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In 1970, a mixed group of [[Communist Party USA]] members, CPUSA sympathizers, assorted socialists and a few left-liberals formed  the '''Committee to Defend the Panther 21''', a group of [[Black Panther Party]] members in [[New York City]] who, according to the fundraising letter of January 25, 1970, have been charged "with a conspiracy to murder New York City policemen and to dynamite a variety of sites ranging from Abercrombie & Fitch to the Bronx Botanical Gardens."<ref name=jan25>Jan. 25, 1970 letter and letterhead, "Committee to Defend the Panther 21", 37 Union Square West, 4th Floor, New York New York, 10003, (212) 243-2260), "Dear Friend"</ref> The letter reads as follows,
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:''"The Committee to Defend the Panther 21 has been formed to raise funds for the defense effort, to focus local and national attention on the case, and to inform people about the full scope of what is happening to the Black Panther Party. Bail money for the 21 totals over one million dollars. Twelve thousand dollars is needed immediately for a defense investigation. Transcripts will cost $3000 a day for a trial that may last as long as four months. The total defense costs are now projected at well over $100,000, even though the lawyers are volunteering their services.''
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:- Yours for the Committee, [[Murray Kempton]]"''
  
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In 1970, a mixed group of Communist Party USA members, CPUSA sympathizers, assorted socialists and a few left-liberals formed  the [[Committee to Defend the Panther 21]], a group of [[Black Panther Party]] [[BPP]] members in [[New York City]] who, according to the fundraising letter of January 25, 1970,<ref>Jan. 25, 1970 letter and letterhead, "Committee to Defend the Panther 21", 37 Union Square West, 4th Floor, New York New York, 10003, (212) 243-2260), "Dear Friend"</ref> have been charged "with a conspiracy to murder New York City policemen and to dynamite a variety of sites ranging from Abercrombie & Fitch to the Bronx Botanical Gardens." ...
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==Sponsors==
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The following is a partial list of sponsors of the committee, in alphabetical order:<ref name=jan25/>
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''"The Committee to Defend the Panther 21 has been formed to raise funds for the defense effort, to focus local and national attention on the case, and to inform people about the full scope of what is happening to the Black Panther Party. Bail money for the 21 totals over one million dollars. Twelve thousand dollars is needed immediately for a defense investigation. Transcripts will cost $3000 a day for a trial that may last as long as four months. The total defense costs are now projected at well over $100,000, even though the lawyers are volunteering their services."''
 
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"Your for the Committee", [[Murray Kempton]]
 
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SPONSORS: (partial list in alphabetical order) including the following (without organizational identifications, which are supplied in some cases by KW - many have further identifications thru the Blue-link system at KW)
 
 
*[[Ralph Abernathy]] - [[SCLC]]
 
*[[Ralph Abernathy]] - [[SCLC]]
 
*[[Frank Baraff]]
 
*[[Frank Baraff]]
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*[[David Livingston]] - id. CPUSA labor leader who was ousted from [[District 65, Distributive Workers of America]] union during a CPUSA purge of some of its Jewish members (See "Theory and Practice of Communism, Communism in the Labor Unions, HISC, 1974 FIND FULL CITATION).
 
*[[David Livingston]] - id. CPUSA labor leader who was ousted from [[District 65, Distributive Workers of America]] union during a CPUSA purge of some of its Jewish members (See "Theory and Practice of Communism, Communism in the Labor Unions, HISC, 1974 FIND FULL CITATION).
 
