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"In order to achieve its goals of organizing and serving Black and oppressed communities, the Black Panther Party has developed a wide variety of survival programs since the party's founding in October 1966. The programs, which cover such diverse areas as health care https://twitter.com/FTP_Chicago/status/1345465957112811520
and food services, as well as a model school...are meant to meet the needs of the community until we can all move to change the social conditions that make it impossible for the people to afford the thing they need and desire."
"The survival programs provide another important service—they serve as a model for all oppressed people who wish to begin to take concrete actions to deal with their oppression."
"We recognized that in order to hring the people to the level
of consciousness where they would seize the time, it would
be necessary to serve their interests in survival by developing programs which would help them to meet their daily needs.
of consciousness where they would seize the time, it would
be necessary to serve their interests in survival by developing programs which would help them to meet their daily needs.
For a long time we have had such programs not only for survival but for organizational purposes...All these programs satisfy the deep needs of the community but they are not solutions to our problems.That is why we call them survival programs,meaning survival pending revolution."
"We say that the survival program of the Black Panther Party is like the survival kit of a sailor stranded
on a raft. It helps him to sustain himself until he can get completely out of that situation.
on a raft. It helps him to sustain himself until he can get completely out of that situation.
So the survival programs are not answers or solutions, but they will help us to organize the community around a true analysis and understanding of their situation.
When consciousness and understanding is raised to a high level then the community will seize the time and deliver themselves from the boot of their oppressors.All of our survival programs are free.
We have never charged the community a dime to receive the things they need from any of our programs and we will not do so.We will not get caught up in a lot ofembarrassing questions or paperwork which alienate the people.
If they have a need we will serve their needs and attempt to get them to understand the true reasons why they are in need in such an incredibly rich land. Survival programs will always be operated without charge to those who need them and benefit by them...
To Die for the People
To Die for the People
