They Huey P. Newton Reader

Black capitalism " re-analvsed JI231
at the same time heightening the oppressed community's con:adiction
with the large corporate capitalist empire. This will intensify the
antagonistic contradiction between the oppressed community and the
empire; and by heightening that contradiction there will subsequently
be a violent transformation of the corporate empire. We will do this
through our survival programs, which have the interest of the community
at heart.
We now sec the Black capitalist as having a similar relationship to
the Black community as the national (native) bourgeoisie have to the
people in national wars of decolonization. In wars of decolonization the
national bourgeoisie supports the freedom struggle of the people because
they recognize that that it is in their own selfish interest. Then when
the foreign exploiter has been kicked out, the national bourgeoisie takes
his place and continues the exploitation. However, the national bourgeoisie
is a weaker group even though they are exploiters.·
Since the people see Black capitalism in the community as Black
control oflocal institutions, this is a positive characteristic because the
people can bring more direction and focus to the activities of the capitalist.
At the same time the Black capitalist who has the interest of
the community at heart will respond to the needs of the people because
this is where his true strength lies. So far as capitalism in general is
concerned, the Black capitalist merely has the status of victim because
the big White capitalists have the skills, make the loans, and in fact
control the Black capitalist. If he wants to succeed in his enterprise
the Black capitalist must turn to the community because he depends
on them to make his profits. He needs this strong community support
because he cannot become independent of the control of the corporate
capitalists who control the large monopolies
The Black capitalist will be able to support the people by contributing
to the survival programs of the Black Panther Party. In con-
• Presently the bourgeoisie is in a weaker position now than it was when it was
freed from colonialism. Under Reactionary Intercommunalism (such as in Europe)
the bourgeoisie is in control of a smaller unit (community) than it was before.
Not only does this make it weaker, it also makes a non-antagonistic transformation
of their contradiction more likely since the objective interests of the bourgeoisie
are in many way similar to the interests of poor people.