[lbo-talk] Black Panther Coloring Book

[Carrol Cox]

I notice that Chuck still finds it necessary to deny that the Panthers could
be compared to Weatherman. I thought I had mentioned several times on this
list a key fact about Fred Hampton. Among his many activities during the
last three months of his life, a major one was going from black high school
to black high school giving the same speech: a harsh criticism of
Weatherman. Not only were the Panthers not comparable to Weatherman, they
rejected completely, their very existence rejectected everything Weatherman
stood for.

Chuck makes some important points in his post, but he also repeats some
serious falsities about the Panthers and the '60s. The Panthers were a
continuation, NOTa rejection, of the Civil Rights Movement at which Chuck
sneers. That sneer would have outraged the Panthers.

Other aspects of Chuck's post are more complicated, and I hope to return to
them in another post.

Carrol