“But it may be asked, can this particular problem wait? No problem can wait. A desirable conclusion may have to wait, but the means of action must be taken now.”
Author: historyiswhat
“…in the industrialised countries of Europe and America industry has reached a stage in its development where we should no longer be struggling to establish our right to a job…”
“For those close to the struggles of the native people of Quebec during the past decade, this summer’s series of violent confrontations between the provincial government and the native population came as no surprise.”
“From Vancouver comes the first issue of a new libertarian paper…”
“The very fact of fighting an election is on the contrary a counter-revolutionary activity.”
“While it would be ridiculous to contend that capitalism has given out its prizes to a majority of the workers, many have benefited from the exploitation of the empire, and their good fortune has given a hope to many more of their fellows.”
“Not one single government in the world has had the decency or honesty to rise in a frank defence of his most shameless attempt to rob a people of whatever riches they might possess.”
“… Indigenous organizations continue to protest [Solaris’] flagship Warintza copper-gold project in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. They have also issued a public statement warning shareholders that it is false that the company Solaris has reached agreements with the Shuar Arutam People.”
“The bulk of the narrative discusses how Indigenous workers unionized themselves to varying degrees of success.”
“Upon my arrest on Feb/6/76, some of the first groups of people who came to show solidarity, along with my own People, in recognition of my status as a Prisoner of War, were the anti-authoritarian groups of both Canada and the U.S.A.”
“Of the many comrades and collaborators of Ricardo Flores Magon, Librado Rivera was by far the closest. Their revolutionary partnership lasted twenty years, rivalling that of Durruti and Ascaso…”
“Who knows what kind of training will be permitted in our land once NATO gets its foot in the door?”
“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.”
