and theS tudent Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) are the forerunners of the white
radical movement. Later on the anti-Vietnam war movement came
to the fore.

Our movement of today is, by its nature, closely connected
with the 3rd world movement forces. If the 3rd world movement had
not influenced the whites, the white. radical movement in America would
have become a nonsensical movement, handful of white fools and crazies
may haVe been printing newspapers and running around without a definite

aim.

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Without the struggle which was waged by the 3rd world forces,
the white radical movement would not have become a real solid movement.

It is widely said that the Black Panther party is the advanced
guard in the new left movement. We, nevertheless, should not lose
sight of the fact that the Negro movement as a whole played an important
role in our new left movement.

The Negroes have paved the way for the new left movement
transferring from the non-violent?pacifist strategy to the revolutionary-
violent strataO g.y It is true that at the moment the Black Panther Party
is playing an advanced guard role and the 10 items of the platforms of
the Black Panther Party clearly advocate the role of advanced guardagree with Historically speaking, the \egroes.
initiated the civil rights movement and ..ed the movement to a revolutionar
stru ggle 

.- . should keep in mind that if we emphasize'too much on
the Negro?s role in our movement, it will have some adverse reactions
on the Negro movement. In a revolution in America, the white class
also should have a role to play.

The white class, in relation with the Negro class, has come
to realize that white class has been an oppressor in America. Nonetheless,
the guilty consciousness alone can not solve our problems. -

It is true that because of the guilty consciousness, most of
the whites took part in the civil rights movement in. the past. These
whites were the liberals and they participated?n the civil rights
movement in the hope that they could make up for their past oppression 
against the Negroes. In this view point these whites were ideologists. 

 

 

Most important of all, we should not forget that the civil I
rights movement was followed by the revolutionary movement. There 
can be no doubt that it took a long time to make our new movement more
meaningful and tangible.

 

It may be significant to note that the American society has i
had no concept of the radical movement. In this vein, it probably is fair i
to say that the action preceded the conception. 

The white radical activists, although they were not aware of
it, were not free at all. The inference is that the new left movement
started to seek freedom the whites themselves. In the later stage
the new left movement ha??t%nsformed into a kind of movement that has
no boundary of class and race.

We can not wage our movement on the basis 'of guilty con- i
sciousness. We should have our fixed common goal - liberation. 

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Allow me to cite a few concrete examples in regard to what

I said. The white middle class finally came to be aware of
the fact that they were also exploited. The war in Vietnam gave them
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answer, in a less abstract way, is the "draft. Because of the draft

the whites came to realize that the 3.1 an oppressed class too. When
the anti-draft movement began to spread all over the country, they
resisted, not in the form of what Stokely Carmichael called "we refuse
to go, but in a more or less passive way - escaping or consulting. The
whites are now engaging in the anti? draft movement in a big and positive

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To say more frankly, at a time when the white middle class
youths were forced the draft for the first time, they began to ponder their
position in the American society.

FREEDOM IN A CONCRETE TERM

Roberta Alexander

 

Except for two other gentlemen spoke the freedom
and liberation in a m01e aoswacz way . From the standpoint of the
Black Panther Party, the problems in the black' communities are not
abstract. It is not necessary for Negroes who are in need of a revolution-
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Permit me to give you a concrete example in this regard. i
The American Negroes - not only Negroes but also Mexican, Latin,
Japanese and Chinese Americans in the United States are confronted
with the American police brutality. 
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The American society has not changed since the time of slavery. -
In the slavery days, after dark whenever the whites found Negroes in the
streets, they arrested the Negroes as fleeing Negroes and detained them
in police cells until the white owners appeared to take them back. This
sort of phenomena are the order of the day, these days. It is not too
much to say that practically all the poor Negroes have experienced
police persecution one way or another.



 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Negroes were arrested and detained on preposterous
charges. There was neither investigation nor countermeasure whatsoever.
The cold?blooded atrocities committed by the police was written in the
annals of human slaughter.

. Also very significant was the fact that the Negro youths ranging
from 19 to 24': years old are unemployed. Some Negro youths who are
luclq enough to work, have insignificant jobs and the wages are very
low. It is simply deplorable that the percentage of the Negro draftees are
overwhelmingly higher than that of the whites; not to speak of the Negro
war death rate in Vietnam.

Although the white students and intellectuals are talking
about freedom in an abstract way, the Negroes, most of the white workers
and the non?white Americans are keenly feeling the oppression imposed
upon them by the exploiting class.

I must point out the fact that the white students and intellectuals .
are the privileged class in our society. They are troubled with tricky
capitalistic values and ideas. They must realize that the revolution in
America should be materialized for the American masses and by the
American masses. Their knowledge and capacity should be utilized
for the American masses after the revolution. Their knowledge should
not be indulged in seeking their liberation in an abstract way.

Big Man

We should lead our discussion in the light of the fact that
the Negroes have been slaves for more than 400 years. We should focus
our attention on the oppression and misery in which the Negroes .have
been suffering.

The persons, who can not agree that the Negroes, especially
the panthers should be the main constituent in a revolution in America, .
should study about the fact more closely. The panthers have been con-
cerned on how to educate the whites.

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are becoming a part of a vending machine. To cite a good example,
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The panthers are educating the whites on how important the 
class struggle is to them; not only the Negroes but also the whites are 
oppressed and exploited in a. capitalist society. It is true that even in the
era of civil rights movement, several whites were murdered.

 

 

 

 

   
 
 
 
    
   
   
   
 
 
    

 

I think Big Man epitomized our arguments very well. I would
like to add a few words. We should not forget the shuddering atrocities
inflicted upon the Negroes commited by the ruling class in America. The
injui ies inflicted upon the whites, compared with those of the Negroes,
are meager and insignificant.

There are reasons to believe that the Negroes especially the
panthers should be the main constituent in the American revolution. The 
whites should realize that they have been oppressed too. The white workers
have been alienated from the products for which they worked.

The white students are forCed to learn the oppressive technique
of management control in colleges and universities. Whenever the white
students refuse to receive the lessons. of oppressive technique and try to
learn the knowledge on how to seek freedom and contribute to the world,
then the colleges and universities turn into jails.

The white students, after graduation, have no choice but to.
get jobs either in a oppressive organization or in a white collar society
that is alientated from the products for which all the workers are workinG.
In an extreme case, the white students are compelled to get jobs which are
completely alienated from the process of labor.

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