slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAs Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Phillywww.inquirer.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down11
arrow-up1656arrow-down1external-linkAs Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Phillywww.inquirer.comslothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·2 months agoI understand black Panthers or for blacks folks. But it’s it also open to other folks like Hispanics? There’s a lot of vets that are Hispanic that could and would help, but again I understand if this is only a black folks only thing.
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-22 months agoHispanic protestors used to have the Young Lords and the Brown Berets, who the Panthers have partnered with in the past. Both, as far as I know, are no longer active, but I’m sure there would be support for reviving them today.
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoWow I did not know that. Thank you for providing some info about it.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWasn’t MC5 part of the White Panthers? When people talk about “the boomers” as one big monolith, I have to chuckle because they are clearly overlooking things like this…
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoMC5 kickout the jams band? Did not know that.
minus-squareSpookyBogMonster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHistorically, there were a few contemporaneous Panthers equivalents for other minority groups. The Hispanic one was The Young Lords
I understand black Panthers or for blacks folks. But it’s it also open to other folks like Hispanics?
There’s a lot of vets that are Hispanic that could and would help, but again I understand if this is only a black folks only thing.
Hispanic protestors used to have the Young Lords and the Brown Berets, who the Panthers have partnered with in the past.
Both, as far as I know, are no longer active, but I’m sure there would be support for reviving them today.
Wow I did not know that. Thank you for providing some info about it.
Wasn’t MC5 part of the White Panthers?
When people talk about “the boomers” as one big monolith, I have to chuckle because they are clearly overlooking things like this…
MC5 kickout the jams band? Did not know that.
Historically, there were a few contemporaneous Panthers equivalents for other minority groups. The Hispanic one was The Young Lords