where does the slogan "power to the People" originate?

Question

I 1st remember it being on a TV program called "Citizen Smith" and also a John Lennon record, but presumably they 'nicked' it from somewhere else. I'd like to know for certainwhere it came from.

Answer 1

I only remember it from Citizen Smith too - Wolfie his name was that said it - but I think it comes from the war and the secret groups

Answer 2

"Power to the people" is a political slogan that has been used in a wide variety of contexts.

During the 1960s in the United States, young people began saying and writing as a form of rebellion against what they perceived as the oppression of the older generation. In particular, the Black Panthers used the slogan "All Power to the People" to protest the rich, ruling class domination of society; pro-democracy students used it to protest America's military campaign in Vietnam.

In the 1974 book Computer Lib Ted Nelson connected computer use with political freedom with the rallying cry "COMPUTER POWER TO THE PEOPLE! DOWN WITH CYBERCRUD".

The 1970s television series Citizen Smith had the title character use the slogan in the title sequence.

In the mid-1980s the People Power movement arose in the Philippines to oust Ferdinand Marcos.

In the late 20th century the phrase has been most often used with regard to energy policy.

It is also a song by John Lennon and a lyric by James Brown: "Power to the people, people power!"

Answer 3

Power to the People" is a political slogan that has been used in a wide variety of contexts.

During the 1960s in the United States, young people began saying and writing as a form of rebellion against what they perceived as the oppression of the older generation. In particular, the Black Panthers used the slogan "All Power to the People" to protest white domination of society and leftist students used it to protest America's military campaign in Vietnam.

AND.. it has been insinuated to by a number of racist and terrorist leaning individuals such as Al Sharpton... Jesse Jackson, and others

Answer 4

'Before Ericka Huggins began her address, she also asked the crowd to stand, and to shout "All Power To The People," a move which set the mood for her frank and moving speech.'

- RALLY AT S.F. “PEOPLE'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION”

http://www.negroartist.com/writings/BLACK%20PANTHER%20NEWSPAPERS/15%20no%2013.htm

the phrase however is generally accredited to an anonymous author for the black panther movement cerated by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland, California, of which Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Fred Hampton, Fredrika Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, David Hilliard, Angela Davis, Bobby Hutton and Elaine Brown were just a few in a long list of notable figures associated with it, the most famous of whom must be Tupac Shakur of course!!

Answer 5

It emerged from the radical student movement of the 1960's. It was a popular sign during peace marches, etc.

Answer 6

"All power to the people" originated with the Black Panther Party in 1966.

Answer 7

check with the russians.. they used in 1914. Something called the bolshevik revolution! I am betting it might be older than that too.

Answer 8

the literal meaning of the magna carter

magna = power
carter = person

Answer 9

I think Black Panthers.

Answer 10

martin luther king?