White Panther Party

The White Panthers were a political collective founded in the United States in 1968 by John and Leni Sinclair, and Lawrence (Pun) Plamondon. The group, which took its name in emulation of the Black Panthers, dedicated its energies to "cultural revolution." The group was most active in Detroit, Michigan and Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party was asked in an interview what white people could do to support the Black Panthers. Newton replied that they could form a White Panther Party. Sinclair made every effort to ensure that the White Panthers were not mistaken for a white supremacist group, responding to such claims with "quite the contrary."

The White Panther State/meant

In November of 1968, Fifth Estate published the "White Panther State/meant". This manifesto, in emulation of the Black Panthers, ended with a ten-point program:

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1968 - Fifth Estate - Manifesto - Black Panthers

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• Full endorsement and support of Black Panther Party's 10-Point Program
• Total assault on the culture by any means necessary, including rock n' roll, dope and fucking in the streets.
• Free exchange of energy and materials - we demand the end of money!
• Free food, clothes, housing, dope, music, bodies, medical care - everything free for everybody!
• Free access to information media - free the technology from the greed creeps!
• Free time and space for all humans - dissolve all unnatural boundaries.
• Free all schools and all structures from corporate rule - turn the buildings over to the people at once!
• Free all prisoners everywhere - they are our brothers.
• Free all soldiers at once - no more conscripted armies.
• Free the people from their "leaders" - leaders suck - all power to all the people freedom means free everyone!