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ethir yecctiinr. But PL at least demands that Huey be set free -- "test" rather than “anti-facist™ Lip- Service and rhetoric, ‘Democratic Party politician who refused to support the demand that. .to measure groups by their practice, why isn't the demend to free Wwe fundamentally ‘oppose Pris” views on pationalisn’ bad“nos¥? Willy Brown, who is scheduled to speak from the podium, is a Huey be set free. that is the political meaning of a “United Front" which excludes or silences left groups but invites "Democrats, Republicans, the NAACP, black police organizations, etc," If we are Huey, or the willingness to attack the- repression in practice the . te a One of the signs of the disastrous direction the movement has_ ; 4 . taken is the attitude tha any criticism of the Panthers is to be ...’- interpreted as opposition. Just to make our position explicit, we are supporters of the Panthers. The I8C was one of the first groups to publicly support the Panthers following their arrests in Sacra- -mento in 1966, hen the Panthers were stitl a small Oaktand-based hide our differences. -ansisting that it conform to the direction of one organization. fro fH fl Fecs wiie 2ntrue Saas emai organization,.we were actively defending and explaining them while > *. most Liberals and the left were hostile to armed self defense or were looking to SNCC and Stokely Carmichael as the leadership of the black movement. tie continue to support them today, but like yesterday when no one else was around, this does not mean that we oo bee ‘ ao ke 0 BetRuse of their leadership role, the Panthers have earned respect on the left and repression from the police and courts. .In-> this sense, the Black Panther Party is a vanguard, But there is a difference between providing teadership in the form of ideas and action (the true role of a vanguard}, and stifling a movement by The best support for the Panthers, the best way to defend them from the vicious repre sSion coming down, if not by merely ate ° tending support rallies or organizing others to attend support ; rallies, Ultimately, the only way to end the repression is to end the social System whose periodic crises produces that repression. This will require continuation of the open debate and discussion that has been one of the healthiest aspects of the new radicalisa. For a full statement of our vicws on the repression and the conference see the special issue of the 15 which the Panthers have banned from. the conference. INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST CLUB ge P. Os BOx 910, BERKELEY, . a July 19, 1969 as £.