*Mrs. [[Sidney Lumet]] - wife of the leftist movie producer [[Sidney Lumet]]
 
*Mrs. [[Sidney Lumet]] - wife of the leftist movie producer [[Sidney Lumet]]
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*[[Lincoln Lynch]] - far-left supporter of communist fronts and causes. A leader of CORE [[Congress of Racial Equality]]<ref>Subversive Involvement in the Origin, Leadership and Activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and Its Predecessor Organizations", Staff Study, HISC, 1970, has Lincoln's radical record on pages XIII, 7. 8, 10, 11 & 66.</ref>
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*[[Stuart Meachum|Stewart]] - a leader of the Hanoi Lobby as a member of the far-left [[American Friends Service Committee]] [[AFSC]], and Hanoi visitor. Also a leader in the [[Anti-Defense Lobby]]. Admitted his preference for a communist government in South Vietnam<ref>New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Part 2, Hearings, House Internal Security Committee, June 9-11, 1970, transcript of the documentary "In the Name of Peace", p. 4273</ref>
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*[[Sidney Morgenbesser]] - [[IPS]]
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*[[Jerry Nadler]] - later a member of the [[New York City Council]] and then the U.S. Congress as a Representative from New York (D-NY)
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*[[Jack Newfield]] - another left-liberal writer who sponsored some communist fronts and causes
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*Rev. [[Walter P. H. Parker]]
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*[[Cleveland Robinson]] - veteran CPUSA supporter in labor and later in the DSA (see his Bluelink page)
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*[[Alex J. Rosenberg]]
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*[[William A. Rutherford]]
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*[[Hal Scharlett]]
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*[[Nathan H. Schwerner]]- father of slain civil rights worker [[Michael Schwerner]]. He has some sponsorships of CPUSA fronts and causes to his name
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*[[John J. Simon]]
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*[[Lyle Stuart]] - far-left publisher, supporter of the made-in-Cuba [[Fair Play for Cuba Committee]] [[FPFCC]]. He testified in SISS hearings about the FPFCC.
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*[[Harold Taylor]]
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*[[Doris Turner]] - leftist labor leader in New York City, [[Local 1199]]
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*[[Cora Weiss]] - head of the Hanoi Lobby; IPS financial supporter; Women Strike for Peace [[WSP]] leader, and daughter of Soviet agent of influence and CPUSA member [[Samuel Rubin]]. Hanoi visitor.
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*[[Peter Weiss]] - German-born husband of Cora Weiss. Affiliated with a radical law firm that included at least one identified CPUSA member among its top five attorneys [[Kunstler, Kinoy, Hirschkopf, Stavis and Weiss]]. IPS Board member and supporter of cited CPUSA legal fronts including NECLC and the National Lawyers Guild [[NLG]] creation, the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] [[CCR]]
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*[[Livingston Wingate]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 15 February 2012

Template:TOCnestleft In 1970, a mixed group of Communist Party USA members, CPUSA sympathizers, assorted socialists and a few left-liberals formed the Committee to Defend the Panther 21, a group of Black Panther Party members in New York City who, according to the fundraising letter of January 25, 1970, have been charged "with a conspiracy to murder New York City policemen and to dynamite a variety of sites ranging from Abercrombie & Fitch to the Bronx Botanical Gardens."[1] The letter reads as follows,

"The Committee to Defend the Panther 21 has been formed to raise funds for the defense effort, to focus local and national attention on the case, and to inform people about the full scope of what is happening to the Black Panther Party. Bail money for the 21 totals over one million dollars. Twelve thousand dollars is needed immediately for a defense investigation. Transcripts will cost $3000 a day for a trial that may last as long as four months. The total defense costs are now projected at well over $100,000, even though the lawyers are volunteering their services.
- Yours for the Committee, Murray Kempton"

Sponsors

The following is a partial list of sponsors of the committee, in alphabetical order:[1]

References

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  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Jan. 25, 1970 letter and letterhead, "Committee to Defend the Panther 21", 37 Union Square West, 4th Floor, New York New York, 10003, (212) 243-2260), "Dear Friend"
  2. ↑ The Loyal Opposition:Americans in North Vietnam, 1965-72, James W. Clinton, Un. of Colorado Press, 1995, abbreviated reference as "The Loyal Opposition"
  3. ↑ Subversive Involvement in the Origin, Leadership and Activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and Its Predecessor Organizations", Staff Study, HISC, 1970, has Lincoln's radical record on pages XIII, 7. 8, 10, 11 & 66.
  4. ↑ New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Part 2, Hearings, House Internal Security Committee, June 9-11, 1970, transcript of the documentary "In the Name of Peace", p. 4273
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