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PEE SIME RE i REE ee - o page 2 - In Defensé of Self Defense (June 20, 1967) Without this oil the machinery cannot function. We are the driving shaft; we are in such a 3irategic position in this machinciy that, once once we become dislocated, the functioning of tie remaindcr of the ma- chinery breaks down. Penned up in the ghettos of America, surrounded by his. factories and all the physical components of his economic system, we have been made into "the wretched of the earth," who are relegated to the po- sition of spectators while the white racists run their international con qame on the suffering peoples. We have been brainwashed to be~- lieve that we are poworless and that there is nothing we can do for ourselves to bring about a speedy liberation for our people. We have been taught that we must please our oppressors, that we are only ten per cent of the population, and therefore, we must confine our _ tactics to categories calculated not to disturb the sleep of our tor- mentors. 7 The power structure inflicts pain and brutality upon the peoples anc then provides controlled outlets for the pain in ways least likely to upset them or interfere with the process of exploitation. The people must repudiate the channels established as tricks und deceit- ful snares by ‘the exploiting oppressors. ‘The poeple must oppose every- thing the oppressor supports and support everything that he opposes. If Black people go 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 flunkies for the oppressor himself. When the oppressor makes a vicious attack against freedom fighters because of the way that such freedom fighters chvose to go about their liberation, then we now we are moving in the direction of our libera- tion. The racist dog oppressors have no rights which oppressed Black people are bound to respect. As long as the racist dogs pollute the earth with the evil of their actions, they do not deserve any respect at all, and the rules of their game, written in the people's blood, are beneath contempt. . The oppressor tnst be harassed until his dctbm. He must have no peace hy day or night. The slaves have always outnumbered the slave- masters, The power of the oppressor rests upon the submission of the peopie., When Black people really unite and rise up in all their splendid millions, they will have the strength to smash injustice. We do not understand the power in our numbers. We are millions and millions of Biack people scattered across the continent and through- out the Western hemisphere. There are more Black people in America that the total population of many countries that now enjoy full men- bership in the United Nations. ‘They have powor and their power is based primarily on the fact that-they are organized and unitcd with each other. ‘They are recognized by the powers of the world. We, with all our numbers, are recognized by no one. In fact, we do ot recognize our own selves. We are unaware of the potential