John Sinclair was 26 in 1968 when he listened to an interview with Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Huey was asked what white people could do to support the Black Panthers and he replied that they could form a White Panther Party.

Sinclair with two fellow members of a radical arts collective in Detroit decided to do just that.

As Minister for Information for the White Panthers it was John who released a communiqué on 1st November 1968 announcing a ten point programme for the group.

The first point was to adopt the ten point programme of the Black Panthers. The second point announced their intention to launch ‘An assault on the culture by any means necessary, including Rock and Roll, dope and fucking in the streets’.