Literally the first thing the Black Panthers would do if they managed to seize control of Oakland, Chicago, or any of the other cities they were gaining a lot of support in would be to build up forces and invade neighboring population centers to liberate prisons, de-occupy Black communities, and bring industry into their control to eventually sustain a full scale civil war effort. You understand that, right? Just because their revolution didn’t happen doesn’t mean that they weren’t ready to go and kill a lot of people to make these things happen.
Literally the first thing the Black Panthers would do if they managed to seize control of Oakland, Chicago, or any of the other cities they were gaining a lot of support in would be to build up forces and invade neighboring population centers to liberate prisons, de-occupy Black communities, and bring industry into their control to eventually sustain a full scale civil war effort. You understand that, right? Just because their revolution didn’t happen doesn’t mean that they weren’t ready to go and kill a lot of people to make these things happen.