Word: cleaver
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...example, it is unclear to what extent the split between Cleaver and Newton is ideological. In labeling Hilliard a reactionary and the Panther National Headquarters a "right-wing Oakland clique," Cleaver was condemning the Party's emphasis on organizing the black community around the ten-point Panther program...
...Cleaver also disapproves of Newton's willingness to fight the Party's battles in the courts and to make concessions to public relations. Cleaver has said that he would prefer the Party to follow the lead of Jonathan Jackson into violent action to free political prisoners...
This difference is at the heart of the issue of the Panther 21, some of whom jumped bail in New York City and fled, possibly-according to Cleaver-to Algiers. The cost to the Party was $150,000; the 21 were expelled...
Newton and the Party responded to Cleaver's ideological attacks on two levels. First, on March 4 the Party newspaper charged that Cleaver was holding his wife Kathleen a prisoner in their home and mistreating...
Immediately the Cleavers denied the charges. Cleaver himself countered with personal attacks on Newton and recommended that he be purged from the Party...