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ine girs page 2 - In Defensé of Self Defense (vv Without this oil the michinery egnnot function. We are the Oriving shaft; wo are in such a strategic position in this machinery that, once once we become dislocuted, the functioning of the remainder of tha ma~ chinery breaks down. . . . Penned yp in the ghettos of America, surroundsd by his factories ~ and all the physical componen*s of his economic system, we have been made into "the wretched of the earth," who are rel.cgated to the po- Bition of spectators while the white racists run their international con gqume on the suffering peoples. We have been brainvashed to be- lieve that we are powerless ané that thore is nothing we can do for ourselves to bring about a speedy liberution for our people. We have been taught that we must plcase our opprossors, that we are only ten per cent of the population, and therefore, we must confine our tactics to categories calculuted not to disturb the slecp of our. tor- mentors. . Phe power structure inflicts pain and brutality upan the peoples and then provides controlled cutlets for the pain in ways least likely to upset thom or intexfere with the process of exploitation. The people must repudiate the channels established as tricks and deceit- fel snares by the exploiting oppressors. ‘The people must eppose every- thing the oppressor sucports and support everything that he oproses. If Dlack people.co about their struggle for liberation in the way that the oppressor dictates and sponsors, then we will have degen=- erated to the level of grovelling flunkics for the oppressor himself. When the oppressor makes a viciors att qainst frecdom fighters because of the way that such freedoia fighters eluobe ty go ebout their liberation, then we know we are moving in the direction of our libera~ tion. he racist dog oppressors have no rights which oppressed Dlack peorle are bound to resrect. &y long as the racist dogs pollute the earth with the evil of their cctions, they do not deserve any recp2ct at all, and the rules of their game, written in tho people's blood, are beneath contempt. . The oppressor must be harassed until his doom. He must have no peace by day or night, The slaves have always outnumisered the slave- masters, The power of the oppressor rests upon the submission of the People. When Black people really unite and rise up in all their splendid millions, they will have the strength to smash injustice. We do not understznd the power in our numbers, We are millions and millions of Black people scattered across the continent and throcgh- out the Western hemisphere. There are more Black people in America that the total population of many countries that now enjoy full mem- bership in the United Mations. They have power and their power is based primarily on the fact that they are organized and united with each other, They aye recoynized by the povers of the world. . We, with all our numbers, are recognized by no oné. In fact, we @o ot recognize our ovm selves. We are unaware of the potential