The Philosophy of Huey Newton: Delio Vásquez in Conversation with East Bay Yesterday

​Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about him is known today due to persistent distortions of his legacy as co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

​In "Huey P. Newton: I Am We" (Polity Books), a much-needed intellectual history, Delio Vásquez establishes Newton as a true philosopher who developed innovative theories for how the most oppressed could spearhead revolutionary change in a rapidly developing technological society. Inspired by his ideas, the Panthers forged alliances with Black student unions and street gangs, Hollywood elites and poor whites, the gay liberation movement and Third World nations.

​To discuss his new book, Vásquez will be in conversation with Liam O'Donoghue, host of the East Bay Yesterday podcast and KPFA radio program. Books will be available for purchase and signing via East Bay Booksellers.

​Delio Vásquez is a scholar of political theory, philosophy, and Black studies based at New York University. He has also taught at American University in Washington, D.C., San Quentin Prison in California, and Wallkill Correctional Facility in New York. He received his PhD in the History of Consciousness, with concentrations in Politics and Feminist Studies, from UC Santa Cruz, where he also organized with UAW 2865. He was born and raised in the Bronx, NY.