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BLACK LISERATION NEWS PUBLISHED %Y THE! BLACK LISERATION4 FRONT 0F CANADAÀ VOL. 1, NO. 1 15 CENTS JIJLY 1969 Unite ma & fight The following article was writ- ten by Brother Ted Watkins, the founder cf our meovemnent. He was shet by the racist whites of California June 2, 1968. Under the present social and eccn- omic system in North America, men, Mon treal both white and black, conclude that the. black man on this continent bas mode tremendous advancement. This is in accord witb th~e system created by the white mn and built by the black man. Y.s, ih is possible for the black man to enter the Univer- sity cf Mississippi even though it teck federal troops ta do it. Ycs, COPS victimize Brother Most recent problem in M'treal bas been the detention of e black youtb from Nova Scotie et Bordeaux Jeul, for 9 montbs, because b. bas been unable te raise bail in tb. ameunt ef $ 2, 000. Upen investigation by the. Canadien Conference Committee tb. were teld about a meeting ef"bi b.r level " te b. b.ld on June 7tb, after wbich tbey wili b. notified wb.ther tboy could post bail on bis bhaîf. The mot distressing part cf tb. wbole fram-up is tbat wbile b. bas been imprisoned, ewaiting on an alleged charge of rap., bis young son died and bis e- quest to attend the funeral de- ied. Tben bis young daugbter was bespitalized and dia gnos- cd as baving conebral pMI$y Follwlni hahsilèsufr cd a mental breakdown and bas b.en bospitalized. Mis mother offered te post a property bond, but tbis was net accepted b.cause the pro- perty is lecated in N-. Scotia. W. are b.lpless pending tb. outcome of tb. meeting on tbe l7tb cf June says tb.- CCC. Tb. BLFC. is working witb the triple C te the eutcome cf this case. VIGILANCE Ted Watkins, siain brother, ie pictured with hie wife, Nathalyn. it is possible for tb. government te pass numerous civil rigbts buils tbrough the senate and the. bouse of representa- tives even if just te appeese the black populace. And y.., il is possible for the wbite sotiety ta prop up individ- ual black mon in high prestige posi- tiens se tbat the masses cf the black people wiIl tbink we are making sig- nificant strides under ail kinds cf social and economic bernier.. But stop and look et the situation cf tbe black people during the slave per- iod in relation te tbe present. There is littIe difference. Tb. block mon is still a'slave. He ik net a pby- sical slave, irons, chains and halls onuiHWhînds and oinkles but ratber,he is now a slave of tbe mind. W. are In essence, in mental slavery. Herbert Aptbeker in bis book AMERICAN NEGRO SLAVE REVOLTS points eut the similarities of tbe confrlstbat were perpetuated during slavery and are stilI very much in existence today: "A ruling clu s. eften subjected te per- ieds cf panic anising from doubt of its ability te maintain its power may be expected te d.velop very cern p1 x and tborougb systems of contrai. lb. Amer- ican slaveacracy did develop numer- eus psycbological, social, judicial and economic and militaristic meth- ods cf suppression and depressien. " This problem remains and it will con- tinue te remain. We will always b. just. te puppets- and. parasites unies. there is a uniiy among bleck -people-- a unity that i. adopted by each blackc mcan. We must relate to-history and the events whicb were tii. feundation for the collective thoughts cf the. cppressing white seciety te begin te understand tihe develcpmnent of tb. collective black tbought. The post is a reflection cf the future, and the present determines temor- row. That is te say, tbajt what oe accepts in terms of bistory is cnly of value in the present if the know- ledge is defined tameet the pres- cnt needs of tbat individuel in bis particular society. For black people ta ever become a solid unified force, eacb >midiv- idual brother and sister wiII bave to redefine bit or ber station in I ifs and underwand tbat frecipm cornes only ta those who are wil- ling te think, understand, and struggle ta achieve. History and Objectives HISTQRY: lb. scope cf the. Black Liberation Front cf Can- ada is net limited only te tb. oppressive situa- tion in Tronte, nor teail the rest cf Canada fer that motter. Altbougb mot organizing octivity will ho con- tered in Trente the Black Lihoration Front of Canada sees its (ong range goal as the. complete and totel social transformation cf the oppressive socioty. Tbis necessanily will toe.tb. offert cf the whole block ccmmunity as well os other pro- gressive eloments of tb. rest cf tbe society. In order te ain more support for black people, the Black Libration Front cf Canada ongoged in exposing tbe racist and exploitetive systom. lb. BLFC establisb.d ties witb the more radical elements cf the black people in Trente..lb.>' belped by putting us in contact with people wbe could aid us in some way and aIse by publiciz- ing their support cf the BLFC's program. lmmed- ietely after we onnounced aur action the racist institutions and their lacksys - such as the pros. got inte the act cf confusing the public, with the help of somo estbled "Negro" organiza- tions. In March, 1968 a story appeared in. the Front Caibb.an Chronicle (a "Negro" newspaper) about tbe black man's struggles. lb. editorial read: "The clarion cail for Block Power bas been sounded loud and dleanr in Toronto. "Just recsntly an association was founded in the city by a srmll greup and a lot cf neat ar- guments bhave been advanced in support of Black Power as on answer to the problems of the col- oured people in Canada. "B1ut we toe issue with tb. founders cf the Block Power movemnent in Trente. "As a paper serving tb. West Indien community, the Caribbean Chronicle is naturally concemed with Backc Power trends, especiaîly inscfar as West Indiens are involvcd.' "Admittodly, as fur as the racial question is cencernd, the situation in Canada is certain- ly net e. bappy cone. But thon Canada is net tbe United States and moasures tbat may ho necest- or>' te deal wth the situationi in the. U. S. mey net ho the saine as requirsd bers in Canada. 'lit is extrom.ly difficuit te undsrstand what- Of Canada good it will do West Indiens te stir up a civil war in Canada in tb. nome cf Blctck Power. "Canada bas opened its doors te tbousands of West Indiens in searcb cf b.tterment for tb.m- selves and their families. Witb tb. growin rum- blings cf Blackç Power it is quit.eas or-,_Caýnada te decide te shut tb. deor, or et least make it se mucb more difficult fer would-he immigrants frem the Caibbean. "Those Black Power "'leaders" in Canada looking for a following among the West Indion cemmunity must b. teld wb.re te get off. "West Indians in Canada are as law-abiding and intelligent a group as any ether and should net ellow tb.mselvcs te become pawns in a new po- wcr gae.." On the question posed by the editorial aur reply was the. fellowing: lb. purpase cf tbe BLFC is te unite the. black peeple te f ight the problems thot block people face, and those probîems conter around racism. Wbite people are net as mucb victims of roc- ( see page 2 ) Block Li beration