WELCOME TO ALL NEW MEMBERS AND VETERAN MEMBERS -
THIS CAMPAIGN PAGE IS TO DISCUSS ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE BLACK AND MELANATED COMMUNITIES-WE WILL INFORM, AND INSPIRE TO ACTION - NO ONE WILL BE COMFORTABLE TERRORIZED. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE DISRESPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE, THE PARTY, ITS LEADERSHIP, OR COMRADES - YOU WILL BE BOOTED. FREEDOM OR DEATH ARE THE CHOICES
The Panther News Service
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he Panther News is the official organ of the Black Power Movement. It is a tabloid-size newspaper that must be published regularly every week just like the BPP paper was since April 25, 1967. At least currently twenty four pages, should be distributed nationally/ internationally . The Panther provides news and information about the work of the Black Power Movement through various chapters throughout the country; organizations, news and news analysis of the Black and other oppressed communities in the United States, Africa, and around the world; theoretical writings of party ideologists; and general news features on all matters relative to the liberation of black people from oppression of anykind. The Panther also provides service and survival information of every variety, such as guides including addresses and telephone numbers for city services as well as free services available. The first issues of The Black Panther and several subsequent issues were produced with a typewriter, a mimeograph machine, stencils, and a stapling machine. The front-page story concerned the murder of a Black youth in the Richmond, California, community by a policeman and the action organized by the Black Panther Party to secure justice for the family ofthe youth. Minimum equipment includes general office machines, a photo-offset
Compugraphic typesetting machine, layout equipment, photographic equip ment including a half-tone camera, and addressograph equipment. The core staff of The Black Panther consisted of members of the Black Panther Party for whom production of The Black Panther is one of several assigned duties within the party. The staff includes non party members who contribute their time and skills to the production of the paper. The staff of twenty-five consists of four sections: editorial, including reporting, writing, editing and proofreading; layout, including typesetting, art and design; photo, including photo reporters and photo production; and distribution. Funds are accumulated through direct sales on the streets in the community, the sale of the paper in community shops, shopping malls, barber shops,bars, and other centers where the people of the community gather, and in dispensing machines containing The Panther at highly traveled locations throughout the community. Throughout the country each chapter of the party distributes The Panther News in accordance with the needs and possibilities of its community. The paper is also sold by progressive bookshops and through a direct relationship
with Central Distribution in Atlanta in those cities that may not have a chapter of the party. Members of the community are involved in the weekly production of the paper in different capacities on a volunteer basis including office work, reporting, photographing, writing articles, and distribution. In addition, both individuals and other community organizations are involved through the sub mission of information concerning their work in the community toward the objectives of survival and liberation. The Panther News is one of the chief consciousness-raising tools of the Black Power Movement..
1. The publishing of news and information from the Black and oppressed communities, which is generally ignored by the establishment press, exposes the true nature of that media as a tool of those responsible for the oppression.
2. The truthful presentation of news and information about Black and oppressed peoples, which is distorted and misrepresented blatantly in the establishment press, exposes the failure oft hat press and media to report honestly or fully on matters concerning Black and oppressed peoples.
3. The consistent reporting of all news and information relevant to the interests of Black people, workers, oppressed peoples, youth, and the aged provides readers with a built-in interpretation of the news that is in their interests and consequently raises their understanding of the nature and condition of our society. The Panther encourages individuals in the community to report to the newspaper either in person or by letter individual acts of repression, police brutality, or injustice. The paper acts as an important source of work for the legal aid survival program of the party, resulting in the involvement of the individual or individuals in the development of their defense. Members of the community, particularly small businesses, are involved by stocking the paper at their place of business. Youngsters in the community are involved in the street sales of the paper as a source of pocket moneyf or them.
4. Consistent coverage of liberation news from Africa, Latin America, and southeast Asia from the point of view of the struggle of the masses against U.S. and Western imperialism increases the understanding of the reader of their oneness with the oppressed of the world and strengthens the reader's resolve to intensify his or her efforts toward
Interpretations and analyses of sports and entertainment news and events from the point of view of liberation, the effects of racism, big business, and the corruption of culture, increase the understanding of the reader of the nature of this/our society.
