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4 In Defense of Self Defense.... by Huey P. Newton MINISTER OF DEFENSE Laws and rules have always been made to serve people. Rules of society are set up by people so that they will be able to function in a harmonious way. In other words, in order to promote the general welfare of society rules and laws are established by men. Rules should serve men and not men serve rules. The man is greater than the rules or laws that he constructs. Much of the time the laws and rules which officials attempt to inflict on poor people are non-functional in relation to the status of the poor in society. These officials are blind to the fact that people should not respect rules that are not serving them. It is the duty of the poor to write and construct rules and laws that are in their better interest. This is one of the basic human rights of all men. Before 1776, white people were colonized by the English. The English Government had certain laws and rules that the colonized Americans viewed as not in their best interest but as a colonized people. At that time, the English Government felt that the colonized Americans had no right to establish laws to promote the general welfare of the people living here in America. The colonized American felt he had no choice but to raise the gun in defense of the welfare of the colonized people. At this time he made certain laws insuring his protection from external and internal aggressions from governments and agencies. One such form of protection was the Declaration of Independence which states, "...whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." Now these same colonized white people, these ex- slaves, robbers, and thieves have denied the colonized black man the right to even speak of abolishing this oppressive system which the white colonized American created. They have carried their madness to the four corners of the earth, and now there is universal rebellion against their continued rule and power. The black people in America are the only people who can free the world, loosen the yoke of colonialism and destroy the war machine. As long as the wheels of the imperialistic war machine are turning there is no country that can defeat this monster of the West. But black pwople can make a malfunction of this machine from within. Black people can destroy the machinery that's enslaving the world. America can not stand to fight every black country in the world and fight a civil war at the same tirre. It is militarily impossible to do both these things at once.
Object Description
Title | In Defense of Self Defense |
Date | 1967 |
Date approximate? | yes |
Creator | Newton, Huey P. |
Subject headings |
Black power University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Topics | UNCG Black Power Forum, 1967 |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | This four-page pamphlet distributed at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Black Power Forum, contains Black Panther Huey P. Newton's essay In Defense of Self Defense. It is one of two pamphlets mentioned in and attached to a report concerning events surrounding the forum. |
Type | text |
Original format | pamphlets |
Original dimensions | 8.5" x 11" |
Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Source collection | UA2.8 Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records |
Finding aid link | https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=442 |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | UA002.008.0049 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
OCLC number | 884368311 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
Full text | 4 In Defense of Self Defense.... by Huey P. Newton MINISTER OF DEFENSE Laws and rules have always been made to serve people. Rules of society are set up by people so that they will be able to function in a harmonious way. In other words, in order to promote the general welfare of society rules and laws are established by men. Rules should serve men and not men serve rules. The man is greater than the rules or laws that he constructs. Much of the time the laws and rules which officials attempt to inflict on poor people are non-functional in relation to the status of the poor in society. These officials are blind to the fact that people should not respect rules that are not serving them. It is the duty of the poor to write and construct rules and laws that are in their better interest. This is one of the basic human rights of all men. Before 1776, white people were colonized by the English. The English Government had certain laws and rules that the colonized Americans viewed as not in their best interest but as a colonized people. At that time, the English Government felt that the colonized Americans had no right to establish laws to promote the general welfare of the people living here in America. The colonized American felt he had no choice but to raise the gun in defense of the welfare of the colonized people. At this time he made certain laws insuring his protection from external and internal aggressions from governments and agencies. One such form of protection was the Declaration of Independence which states, "...whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." Now these same colonized white people, these ex- slaves, robbers, and thieves have denied the colonized black man the right to even speak of abolishing this oppressive system which the white colonized American created. They have carried their madness to the four corners of the earth, and now there is universal rebellion against their continued rule and power. The black people in America are the only people who can free the world, loosen the yoke of colonialism and destroy the war machine. As long as the wheels of the imperialistic war machine are turning there is no country that can defeat this monster of the West. But black pwople can make a malfunction of this machine from within. Black people can destroy the machinery that's enslaving the world. America can not stand to fight every black country in the world and fight a civil war at the same tirre. It is militarily impossible to do both these things at once. |