PROM ALGIEH8

Today is January the 12th, 1971 • 'ince September of 1970, ur.

Timothy Le«ry and his wife ttosewary have been with us here in the

Inter-communal >«ction of the Blaok i'antb-er i'arty in Algeria. During

that time, much confusion 1ms been generated, partly because of our

own silence OH the subject, as to the relationship between the ISlaelc

i'rmther party and >Jr. Leary and hia wife*

I want to t&ke tliiu opportunity to set fortu our position an tltat

and aifte to make « few observ&ti u« on the dru^ culture a* a whole

inside the United States specif Lc^Aly, as it relfttee to the j-roeess of

carrying out tne, revolutionary struggle a£»in«t tue f nci»t inperiallet

•wplre of tne united states* of /unerica.

A couple of r.ioiitks Hfto, I was talking to Jr. Leary sjbout how we

would deal with this case, Uow we would integrate Him into our ^.-errtioii

here, of what role he oould play, anti how be coulri function, .uui specifically

how he could be projected to the press in terras of :<i« -uldic iuia^e*

u\nci Ms su^^eatien wns, tiurt because of the difference in the fsychoiocy of

his part of the world, particularly he was referring to ,/uro;>e, that wo

bad to use ttri.s, concepts and images that they could relate to. And so

he stated th; t he ti.oup;ht that he should be projected as trie "Aristotle*

or the * >ocrate»" or the "Dartre" f the American revolution. And I

think t*tT\ kind of symbolixos or typifies hox «r. Leary ha» constantly

tried to relate to us, that he seema to take himself seriously na the

h priest of the revolution; and that he in some sense sees hiinaelf as

sort of a secular god, around whicu the universe is constructed, around

which the revolutionary moveiiieii fc in&ide the united itate» revolves.

also, after many discussion* with hi* on the subject of drug*

and the relevancy of ir»«^«, s -ecifieally L&D, aeiti, AS n w a^tm in the

revolutionary struggle, Ifve COM* to the conclusion that Dr. i «ary 10

irrevocably wed t- th« idea of the beneficial aspect** of Li»U in the

context of the revolutionary movement «nd that he is willing toi wellj

(long pause} that he would rather die titan five up the idea of

AeHkriean society by dosing everyone with Ju$I>, 011, this i» not »

principle or a {suggestion that w« In tii«» Ulack. Panther iarty can in

way endorse, because we think it*a absurd and «*r«.olistic aa an

to c«rryin.,, out our struggle. Leary seews content to continue

people to "Turn o«, tuna in and drop out," and that h« r«j liy aieana it

wheu he a«ys that freedom wean* getting high. While iixla la in direct

conflict witu the neoda of the Aaterieau revolution, beeauae we feel that

wo need people with clear heads, aob«r ; eoi>ie who have their wlte about

them, because we're confronted with n*urti»rou» I'aclst ; ig« who will atop

at nothing and who have ao mueh manjaewer at tneir diapeaal that they're

able to change shifts on us* -ach crew -utw in ei^ht houra a day, while

we ourvelves are not able to do tiint, ao thet it'a net realistic or

aerjoue to ff aui.v ;«at that people try to deal with the situation lu the

United Stato* by taking aeid trips or other drugs er by beln« high at

all in any way, shai>«t form or faahien*

ueople who have tauten * cloae look at what the Black . anther / .-rty

has stated in the paet will know that when we condemn the use of harmful

•iruga, that we do not include warijuaaa in that eategory, because tliere

are aifitiy of us who like to get high on marijuana once in a while* **ut

t;.is does not «ean that we advoeata a constant state of being high, or

intoxication, that we want to wake it nbaoluteley clear we do not advocate

people indulging in m revolutionary sictivlty while under the influence

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dru&e u*td*r the present clrcmaaiances should b« vteved A* « urst«r-

r evolutionary t-ctiv-ity«

Thi* dee« not mean that w» do uot recognise tfe* pr«(fr«»»i r«- rui*

played in t»*e peat by the whol* youtn, drug* culture in the

3tftts») tfjot it w?«# v«ry useful some jr««ur» a£* v?het» ,>»<.;, vl«»

