21/04/2021
A Salute To Our Comrades: The Brown Berets
The Brown Berets is a group of revolutionaries from the barrios of the Southwest, that emerged during the Chicano movement of the 1960s. The Chicano movement, or El Movimiento (Chicano Civil Rights Movement) was an extension of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s. Like the original Black Panther Party, the Brown Berets were involved in community projects in their struggle for self-determination and social justice.
The Brown Berets became a national organization having opened chapters in California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illiniois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, and Indiana. They also participated in organizing the first free medical clinics and free breakfast programs. They also came to be known for their direct action against police brutality, protesting murders and abuse by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. They supported the United Farm Workers movement and the Land Grant Movement in New Mexico, and even participated in the first Rainbow Coalition with the original Black Panther Party, Young Patriots (white anti-racist organization), & the Young Lords (Puerto Ricans), and in the Poor Peoples Campaign.
The original Black Panther Party, was an "All Power To All The People!” organization! The Party worked for self-determination and social justice for all People. This is the true history of the original Black Panther Party, it’s true legacy, and an example of how we, the People, must continue the work together as the Party did with its allies through coalitions to proactively preserve our constitutional rights.
At this time, more than ever, we need activists who are motivated and dedicated to organizing people, raising consciousness and instilling self-respect. We especially need creative youth who know our true history. We need socially conscious activists who will work toward the economic empowerment of all People. We need activists who cross all ethnic and religious backgrounds and color lines, who will work to achieve true freedom and justice and establish civil and human rights for all. We must create a world of decent human relationships where revolutionary humanism is grounded in democratic human rights for every person on earth
All Power To All The People!
Bobby Seale
http://bobbyseale.com/
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