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Anthony Amsterdam, 40, went to Stanford University to teach law in 1969 but has spent as much time in court as in the classroom. One of the nation's ranking experts in criminal law and civil rights, he has defended Chicago Seven Attorney William Kunstler, Black Panther Bobby Seale and Militant Angela Davis. He became principal architect of the campaign to abolish the death penalty, successfully arguing his case before the Supreme Court in 1972. A former clerk for the late Felix Frankfurter and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Amsterdam has a passion for underdogs...
...welfare of the masses. The SLA's topsy-turvy tactics were condemned by Ramparts and a host of activists including Cesar Chavez, Huey Newton, Angela Davis, Jerry Rubin, and Jane Fonda. Even the Weather Underground expressed its sympathy for the SLA cautiously; only the Black Liberation Army, a Black Panther splinter group, supported the SLA with enthusiasm...
...Hooray to you students of Berkeley who see fit to idolize Patricia Hearst, or "Tania," for her membership in an organization that has Black Panther Leader Huey Newton targeted for death for abandoning the use of violence as a tactic. You have really got it all together, people. Just one question, though. Is this the same Berkeley that was the seat of protests against the senseless killings of the Viet...
Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party chairman, called last night for Congress to eliminate the power of the presidency, with impeachment of President Nixon as a first step...
...Duplex is by Ed Bullins, once minister of culture for the Black Panther Party, and it's part of a projected series of 20 full-length plays about black people in America. Bullins modestly calls it the "Twentieth Century Cycle." Among his other accomplishments are an Obie award and, for his first novel, possibly the worst review ever to appear in The Crimson. Tonight through Saturday, 7:30 at the Loeb...