by turning «w»y frow the *tendaztl* and "r^lu«» of t'uat *ucioty* a»d lay

•feat t« rliu, t »^ither«0a» tii^»e VAltt«* by getting hig$tt freaking r

fr*akinii eff, wiiatever y»tt **at to «*y» ><ii«tev»>r terwiHoJlogy you w

to use, that at a «*rtala point in our sir r ^ » tl-tiy waa «

•tep to tnk«» Sot tt>in^» ttnive oh tinned *i«ce tk«ii, it la no

to '.mr atru;;i;;le lutci it ha» to *.-» »to-?p«<1t it tut« to b» dealt with,

we t*ke a dim wiew »>f it, »ztci we w*at nothing to do with it and we want

to ae« it ended. V* want people to .other their vit«» to eoWr «p*

^•et town t- r , f •MPftMM eVMlMNMi *>*' n*^troyi^,r, t'le .•J;1.Vi.y.'i«n.i:>.»v *•.

and thi* ia what we nmat do, and trds is. our v iu ty*

On Jnauary the ^>th of 1;>?1, 1 i»«u«it an oyder tt* ^ield

i>.C.f wfee v«rk» in <»ur f i l l in mi !•••••! ae«tlon her* in Alc*rl«f to &o t*

L*ary*» ap*trt««»»t rmct. to take t*ary awci hi* wife l!,«n«0!aary ta another

location and to confina th«n th«re until further iu>tie«, od sine* that

time, Dr. i.eary attd Heaeaary J ««ry have been ; lacetf in -— I <iu.n*t

knew th« teria to u»e, i>ut, we c>>ulti «»y ttittt, on ^»nuary he ^th, we

basted Leary— »Leary* « bu»t*d, and y»» *ai» eonaidar him brt*te*i, he and

At o»* p*i»t, k» w»* t«clklim: to Uoaaaiary about the situatioa, and

I, "'Ahe> *r* Juat aeme ni£(>er*» fi«xin^ their mu»ol*a«H Tike , oint

ia, tiiet in uaing di-uga aa an «acitpe, trying *o u»* dru a aa a way of

dealing with th« r«*lity, the horttble reality ef oppression in Babylon,

it serv»* the function of escaping from that reality. Taut it tui» the

harmful siri«»ei'i't>et of leaving wany aentrudiction* uf»rcr«<?lvetl, nt* In

the ca*« of t~e«ry, 1 think to* sywbollue* thie for us, *«fve had tii*e,

we've had ti«e to vctry- carefttliy observe Leary** reaction* and

behavior through this very clam* association wt've had with him ov#r

tfc>e*» Months, and we find tht»t ait-n^u.^, Ii«'« able to naka

e*atur«a and political *tat«m*at«( ti*, t • antinily the

aad opportunist aitdf he ha* a very 4eej> atr&in »f r»ei»v>;t wliit* meiam

him, which OOM«« out in v«ry »ur ^riain^ forwa, and which he flli%>

rufrdet«ctetf« *»*, alth«a«b I Have si<* ; ret«n*io»iMt of Vein« a

or a f)ayciiiatri«t( it Tina become verv oleax to »«* that tbere*»

seriously wron^ with both >/r. «.-eary and Ua wife*e ferain*-. ; attribute

thla te tUe multi|,L«« the uncountable auttfeer «£ aetd trip* that they

have taken, aad it »akea «*e v«ry *<td, looking at tUeii1 H f i U r r t i o i t , beca

wijtile on the one hand X like ? «*ryt X like Uc»er«r.rv» hut objectively I

fiatf the* both to be n<m~i'un«tio»ai in 0 olitieal ««>atext; not awlpfui,

and realiy we Have gftnaa. to look upvi> the« »«rt ef aa p*ti*ntat »v>rt of

ae r<>«pousil»illtie* tl*at- we have to take care of. *lt»o we*v« n<»tic*»d

that they're very dangeroua wople beeauae whatever the uae of L'»i> haa

done to their brain*, one thine i* tnt<t it*» vary clearly don* ia

4**treve4 their ability to Make judgnwent*. partieulariv in the area of

•ecnrity, «o that we are forced to constantly uae manpewer to watch tiie«t

we*ve uad to aepar*t« ti^ea fro« varieua enewiea t ) > » t they've Cotton

the«taelve* invelved with.

