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Black Panther Party — Part 9
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page 2 - In ene: Self Defense (June 20, 1957) )
Without this oil the machinery cannot function. We are the driving
shaft; we are in such a sirateqic position in thin machinery thet, onee
once we become dinloecated, the functioning of the remainder of the ma-
chinery brcel:s down.
Penned up in the ghettcs of America, surrowsded by his factorics
waa al] the physical components of his economic system, we have been
made ante. “he wretched of the earth," who are relegated to the po-
Bition of spuwictes.. vite the white racists run their internaticnal
con game on the suffering ppt te. ae ate Leon brainwashed to be-
lieve that we arc powerless and that there is nothing wa can do for
ourselves to bring wecut # speedy liberation for our people. Ve
have been taught that wo must please ovr oppressors, that wo are only
ten per cent of the population, and ihereforc, we must confine onr
tactics to categorics calculated not to disturb the sleep of our tor-
mentors.
The power structuce inflicts pain and brutolity upun the pecples
anc then provides contrelled outlets for the pein in ways least likely
to upset, them or anteryicre with the process of cxploitation. The
people mist repudiicece the CHAE established au tricks and GeeaLt--
ful annaren by the exphoiting opurcesora. The people must oppece evory=
thing the opsresnor suprorts ari “oureork. eveuything that ne onpurcs. -
If Black people vo shone chair ginvgcle fox bibcreticn in the way
‘that the oporessos dietotes und cponters, then wa will havea decgen=
When the oporessoc munes a vicious ritech Gueinet frecdon ciqhters
beeause of the wey thet such Zxccdan Seentuns chuaue to ceo bon their
ReGSr0iGi, Lite ie iew vt cru mtv buy own Gixeatina of our Lincra-
tion, The yveeist dog cuectecsers hive no richis which ouocenessd| ath
poople ere hound ts : BS kOay ag the nzcciet doz polluts the
eurth with the evil of theis actions, they Go not deserve avy rostanet
ut all, amt the reles of t1 in the peoplets bpicad,
ave benenth contenpt.
erated to the level of grevelling flunkies for the oppressor himrolt.
fhe oppressex must bo havagsed ustal his Cota. He isi hove no
enem by day or night. The rlaves have olveyn oulnumbored the rlava-
arteres. She power of the c M5508 Yards wpoi the subsisciacn of the
maya. nen Bleck poophe ventiv unite ané rise wo in uli thoiz
splendid millions, they will heve the strei too saich Jijuscace.
Ve do not vaderstica the powes in ovr nombesc. We are millions and
willions of Blech pecple seuttered nevess the continence aad theoough-
ouc the Vestern hewisuhere., Where are more Mlack peopte in imevica
thot the tetal popolacion of many countirics thei new enjoy Full men-
bexship in the Untced Patison. whuey have powso. ond theixy power is
pened primarily on the Yue Uthat they ore ovquaived and united with
each other. They are recoqniucd by the pow: of the world.
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We, with all our nuabers, are reesgnined hy nn one. In fact, we
Go ot recognime ane own solves, Wo ere uniuvarc of the patentjal
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