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The Philosophy of Huey Newton: Delio Vásquez in Conversation with East Bay Yesterday
Thu 6:00 PM
Local Economy, 6028 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
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Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about him is known today due to persistent distortions of his legacy as co-founder of the Black Panther Party. In " Huey P. Newton: I Am We " (Polity Books), a much-needed intellectual history, Delio Vásquez establishes Newton as a true philosopher who developed innovative theories for how the most oppressed could spearhead revolutionary change in a rapidly developing technological society. Inspired by his ideas, the Panthers forged alliances with Black student unions and street gangs, Hollywood elites and poor whites, the gay li…