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The embtem of the yy el: Liberation Army is 170, 000 Sy: old, and it one of the first symbols used by pede to signify god and life. THE’ two bottom head: cn each side of the Cobra represent the four principles of life: the sun, the moon, the arth, and th water. The three center heads.represent god and the universe, and are call 4 tie god he: The number seven as embracing al} the universal forses of god and life can 2: traced.to the Egyptian temples and their seven pillars, to the seven candles of the - <c-: jonist, KK African religions, to the Buddhist and Hindu religions, end to the North ar £ uth Americ indian religions. This is because the seven principles explain the interre at onships o- YVife, of the family and the state, of the human anatomy and the universe. some because ti basic principle behind any kind of union and series of relationships must be cqgually accessible to all concerned, we see why the seven heads of the cobra have but one body. The thoughts and purpose in each of the seven heads of the cobra penetrates iss comnon b< and soul, and from this we see how the source of the cebra's survival lies no. in any individual head, but rather in the relationship and unity of all the heeds to czech other The Syrbionese Liberation Army has selected the Seven-Heeded Cobra as our emt:em because we realize that an army is a mass that needs unity In order to become a figh ing farce, and we know that true unity among people must be based upon a concern that 3 universal. tt is a revolutionary unity of all people against a common oppressor enemy -f the pecple. This unity of seven heads in one body defines the essense of co-operatior and socisiiem | the great undertaking of revolutionary war. Through the puritan capite: ist ethics of competition, individualism, fascism, recism, sexism and imperialism the enemy is stteckir us. This enemy functions by means of attacking one race or group among us in an atterst to force us into submission and division and isolation from each cther. From these atizc we have learned that our conmon enemy will not stop until we come toccther to stop hir, ° -he tives off the murder and oppression of our divided and therefore defenseless peeple. We heve chosen the Seven-Heided Cobra as the emblem of the $.L.A. because our ferces are from every walk of life, from every religion, and of every race, and by our unity does or Strength and our common goal for freedom from the chains of capitalism make truce the meer of our seven principles of unity. Our milfitzry and political strength arises from the m of all our people, for when the people are at one in their inmost body, they shatier ever the hardness of iron or of bronze, and when the people understand ezch other in their ins heart, their words are svcet and strong. ; The seven memberships of our federation are men and women who are black, brown, yellow, : white, young and old. Each of these members joins together for the common goal of litert and freedom and to save our earth. Each member lives and speaks and fights for the best Interests of all within the body, just as no one head of the cobra can be attacked wither the others rising to strike with venom in self-defense to destroy the attacker. Each hee of the cobra stands in organic need of al] the others: in order to maintain its survival. From this example of the necessity of unity In order to survive, the S.L.A. will build sr fight for the socialist unity cf 31] oppressed peoples. A cry from any one of us will ex in the body of our common ear, and we wil] attack out of instinct, and in self-defense, our survival. And with the venom of our seven heads we will destroy the fascist insect + preys upon the life of the peonte; and with the minds of our seven heads, and the spirit our one body and soul, we will secure a future for our children. > > ae