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"Yellow Power"
From its very first issue, which contained a quote from Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver and a call for "Yellow Power!", Gidra echoed the Panthers' call for self-determination and expressed solidarity with other marginalized groups.
As well as supporting incarcerated Panther leaders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, Gidra also championed the occupation of Alcatraz Island by Native American activists. As one anonymous contributor put it in May 1969, "Don't think that it's a Black problem; it's a Yellow, Black, Brown, and Red problem… I'm asking you to stand up for what you think is right for the Yellow people and our Black and Brown brethren. Let's forget our differences and work together because united we stand and we shall be heard."
Roz Payne, photographer. Asian American demonstrators rally for Huey P. Newton's release in Oakland, 1969, Courtesy of Roz Payne
