The Patriot Party was a socialist organization of the early 1970s in the United States that organized poor, rural whites in the Appalachian South and Pacific Northwest . The party was formed after a split with the Young Patriots Organization . The YPO's membership was drawn from street gangs of Appalachian whites in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois ; it became politicized after working with the Young Lords , an ethnic Puerto Rican gang, and the African-American Black Panther Party .
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56-620: A common cause. The coalition espoused an iteration of militancy that aimed to decrease urban unemployment, promote public education, and advance "class" solidarity. For instance, in a 1970 issue of The Patriot , the Young Patriots Organization called for nonviolent support of Bobby Seale (on trial), but also declared that "Guns in the Hands of the Police Represent Capitalism and Racism...Guns In
84-496: A lawyer who represented the BPP after Hampton's assassination, praised some of Hampton's politics, stating that his work in unifying movements is something one can learn from. However, Haas was critical of the way Hampton ran the BPP hierarchical organization. Haas praised the horizontal structure of Black Lives Matter stating: "They may also have picked up on the vulnerability of a hierarchal movement where you have one leader, which makes
112-534: A link between the struggle that poor whites and African Americans experienced. As a result, the Rainbow Coalition was formed to unite racial groups to fight against the underlying class-based systems they believed to be the cause of the discrimination they experienced. After this event, Fred Hampton grew the group to include the Young Lords, RUA, Chicagoan gangs, and other ' New Left ' organizations in
140-746: The Black Panther Party and others to create a broad-based, multi-racial political coalition. It formed after the United Front Against Fascism conference held in Oakland , California , in 1969. The coalition included the Young Lords, the Brown Berets and I Wor Kuen . Hampton's intention was to have multi-ethnic gangs working together to accomplish peaceful solutions, rather than battling each other. The Patriot Party borrowed strategies of community organizing from
168-865: The Lincoln Park Poor People's Coalition, and Rising Up Angry . The coalition was later joined nationwide by the Students for a Democratic Society ("SDS"), the Brown Berets , the American Indian Movement , and the Red Guard Party . In April 1969, Hampton called several press conferences to announce that this "Rainbow Coalition" had formed. The Rainbow Coalition engaged in joint action against poverty , corruption , racism , police brutality , and substandard housing . The participating groups supported each other at protests , strikes , and demonstrations where they had
196-603: The Black Panthers. For instance, they established a Free Breakfast for Children program. They established "liberation schools" to teach their ideology to children. The Eugene , Oregon , chapter, location of the University of Oregon , garnered much community support with its "Free Lumber" program. At this time in the Northwest, some poor people still relied on wood-stoves for cooking and heating, and cheap wood
224-734: The Chicago area. The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party was founded in 1968 by Fred Hampton and Bobby Rush, where Rush held the role of deputy minister of defense and Hampton served as deputy chairman. Following the conclusion of World War II, numerous Puerto Ricans relocated from the island to the U.S. mainland, notably to cities such as New York and Chicago, where they formed communities in areas like Lincoln Park and East Harlem. In these neighborhoods, Puerto Ricans encountered challenges including discrimination, police mistreatment, limited job and educational opportunities, and
252-804: The Hands of the People Represent Socialism and Solidarity." Scholars distinguish this militancy from the direct action of "militant nonviolence" formulated by Martin Luther King, Jr. , weeks before his assassination during the 1968 Poor People's Campaign , by Erik Erikson in Gandhi's Truth (1969), and by Coretta Scott King during the 1970 imprisonment of César Chávez . Elements of this alternate variant have, in turn, been found in doctrines of nonviolent extremism . The coalition eventually collapsed under duress from constant harassment by local and federal law enforcement, including
280-964: The ILBPP Ten-Point Program. Formed in Chicago during the late 1960s, the Young Patriots emerged and was led by Appalachian migrants, predominantly from states like Kentucky and West Virginia. Their mission was to tackle the persistent issues of poverty, racism, and inequality plaguing impoverished white communities. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party, they advocated fervently for social justice, community empowerment, and solidarity across racial divides. Junebug Boykin, Bobby McGuiness, and Hy Thurman took notes from The Black Panther Party and The Young Lords Organization, entwining militant ideas and practices with community organizing and service programs. Emily Ann Wilson recently noted that, in
308-473: The Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and then the Young Lords, declined after the formation of this particular Rainbow Coalition, stemming from internal debates in both organizations over an alliance with the Young Patriots Organization. Lee and Jiménez later recalled that "it was a necessary purging", especially after July 1969, when Hampton replaced "white man" with "capitalist" in the third point of
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#1732773345768336-746: The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1788–1792) Patriotic Party (Guatemala) , in Guatemala Patriotic Party (Turkey) Patriotic Party of Transnistria Patriotic Renovation Party , in Honduras Patriottentijd , in the Netherlands Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Patriot Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
364-695: The Rainbow Coalition in his creation of the Rainbow Cabinet. The Rainbow Cabinet was tasked with addressing cross-racial class-based issues, much like the Rainbow Coalition Washington's tenure in office was specifically referenced by Barack Obama as a point of inspiration. Additionally, David Axelrod a political consultant for Harold Washington aided the Obama campaign with strategies from the Washington campaign. Jeffrey Haas,
