Reddit mentions of The Huey P. Newton Reader

I posted a bunch here. There's some in the comments too. It appears the link expired so I'll re-up it now.

OK, here's:

• Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X
  
• Huey P. Newton on gay, women's liberation
  
• Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
  
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  
• The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches By Malcolm X
  
• Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression: The Black Panther Party
  
• On the Ground: The Black Panther Party in Communities across America
  
• Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
  
• The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
  
• The Black Panther Party: Service to the People Programs
  
• The Huey P. Newton Reader
  
• Vanguard: A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers

You've made some fair points here. I think it's best not to assume things about people and then run with it, but that's just my opinion. Not much for me to argue against here.

I can't provide you any great wisdom. Making change is incredibly difficult and will require you to give it all. There will be no rewards and you'll likely die before you see the fruits of your labor. If you're even remotely successful, special interests will fight you. You might even find yourself in danger. If you're going to give yourself to make changes you believe in, you have to commit.

If you don't have the stomach for that then you aren't a leader and that's okay. If you still want to make some sort of impact, you're going to have to do some research and find people/causes that you believe in. Reach out to them and ask what you can do to be a part of their efforts. They'll ask you what you're good at - it's best to use your personal skills to help. If you can't do that, then money or assets is always helpful.

Change won't come unless our communities are strong. We've done a great job neutering ourselves in this sense. Comparitively, almost nobody participates in local politics. Almost nobody knows their neighbors. In the places I've lived, having a block party would be awkward - this is a problem. I think Huey P. Newton had a lot of great ideas in organizing communities. I recommend reading the Huey P. Newton Reader.

Just like every movement before it, it only takes one community to have relative success to build momentum. From there, reach out to other communities and organizations to build alliances. Come up with solid models for independent communities and then sell that idea to the rest of the world. I say sell because it will take salesmanship - the ideas should be given for free though :P

Community building is exactly what we should be working on now. This isn't easy, and in many cases will end in utter failure. I have to go, but if anyone happens to read this, post your questions here.