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The , :ssor will resort t> any ve, y | sarynto silence the tae--—— . placables, The oppressor. endorsed spokesuen, od the implecatles form th e three points of 2 triongle of deatl. . The oppressor Jooks wp%n the endorsed spotesmer as vn £29) to use aqairst the implacables to kee; the masses passive within the acreptabie limits 2f the tactics he is capable of - ontainine Tie endorsed spakes= men Jook upo the spprcesor as 4 guardian angel who can Always be depended vp to protect them froa the sroth of the ipplacables, while he looks upon the implacables as dangerovs and irresponsible madncn who. by ancering the the oppressor, will certainly provoke a =-— blood bath in which they themselves miqht get washed away. The \ jimplecables view hothd the oppressors and endorsed \caders as his 4 " deadly cmemies. If any thing, he hes a more profound hatred for the endorsed leaders than he has for the oppressor himself, because the implacables know athat they can dea} with the oppressor only after t they have driven the endorsed spokesmen off the scene. Historically, the encorsed spokesmen have always held the upper hand on the implacables. In,Afro-American hsstory, there are shining brief moments when the j cables have outmaneuvercd the oppressor and the endorsed spokesmen and gained the attention of the Black masses.The Black masses, recognizing the implacables jn the depths +a. of their despair, respond magnetically to the implacables an@ bestow a devotion and loyslty to the that frightens the oppressor and endorscé spokesmen into a panic-strikeh “frenzy, and they leap into a rash act-~ murder, imprisonment, or Sxile -~ to silence the implacobles and to get their show back on the road. “The masses of Black people heve always been deeply entrenched and involved in the basic newesgities of life. They have not hed time to abstract theiy situatich. Abstractions come only with léasvre. The people have not nad the lutury of \¢isure. Therefore, the people have becn very aware of the truo definitiotof politics: politics are merely the desire of individuals and groups to satisfy first, their basic necds --food, shelter and clothing, and securityn for themselfes and their loved ones. ‘ The Black leaders endorsed by the power stricture hhttempted to sel 2 the people the simple -minéed theory that politics is holding a Phliticalfoffice; being able to move into a $49, 000 home; being ab&e tndsto yeurtimitestozp)'e in a restaurant ‘wile ip fact the Black masses have pot been able to pay the rent 7f a $40.99 rat-in- fested hovel). The Black leaders have Jed the domurity to helieve that hruta- lity sand forre covld he ended hy evhjecting the perple to this very force of sc) f-sacrifiging demonstrations The Black people realize brutality and force can only be inflicted if there is sub- \ mission The comnunity has not responded jr the past or in the presert to the absurd ard erroneous. deceitful tactics xf so-called } Jeqituate Black leaders The commurtiy realizes that force ard brutality car only be elimanated by counter force throvgh self defense. Leaders who have recommetided these tactics have never had the support and followino sf the downtrodden black masses who com- prise the bulk of the community. Brass roots-- the downtrodden of the Black community. even thovgh they rejerted the handpicked hard- kerchi f heads . : ~aL