July 2012
90 posts
Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism: Fidel Castro: Absolved by History! →
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“Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me”, Fidel Castro, 1953.
By Nicolas Mottas.
It was 26th of July 1953 when a group of around 160 rebels, under the leadership of 26 years-old lawyer Fidel Castro, tried an armed attack on the Moncada barracks, at Santiago de Cuba. The aim…
“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”
—Desmond Tutu (via thebengalcat)
the dopest ethiopienne: whiteness →
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It’s interesting how the media (and society as a whole) will do everything in their power to refrain from labeling white people as terrorists.
They can bomb abortion clinics.
They can stalk and kill doctors who provide abortions.
They can go into schools, loaded…
“I don’t favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I’m also a realist. The only people in this country who are asked to be nonviolent are Black people. I’ve never heard anybody go to the Ku Klux Klan and teach them nonviolence, or to the [John] Birch Society and other right-wing elements. Nonviolence is only preached to Black Americans, and I don’t go along with anyone who wants to teach our people nonviolence until someone at the same time is teaching our enemy to be nonviolent. I believe we should protect ourselves by any means necessary when we are attacked by racists….”
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Malcolm X
Answer to question. “Is it true, as is often said, that you favor violence?” Asked by the Young Socialist Magazine.
(via disciplesofmalcolm)