“The Indian people found that their own culture was inaccessible to them. They were enslaved by the white economic system and dependent on it in the city, either in the form of welfare or having to work to make someone else rich.”
“That which would seem to be really impossible is that the workers have not acted on the proposal that they should throw off the yoke.”
“…this movement is not being made to protect the interests of the bourgeois who suck the blood of the disinherited of Mexico…”
“…nothing will ever be accomplished by charlatan politicians.”
“All those who would feel interested to join in the work of distributing literature, visiting locals, writing letters to the press, helping to arrange meetings, or subscribing to funds, are invited to communicate with me…”
“It is said that Orozco or Villa are to be sent to smother the Liberal movement in Sonora.”
“Organization, to be successful, must have a purpose in view as well as an object to secure.”
“…the cure lies in removing the cause, which is poverty.”
“My uncle couldn’t believe that we had never been told of our heritage. He took us to a May Day celebration and showed us the Diego Rivera mural there honoring the Haymarket martyrs.”
“What more fitting time than the first of the beautiful month of May, when all nature has aroused from its long winter sleep, when birds are singing, flowers bursting and fields and forests are taking on their beautiful verdure…”
