Huey Newton's 1970 Interview on Black Panther Party's Internationalist Vision and Armed Struggle

In a January 16, 1970 interview in Berkeley after his three-year jail term, Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton discussed the Party's shift from Black Power nationalism to Marxist-Leninist internationalism. He viewed the U.S. as the base of global imperialism, advocating armed struggle against the "World-Enemy-Number-One." Newton cited inspiration from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung, and guerrilla fighters in various countries. He described the Party's focus on a "new front" in U.S. urban areas and supported national wars of independence. The interview, arranged by the Africa Research Group and published in Sechaba, expressed Newton's desire for better communication with global liberation movements. It was reprinted in his 2009 book "To Die for the People."