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When we look at the work of the Vanguard Party that were our warriors and stood for the Black Pride that Malcolm El Haji Shabazz stood for. Self sufficient community owners of our own business and in control of our destiny. The contradiction of that is what we are experiencing today the WHITE ESTABLISHMENT CORPORATIONS CALLED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Huey is showing that the analogy of Ban Peebles of Malcolm being Sweetback and the Vanguard Party being the Revolution or Moo-Moo. How Malcolm gave us the two things that we must be diametrically opposed to the oppressor, and we are responsible for our Freedom By Any Means Necessary! "Wherever, each synthesis leads to new contradictions. Right until the end Melvin Van Peebles is signifying and conveying a message to us. What is the new contradiction? Sweepback has killed two dogs, but one is still there, refreshing himself in the water mingled with blood of the other dogs If Sweetback got two dogs who is going to get the other? That is the dog we must down. So the movie ends with the words “WATCH OUT.” This has a dual meaning. It is telling all the many Sweetbacks across the land to watch out for that third dog and be prepared to deal when he shows up. It also says to the oppressor to watch out for the Sweetbacks across the land because they are coming to collect some dues, Righteously signifying, when Bobby and I stated the Black Panther Party, we wanted to build in the Black community the love, the sacredness and the unity we need so desperately. this is still our goal and we try to help the community survive by administering our many survival programs. Sweet Sweetback helps to put forth the ideas of what we must do to build that community. We need to see it often and learn from it.” Huey P. Newton