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Kathleen Cleaver stated "The ideological split in the Black Panther Party prevents us from having communication. We are reorganizing to develop a communication/information network through the Revolutionary Peoples Communication Network." She moved back to the United States to promote the organization. The group published a newspaper called ''Babylon'' as well as other publications including ''Humanity, Freedom, Peace'' a collection of works by Geronimo Pratt.

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