Statement by Bertrand Russell on the political persecution of the Black Panther Party
Item
Title
Statement by Bertrand Russell on the political persecution of the Black Panther Party
Contributor
Long, C.
Creator
Bertrand Russell
Date
Apr. 18, 1968
Format
Typed statement
Identifier
Bertrand Russell Archives, Box 9.15, 148750
Language
eng
Rights
McMaster University
Source
Bertrand Russell Archives
Type
Text
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Statement by Bertrand Russell, April 18 1968
The police authorities in California are practising political persecution of the Black Panther Party. The demand of that Party and the peace and freedom movement for independent observers to be stationed in the Black ghettos of California has my entire approval, as it will help to protect Black people from unjustified attacks by police and national guard occupation troops, and to protect the right to organize political movements such as the Black Panther Party. The disgraceful killing of Bobby Hutton, and the shooting and jailing of Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, make it clear that the alternative is further brutality.
The police authorities in California are practising political persecution of the Black Panther Party. The demand of that Party and the peace and freedom movement for independent observers to be stationed in the Black ghettos of California has my entire approval, as it will help to protect Black people from unjustified attacks by police and national guard occupation troops, and to protect the right to organize political movements such as the Black Panther Party. The disgraceful killing of Bobby Hutton, and the shooting and jailing of Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, make it clear that the alternative is further brutality.
