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1st communiqué of the Weather Underground, Declaration of War
Date: 5/1/1970Call Number: CD 166Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Delivered by Bernardine Dorhn. The lines are drawn and revolutionary violence is the only way. Weather is officially underground. A call to youth culture “guns and grass united in the revolution”. And a declaration of solidarity with the Black Liberation struggle. Same as KP003.
The Folsom Prisoners Manifesto of Demands and Anti-Oppression Platform
Reproduction on yellow paper
Huey Newton Speaks
Date: 7/4/1970Call Number: CD 206Format: CDProducers: Mark Lane - Paredon P1004Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Nearly 50 minutes of Newton, interviewed by Mark Lazne on July 4th, 1970, in the San Luis Obispo California State Prison. ; together with his (7 minute) New York City press conference from 8/22/70. In the wide ranging prison interview, Newton talks of reactionaries and guerillas, on being a revolutionary, revolutionary culture, Eldridge Cleaver, why the Panthers are so provocative, Billy The Doggone Bank Tree and more. The liner notes include an extensive introduction, and full transcripts from the interview/press conference.
Angela Davis Speaks
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: CD 298Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A 23 minute interview conducted with the then imprisoned Davis while she was awaiting trial in 1970, together with a statement from Angela Davis, and a roundtable discussion with her lawyer, Margaret Burnham, Charlene Mitchell, a member of the New York Committee to free Angela, and Joe Walker, NY editor of Muhammad Speaks. Liner notes include a complete transcript. "Only after I feel a redistribution of the wealth in this country, only after we eradicate the exploitation of man by man, shall we begin to build a humane society both for Blacks, Brown and White people."
Auto Workers Focus
Publisher: Black Panther CaucusYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 1-10 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Strike at GM Fremont: A pictorial essay
Interviews with the Soledad Brothers
Date: 8/28/1970Call Number: CD 361Format: CDProducers: David StevensCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
David Stevens interviews prisoners John Cluchette, Fleeta Drumgo & George Jackson in Soledad prison about their case.
The Funeral of Jonathan Jackson & William Christmas
Date: 8/15/1970Call Number: CD 362Format: CDProducers: Denny Smithson, Bill NorthwoodCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Funeral at St Augustine’s Church, Oakland, CA on August 15, 1970.
Includes Father earl Neil, eulogy by Huey Newton, music by Elaine Brown.
Jonathan Jackson & William Christmas were killed at the Marin County Courthouse on August 7, 1970 in a failed armed action. Ruchell Magee remains in prison to this day because of his presence in the courtroom that day.
Press Conference: Soledad Defense Committee
Date: 8/12/1970Call Number: CD 363Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
John Thorne, Penny Jackson and Georgia Jackson, mother of George & Jonathan Jackson, speak in defense of the Soledad Brothers.
Corky Gonzales at the SF Anti-War Moratorium
Date: 11/18/1970Call Number: CD 364Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Corky Gonzales speaks at the SF anti-Vietnam war moratorium.
Communiques from the Weather Underground
Date: 5/1/1970Call Number: CD 397Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This is the fifth public communication from the Weathermen since going underground. They call for a youth culture of total resistance, and immediate national action if Nixon bombs N. Vietnam, invades Cuba or intervenes in the Middle East. The Fall Offensive was to be a week of youth fighting pigs around the country.
Same as KP 005
Delivered by Bernardine Dorhn, this is the first public communique since the group went underground. The announcement touches upon the following topics: The lines are drawn and revolutionary violence is the only way. Weather is officially underground. A call to youth culture “guns and grass united in the revolution”. And a declaration of solidarity with the Black Liberation struggle.
Same as KP 003