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MissNyomie · (#4 (**permalink**))

Do I think the Black Panthers will ever reform.......NO.

I don't think that Blacks nowadays have the heart, the passion and the communityspirit to give a SH*T. I don't know about our US counterparts but, in the UK....there is no such thing as a Black community. YEAH there are areas where the population is predominately Black, but that love, unity and respect for people of your own race as been undermined and destroyed by our Goverment over the years. To the point that Black people, don't check for each other, they don't check for each other's welfare. They would rather turn their heads when they see another Black man in trouble than put themselves on the line.

That's the differencebetween the likes of Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver ( the forefathers of the movement). They cared enough for their people, for the men, women and children of their communities and the future of said communties to put themsleves on the line.

Women of BPP

Men of BPP

ALSO...the fact that the BLACK PANTHERS where armed in their pursuit of justice is all the youths of today are going to see. I mean if you ask BLACK people today, what the Panthers stood for. I think it's very unlikley you'll get a comprehensive answer, other than " aint it those guys with the black berets and leather jackets and guns".

Forget the fact that the BP's were a political party, they had their own rules and regulations. They were strict on discipline and all members had to abide by a code of conduct. They wanted reform for black communites and theoppressed and attemptedto elect senior officials for their communties, they had breakfast clubs running, they offered freehealth checks. They gave many BLACKS employment within their organistation, they taught BLACKS to be self-sufficient, and informed them of their legal rights as citizens according to law.

If an arrest was taking place they would stand guard with their guns on show and protect the interest of the black man or woman who was being arrested. Making sure the PIGS knewTHEY knew their rights and had no qualms with enforcing them. They policed their communities, they got invovled in everything, they sawbrutality and discrimination and they took it on, knowing they were endangering their own lives.

They did so much and were beginning to make a positive change in the way Blacks saw themselves, that the Goverment and their agencies got scared. They couldn't allow the mobilisation of BLACKS because that would jeopardise their positions, and so they set out to vilifiy themin public and createmass hystria in whites. They were demonised in the press and systematically brought down, by FBI spies (BLACK MEN) who infiltrated their headquaters and caused infighting until theparty disbaned.

They had people fearing for their lives and some members are still on the run in one of America's greatest enemies CUBA as ALL C-IN pointed out.

Furthermore.....the Goverments of today (BUSH AND BLAIR) will never allow it...They are move covert in their attempts to destroy BLACK people and any sign of revolution will be quickly dispelled before it even got a chance to get going.

If you wanted to read more on the Black Panther Movement.....try this book written by FONER.

For over three decades, The Black Panthers Speak has represented the most important single source of original material on the Black Panther Party. With cartoons, flyers, and articles by Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver, this collection endures as an essential part of civil-rights history.

Review taken from AMAZON.

Alternatively there is this website who primary aim is to continue the legacy of the BPP.

http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/index.html