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a: oe oO ae tee 2 F- page 2 - In Defens¢ of Self Defcase (dune 20, 1957} Without this oil the wichinery cannot function. We are the Griving shaft; wo are in such a strategic position in thas machinery that, once once we become dislocuted, the functioning. of the remainder of tho ma se ares , re An chinery Breaks Gown. . . . ~~" . oo: » - . Penned yp in the ghettos of America, sSurroundsd by his factories and all the physical componen*s of his cconomie system, we have been made into "the wretched of the earth," vho are re)cgated to the po- Bition of spectators while the white yvacists run their international con qume on the suffering peoples. We have been brainwasned to be- lieve that we are poverless and that there is nothing wa can do for ourselves to bring about a speedy liberution for our people. We have been taught that we must please our opprossors, that we are only ft An Fon ne our eye and theyverlorr a ten per cent or the papuiction, Chithd BSA CAS ee Wwe must wed tactics to categories calculuted not to disturb the slecp of our. tor- mentors. i She power structure inflicts pain and brutality upnn the peoples and then provides controlled cutlets for the pain in ways least likely to upset them or interfere with the proccss of exploitation. The people must remidiate the channels established as tricks and deceit- fel snares by the exploiting oppressors The people must cppore every- thing the OFpressor sucports and. cupport everything that he oproses, TF Hiab thr etruccle fn TthawaeT tyn tew wo fc zor alin APaLion in Sedan Ske aan DiLacK people . go apout their ELZUS that the oppressor dictntes and sponsors, then we will have decen= erated to the level of grovelling flunkics for the oppressor himself. When the oppressor makes a viciows attach cuainst frecdom Fighters because of the way that such freadoia fhghters cluope te go about their libsration, then we know we are moving in the direction of our libera~ tion. The racist dog oppressors heave no rights which oppressed Dlack ptonle are bound to resnect. Ag long as the racist dogs pollute ths earth with the evil of their actions, they do not daserve any recpact at all, and the rules of their game, written in the people's blood, are beneath contempt. -. The oppressor aust be harasved wntil his dopm. Fe must have no peace by day or night. The slaves have always outnumbered the slave- asters, The power of the oppressor rests upon the submission of the poopie. When Black people really unite end rise up in all their Splendid millions, they will have the strength to amash injustice. We do not understind 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 Pations. They have power and their pewer is based primarily on the fact that they are organized and united with each other, They aye recognized by the povers of the world. : We, with all our numbers, are recognized by no oné. -In fact, we do ot xccognize our ovm selves. We are unaware of the potential