Nominal - 2018-12-04
It was a Cook County tactical unit that carried out the actual raid.
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exy - 2018-12-04
I'm aware of the Black Panthers and know some martyrs' names (I don't know whether Mr Hampton was a Panther or otherwise affiliated), but sadly it seems the gentleman was wrong, at least in the short term. I'd be curious to learn more about the dissolution of black nationalism (if that's the correct term). I'm not sure how much is due to infiltrative cops fomenting in-fighting, how much to intimidation and/or disorganization as a result of deaths, etc. Can anyone recommend a good book or doc?
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jangbones - 2018-12-04 start here
https://youtu.be/kWJcnxgduWI
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exy - 2018-12-06 Thanks jang, that video's great. That cop-boss whose name I've forgotten definitely joins the Whitey poster boy club. Fuck.
Since it's Fred's video let me do the public service of transcribing his quote at the end.
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IF YOU EVER THINK ABOUT ME
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT ME BROTHERS
AND IF YOU AIN'T GONNA DO NO REVOLUTIONARY ACT
FORGET ABOUT ME.
I DON'T WANT MYSELF ON YOUR MIND
IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
LIKE WE ALWAYS SAID
IF YOU'RE ASKED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT
AT THE AGE OF TWENTY
AND YOU SAY
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A COMMITMENT
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE REASON
THAT I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE
I WANT TO LIVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WHAT YOU DID IS, YOU'RE DEAD ALREADY.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY
THE PRICE FOR PEACE.
IF YOU DARE TO STRUGGLE,
YOU DARE TO WIN.
IF YOU DARE NOT STRUGGLE
GOD DAMN-IT YOU DON'T DESERVE TO WIN.
LET ME SAY PEACE TO YOU
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT.
LET ME SAY IN THE SPIRIT OF LIBERATION...
I'VE BEEN GONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AT LEAST MY BODY'S BEEN GONE
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT I'M BACK NOW
AND I BELIEVE THAT I'M BACK TO STAY.
I BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING TO DO MY JOB
AND I BELIEVE THAT I WAS BORN
NOT TO DIE IN A CAR WRECK;
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING TO DIE
IN A CAR WRECK.
I DON'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO DIE
SLIPPING ON A PIECE OF ICE;
I DON'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO DIE
BECAUSE I GOT A BAD HEART;
I DON'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO DIE
BECAUSE OF LUNG CANCER.
I BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DIE DOING THE THINGS I WAS BORN FOR.
I BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DIE HIGH OFF THE PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DIE
AS A REVOLUTIONARY IN THE
INTERNATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY
PROLETARIAN STRUGGLE.
AND I HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO DIE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
PROLETARIAN REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN IT.
AND I THINK THAT STRUGGLE'S
GOING TO COME.
WHY DON'T YOU LIVE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHY DON'T YOU STRUGGLE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHY DON'T YOU DIE FOR THE PEOPLE.
(power to the people)
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