Eldridge Cleaver speaks about the drug culture in the United States and about Timothy Leary. Announcement about the Cleaver’s relationship with the Black Panther Party and Timothy Leary and his wife. Commentary on Timothy Leary as a “secular god who the revolutionary movement in the United States revolves around.” Cleaver says Leary is wedded to LSD and “would rather die than give up the idea of dosing everyone with LSD.” Cleaver doesn’t agree, and believes that people are needed with clear heads. He sees the value in using drugs to shatter the values of Babylon, but it is no longer a progressive step forward. Recorded in Algiers on January 12, 1971.
Eldridge Cleaver on the drug culture
PRA Archive #:
BB4374
Date Recorded On:
in Algiers, 1971-01-12
Date Broadcast On:
1971-01-30
Item Duration:
00:27:13
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
Program: Eldridge Cleaver on the drug culture
Contributors:
Speaker: Eldridge Cleaver
Asset Type: Program
Distributor: Distributor
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