I love the fact that YouTube and other vid websites have posted up a lot of old film from Panther rallies and speeches from the 1960's. The Panthers when you hear the speeches were all about localism, strong gun rights and ownership in the community. The words might be nuanced a certain way but at it's core the Panthers were not all that dis-similar from our current day sucessionists movements or even certain factions of the tea party who also believe in localism. In their own way, I've found some of the old Panther speeches a pure breathe of needed fresh air.
Of late I've been reading some on the old Blackstone P. Nation, Blackstone Rangers and El Rukns along with Jeff Fort and Eugene Hairston. Very interesting indeed and I look to get co-auther Natalie Moore's book, "The Almighty Blackstone P. Nation" and how this all mixes in with Chicago and Chicago's rise to dominate current political focus.
Many of the current day Panthers would do well to go back to the ideals of Huey Newton and ponder what he has to say.
[video=youtube;h4ypqCYPduI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ypqCYPduI[/video]
Now that was thought provoking and good TV unlike the scream and tripe we have today passed off as somehow being of value.