Edinburgh Branch to bring "Scottish Green Party celebrates the 60 year anniversary of the creation of the Black Panther Party" motion to conference

The Edinburgh Green Party will bring to Autumn 2026 conference a motion with
following text:

Preamble

In the 1960s the American Civil Rights Movement succeeded in ending official
segregation of people of colour, but failed to truly transform the lives of
minorities that still had to deal with deprivation, lack of education and
systematic racism of the police and judiciary.

As a reaction to the oppression of black Americans, in October 1966, Huey Newton
and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party. The party was proudly
socialist, anti-imperialist and anti-racist, provided food, education and
clothing to the communities it was involved in.

Due to internal conflicts as well as government sabotage, which included
assassinations of multiple members, the party mostly ceased to exist in the 80s.
Sadly one of the reasons their revolution failed was entrenched patriarchy and
sexism within the organisation bigotries that should be completely rejected.

Yet its impact on the world is undeniable, as its members, like Angela Davis,
Kwame Ture and Fred Hampton, inspire radical movements to this day.

Motion

Scottish Green Party conference celebrates the 60 year anniversary of the
creation of the Black Panther Party and acknowledges its lasting impact not only
on the USA but the entire world.