Leary seem* to vitfeer away with->«t an audience. He naed* i.eople

him who bove a werehlpful attitude towarda Ulw, Ke haa a need te

be aeen a* a ki^ti prieat, ae a god. And In thia <»art of the world,

such gou* don't nave ready audieneea at hand. 4* *hi»t i.eary *crar>e*

around tor tuny **ttdienc« that li« can assemble, whether it's au audience

of CIA agent* *ar<itteradimg as hippies and tourists, or what have you,

BO that w« do m.t rp&ret fur 0110 moment that w« took on the ease of

Tiisothy L*Mry« w* d« not re et having doae that. But v»'»e only now

beginning to fully ra&lise the heavy b*orcL«w tb«t we olcked «*•;» waen we

did that. Aud thi» ai»Q wo • se« i« term* «f owr duty to th* revolu-

tionary »'»ov«i;v<mt in th« *;nit«ii ,>t«t«» of ^irmrica, th&t w» mu*t deal with

all the destruction and damage of people that has b«*n generated by t'»se

very evil, vtelnu* social »y»tew that hold* eway in B«)»yXou* t'»t to

all tho»e who look to Dr» i. ary f-'«r inspiration or t>vei< IefiU*rraUi>*, w*

want to way that.your god i« dead, because hie mind has been blown by

acid. .Mid w« »ay tm.t if you think tuat by tuairig- in, turning on and

droppine out you're improving the aiiuatien, that you're cftsj»$l»g society,

it*» very clear that you*re doing nothing except destroying your t»w»

brain «n<l strengthening the hand* of our enewy. Jie«au«e I think that in

thi* day and time vr.en. the enettty no longer need* o«r labor power, when

the enemy hae machines to replace nen, tii«t they would * very ...ucU like

to have everybody walking around with tneir minds blown away by acid, *o

that theywmld continue to run their came down on a mass of robots,

think that the use of LSD a* it i« manifested in th** high L«reiet of LSD,

Dr. ; **ryt brings 19»4, vith all of its Horrible rHxtifications, er» trmeh

closer.

That's not the future that we are fighting and dying for. That's

net what it's >i>ut, th«t*s not vhat we are into. -inoe leary has

•••a f-c-:tc i^i 1 fea L..., t}>,<-r« 'mv« i--e» -t-uy :.i;l,.';>i*s id lf:i.->,/i ess :*ud so

forta tripping over here, m«&io£ their i il£pri»*ge to s«« tKeir god.

And with then they brin^ sacrificial gifts to tiieir god, and we want

tnera to know that it's not acceptable to us l ere, ?»nd you will not

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receive a warn or happy welcome if you »kow up here co»ia« out of tUnt

bag. What X*« saying IMS** else applies to the Jerry Hubins, th* Stew

Alberts and the- Abble Heffwans ami th*. wnale silly, *» p»ycii«>l«lio tl

culture, tjufisi-^oiiiieel >*K»ve»:?ent; of which they are tvrt, Mtiri of i*

we have been 4* -»art in the past, wi ich we> alii«<i otir*»lv*« with in th*

pa»t, which we »upport«d in th« past b«cau»« it WA* our jitd««»»»nt that

at that tim», t»«i» i» wli«t v* u«rt to work with, rrom white America.,

But we're through, w«*re fini«!t&><! vith reletin,{i to thiv madness*

we're thruu^t tolor^iing tiiia ^mdn*>*», and we vrnnt everybody to know

that the »«riou» work of t:,'-rooting and deetroyiiv,' the empire of B«bylen

which is ricioue .faciem *nd Iffperialieai* fhie h»e to be dealt with,

and we want it dealt with in the only way that it o*»n be dealt with, by

sober, utorifc-colti revoiutiojruwrles, Motivated by revolutionary love, «em

and wvtaen who fit the deeeription glvex: by Comeratie Cfee Ciuever.is <rcooi,

calculating kiilin^ machine* to be turned against the enemy," people

wtio xlt h;<ve ..t firm ideoleifieal (auiKiation, wfae knew vtutt they're doing,

whe knew -icv to da it, wno know how to implement their ideology for ttee

purpose of carryiaa out thia revolution.

