Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
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Recalibrating the Panthers ideals and struggle
ELAINE BROWN speaks to Angus Reid about the Black Panthers, Huey Newton, the legacy and how it is being carried forward today
NEW CHAPTER: (L to R) Elaine Brown today; The Black Panther, affordable housing complex for former prisoners designed by MWA Architects
[(L toi R) Courtesy of E Brown and courtesy of MWA Architects]
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
“HERE I am,” says Elaine Brown. “I’m 79 years old. I weigh 114 pounds. I couldn’t kick anyone’s ass. And people walk around, scared of me. Cracks me up!”
She was appointed to lead the Black Panther party by the founder, Huey Newton during his exile in Cuba, from 1974 to 1977.
“The greatest effort that black people in America ever made for liberation was the Black Panther party,” says Brown. “You can go back to Nat Turner, you can come forward to the Nation of Islam, and none of them were talking about dismantling the scheme.”
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