Black Liberation Archives

Much has been written about the relationship between MLK and Carmichael. The media reported that there were deep divisions between the two men. There were differences, but they were not based on violence or non-violence.  Carmichael felt that blacks had a right to self-defense and a right to control institutions within their communities. This is why he called for "Black Power".    

This pamphlet was written by Eldridge Cleaver

Published by the Workers Congress (M-L). The Workers Congress was a Marx-Lenin  group out of Chicago.

Black Community News Service, Saturday September 27, 1969\ This issue was a critique of the Nixon-Mitchell Law enforcement policies. Nixon nominated  John Mitchell as Attorney General to clamp down on leftist movements in 1969. The author points out that: "The black , anyone else with thoughts of rebellion and liberation, were put on notice that there was going to be a new "chief of Politics," a new administrator and overseer of the repressive capitalist state apparatus." pp. 4   John Newton Mitchell was the 67th Attorney General of the United States under President Richard Nixon. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer, chairman of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, and one of Nixon's closest personal friends. Wikipedia Born : September 15, 1913, Detroit, MI Died : November 9, 1988, Washington, D.C. Spouse : Martha Mitchell (m. 1957–1973) Books : On with the Wind: Martha Mitchell Speaks Children : Mar...

Kalayaan International pledge it's unwavering commitments to serve the various Filipino communities in the US on a militant forum for views and issues that affect the struggles and aspirations of our people both here in the US and in Philippines

Sept 17, 1970

I think "Palante" meaning "Forward"

Vol.4 Saturday Dec. 6 1969 Issue dealing with political prisoners

Number 6 December 1971 Box 19304 Cincinnati price: 10 cent The League of Revolutionary Black Workers  call for the formation of a Black Workers congress.

Saturday, October 17, 1970 On the front cover: Alprentice Bunchy Carter Comrade Carter organized the Southern chapter of the BPP.  Newton organized the Northern chapter in LA. 

A copy of the Gramma Newspaper. It was the official paper of the Communist Party of Cuba. The BBP had an unofficial relationship with Cuba. Many of our educational pamphlets were produced in Cuba and China. The problem we had with Cuba was it's relationship with the Soviet Union. We were influenced by the Chinese Revolution, so we followed the teaching of Mao. We carried Mao's little red book in our pocket while working in the community. Mao felt the the Communist Party of the soviet Union had become an revisionist party. 

Another copy of I Wor Kuen  newspaper.  Hit me up if you would like a printed copy

Black Workers Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Black Worker’s Congress (BWC) was created in 1971 in response to a manifesto written by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (League). The BWC would be a separate organization that would be used to expand the League across the United States . The BWC was also used to coordinate Revolutionary Union Movement and Black Workers caucuses. The mission of the BWC: “Our objective: workers' control of their place of work, the factories, fields, offices, transportation services, and communications facilities, so that the exploitation of labor will cease and no person or corporation will get rich off the labor of another person. All people will work for the collective benefit of humanity.”( http://lists.village.virginia.edu/lists_archive/sixties-l/4167.html ). The BWC brought in 500 people at its first convention, but was not able to exceed that number as time went on. It accepted Hispanic, Asian...

Getting Together was the official newspaper of I Wor Kuen  Organization