Yea, we had to bust Timothy and fieeemary, (long pauea) and we have

to take care of Tiaiothy and Koaaiaary, aud we will do that, too, a* iong

UK Tiwethy end iJoeeMory roilalu In lji«ria, they will iiave th.* protection

of the Xnter-eenmunal ection of the Black i anther t'arty, ami thnt'e the

only protection the t they nave* They dort't understand that, but we do,

that all of us who are out here «-- our very survival is dependent upon

our political altuation, :uid taat'a all, because the U.S. imi'»?rinlists,

the f^cists, nave armies ef agents acroun^ing *ud drawling all over the

planet earth, making trouble for progressive forces, *uwi fcltey have

finally focused in on us here, and they're trying to '<tove aeainwt us.

they're trying to destroy us here, /OKI it** for that reaaon tliat we

can mi longer tolerate this atugkidity from Leary ? ntd by busting him

we're letting him know tU<>t we're serious abaut tUnt* iU» *«e* this r,»

a contradict ton* He thinks that « - risuju i» « , ri^ii, confinement i»

confine .;c4tvt. ... find it ireaieal *yslef» having *,-«»nt long years In

i>ri»on ayac-lf, «uad not rei^tittt, *<» it, not relating to injt'r»3ti*oiiment

or confin«rr»«ntt butt y*t finding wyaelf ia the pttsltion wh«r* X liatf t«

the deciaion ta buat Tiinothy teary. I say this nnil" Jokingly, becnu*»

he will be releaeed temerrow, Ue vtil be allowed to go back tr* hia

tomorrow, t« will be lib<irated tomorrow, nut this macninery

we hnve in our hattde 1« r«voi utiynary »«aeiti-in?r.y# and Leary has

received e revolutionary bn»t, ue «*cap»<l freie * reactionary bust in

iJabylon, come *o Algeria, «uwi now he ttue suffered a revolutionary bu«t*

TUo.t*« exactly xlu«t it wtx«*.*tne man wan busted, we busted biau And

it*» acoeptaele to us. v,e wee in teary** behavior, his wttltode, a good

• . : - . : . . • - . • • . ! - . - . > ? „ ; • t . te o^'ortuinisw of t.'v- ' :.,.tt« »«ctioa of fch« Anmrl«Mi

revolut ioivfei-y ;rjovei-i«nt, su*a<»tiling has to be etoppetji* ' « hope thnt the

•, etttt..wrnt«n «*» have a cfiance to see anti hear this* We want to way,

riijht-on bra there and ftt&ter*, we toek upon ourselvee Tiwothy and

• •• •: :.t> at year request, La or-:e.r t--.- uv*,:tu:!!,»tr;-te <mr 'L.-5V*> and *>,li

for you and ewr great, undying respect for je«r beautiful revolutionary

work* And we suy, keep it vp* Irut we aleo want to *«y that we think

it is «. Btistake wtien you suggest or edviee j>eople tu tarn te acid «s a

r«volutionar>' wett^on. t^s net neceda^ry. AMd we*r* not Si'Sftkiu,^ out

of ignorance, because we knew whttt acid is about* SOSM of us nave

taken trlns, t,o coeck it- out, and we knaw wt.«t it** abaut. /vnd if we

had mere inforu>.«ition on the subject, we cimld tf*k» a definitive ataatf

on it. But we don't claim to be authorities on the use of t^tl), and at

particular >*o»n»nt, we have no .interest in becoMiiit, authorities.

If we did, then we *o«Xd certainly do that by tripping out on the acid

that w«*ve c'>m'.is*at*d from these hippie* <?nd yl$£ie« and tripviea

that hav* oewn flocking to Alg*riw to p«y homage to their god, ftoothy

L«ary, Uut that** not v/h«r« we're «o»in^ from, that** not what it*«

about* v»d we tiiiak tlint it would be ^ood, if you cuuld define your

poeition «» the relov. jicy of t;<l« whole dri»& culture in uur struggle

against the death culture of Babylon* because in terme of . rotracted

• trug^lo, Mild in the iong-term view, the drug culture ie part and parcel

of the death culture, ana It*a a result oi the pretaue or the Babylonian

eoeial ayetew on people that force* them to tteek escape from the awful

confrontation that la upon *,».»«