392-409: The Rainbow Coalition included Young Patriot members Jack "Junebug" Boykin, Bobby Joe Mcginnis, and Hy Thurman, as well as Field Marshall Bobby Lee of the Black Panthers. The Rainbow Coalition's first alliance was between the Young Patriots and the Black Panthers by Bob Lee. Hampton then incorporated the Young Lords. The Rainbow Coalition soon included various radical socialist community groups like
420-950: The United States (1980–1987) Canada [ edit ] British Columbia Patriot Party , in Canada Parti patriote , in Canada United Kingdom [ edit ] Patriot Whigs , in the United Kingdom (1725) Patriotic Party (UK) (1964) Others [ edit ] Aruban Patriotic Party Belarusian Patriotic Party Irish Patriot Party National Patriotic Party , in Liberia New Patriotic Party , in Ghana Patriot Party (Armenia) Patriot Party (Indonesia) Patriotic Party , in
448-700: The assassination of Hampton. The 1960s was an era characterized by organization-driven social movements. Chicago was home to organizations like the Illinois Black Panther Party , the Young Lords , the Young Patriots , and later Rising Up Angry . These organizations all sought to address issues like discrimination in housing, health, and civil society at large. With the exception of RUA, these organizations all attempted to address these issues of class-based discrimination though it
476-593: The charges, but, by the mid-1970s, the FBI's COINTELPRO program had effectively suppressed the organization. The group was also strongly opposed by far-right white militias. In 1982, the civil rights activist Jesse Jackson adopted the name of " Rainbow Coalition " for organizing multi-ethnic groups to support and vote for liberal (generally Democratic ) candidates for public office, in order to strengthen minority voices by acting in collaboration. Rainbow Coalition (Fred Hampton) The Rainbow Coalition
504-558: The context of chattel slavery, the "Young Patriots acknowledged the role of the robber-baron-bourgeoisie in the enslavement of Black peoples and the theft of native land for capitalist expansion, and they also heavily emphasized their lack of control over their own destinies, but they failed to truly acknowledge the extent to which the white working class committed these crimes on the bourgeois’ behalf or even in an attempt to establish their own self-determination." In her youth, YPO proponents informed historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz "that getting
532-490: The effects of gentrification. Inspired by the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Jose Jimenez established the Young Lords Organization in 1968. The Young Lords Organization was formed from a Puerto Rican Street Gang but evolved into a community-based organization that advocated for healthcare, education, housing, and employment for minorities. Amy Sonnie and James Tracy argue that membership in
560-438: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patriot_Party&oldid=1248151306 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Patriot Party (1970s) The Patriot Party
588-629: The owning class". Buttons with the slogan "Resurrect John Brown " – a reference to the avowed abolitionist – were also commonly used. Pamphlets contained slogans such as "The South will rise again, only this time with the North and all the oppressed people of the world." In 1970, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested the entire central committee of the Patriot Party and charged them with various felonies. They later dropped
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#1732773345768616-597: The poor white kids hooked up with Blacks and Puerto Ricans and Indians dissolved their racism." In the YPO constellation of ideas, where class trumped race in all cases whatsoever, synchronicity and conceptual consistency had to be maintained between the late twentieth-century "struggle", the causes of the Civil War, "past white populist movements", and their modern display of the Confederate battle flag . Rising Up Angry
644-494: The years by Reverend Jesse Jackson , who eventually appropriated the name in forming his own, more moderate coalition, Rainbow/PUSH . Some scholars, including Peniel Joseph , assert that the original rainbow coalition concept was a precursor for the multicultural coalition that politicians like Bill Clinton , Jim McGreevey , Barack Obama , David Dinkins and Harold Washington used in their election campaigns. As Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington directly referenced and invoked
672-562: Was an anti-racist , working-class multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969, in Chicago , Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party , along with William "Preacherman" Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and José Cha Cha Jiménez , founder of the Young Lords . It was the first of several 20th-century black -led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept. Other prominent members of
700-524: Was explicitly through the lens of their organization's racial identification. The Rainbow Coalition was formed when Bob Lee, Field Marshall of the ILBPP, coincidentally spoke alongside the Young Patriots at a community event at the Church of Three Crosses in Chicago. At this event, Bob Lee witnessed arguments between upper-class and lower-class whites about police brutality and poverty. To Lee, this event presented
728-416: Was formed in 1969 as a monthly newspaper with hopes of becoming a political organization. Rising Up Angry wanted to unite white working-class youth with Latinos and African Americans to create a coalition and fight injustice side by side. “The Rainbow Coalition was about uniting communities so we could make revolutionary change.” The phrase "rainbow coalition" was co-opted over
756-432: Was founded in 1970 after infighting among members of the leftist Young Patriots Organization in Chicago. The group sought to improve the condition of disadvantaged whites, particularly recent immigrants, drug-users, the unemployed, welfare-recipients, blue-collar workers, and "dislocated hillbillies" who had left Appalachia . The Patriot Party was a member of the original Rainbow Coalition , formed by Fred Hampton of
784-496: Was hard to come by. The Patriot Party believed that whites would abandon racist beliefs after identifying the capitalist system as their true enemy. Despite the Confederate flag 's association with white supremacism , the Patriot Party used it as a symbol. In addition to easy access at military surplus stores, the flag was used, according to Amy Sonnie and James Tracy, "as a symbol of southern poor people's revolt against
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