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Slavery on the New Plantation (updated March, 2012)
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As George Jackson noted in a KPFA interview with Karen Wald (Spring 1971), �I�m saying that it�s impossible, impossible, to concentration-camp resisters….We have to prove that this thing won�t work here. And the only way to prove it is resistance…and then that resistance has to be supported, of course, from the street….We can fight, but…
April 19, 2012 1 min read Free to read
As George Jackson noted in a KPFA interview with Karen Wald (Spring 1971), �I�m saying that it�s impossible, impossible, to concentration-camp resisters….We have to prove that this thing won�t work here. And the only way to prove it is resistance…and then that resistance has to be supported, of course, from the street….We can fight, but the results are…not conducive to proving our point…that this thing won�t work on us. From inside, we fight and we die….the point is — in the new face of war — to fight and win.�
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