“Mad Bear was the most widely known native leader of the 1950s and early 60s. He could be found wherever there was a fight between native people and the ‘government’…”
“It is alarming that this Revolution, which de-emphasizes the human as a productive economic asset, is taking place at a time when there is extensive conflict around the world.”
“The war which still rages, devastating the world, is teaching many a lesson of which we Anarchists ought to take advantage in carrying on our struggle against Privilege.”
“But it could be summed up in a single act of will by the people, who are shackled in that they are made to believe they are free!”
“Will any one imagine these soldiers were robed in blankets? Or that their deeds were any less revolting because the perpetrators were clad in the regulation murder garb of the nation?”
“How can we be united with French women when they participate in the colonisation of our country? Their slogans are simply designed to blind Kanak women from our real struggle.”
“I have every reservation about a neo-colonialist plan that would aim to maintain the French army on a territory still promised independence.”
“The Red Scarves attracted a big following around the ideas of revaluing Kanak culture, asserting power and reclaiming stolen Kanak land.”
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Kanak Society – Jimmy Ounei (1982)
“Kanak society at its origin is a classless society, relations of production and between men are linked to a philosophy that excludes all forms of domination, exploitation and oppression.”
“The appeal of the Zionists is the appeal of paranoia. But our survival as a people depends on loyalty to the essence of our cultural traditions: brotherhood and reconciliation.”
