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ESTAYS FEOA THE HINICTER OF DIMTNSE HUEY P. HEWTON IN DEFENSE OF SELF DEFLNSE June 20, 1967 Laws and rules have always been made to serve pzople. Rules of society are sct up by peoplc so that thcy will be able to functjon in a hasmonio:s way. In othor words, in order to pronote the gcneral welfare of society, ruies and laws arc cstablishcd by ncn. Rules Should serve mcn, and not men serve rnles. Huch of the timc, the laws and rules which officials attemyt te inflict upon poor porle are non functional in relation to the status of the poor in socicty. These officials arc blind to the fect thai pooplc nhculd not re- spect that are not serving then. It is the duty of the poor to write and couctruct rules and laws that are in thcir better intcronts. This is onc of tho basic human rights cs. all nen. Before 177s, white people waxs colonizcd by the English. The En- glish gcveznmcnt had certain laws and silos tnat the colonined Mweri- cans.yiewed as not in their bort inscrcnts but as a colouisod pscple. At that tine the Lnglish goverrmat feit: thos the colcr.ize: Ancricans had no right to cstablirh Javn to pronpto the gencral weisaxo of the no choicc but.to raise thc gun in dnsenre os the wolfaxe cf the colon- ized poople. At this tine, he madn coreein laws insuxirg his rrctee. tion Sron cxternal and intrxrtl aggrausiens iros gove:nmsnts and agoncics. One cuch Form ct proter'scn wno tha ixelaxction 'ox tnoe- penderce, whieh states: "...taensver eny covernnent brecnes Cestruee tive to thase ends, it is the right of the penple to eltar on to abolish it, ard to instituto a row goverunont, laying its foundations on such principlou ard oxgrnising its jowers in sueh foras as to them chall secn most Jikely to c'scet thrir safety ana harrincss." How thace sasn colcnissd whito people, these cx-slaven, robbers, sprek of abol: ching this onprannive sysicm whhieh the whito colonized of the carth, and now thnre in univarsnl xebollicn against theix con- -oed Aruo oun oxe norrowu uy arcood yartg cyl *zoncd pus onus pnnug? plc who can frce thc world, loosen thn yoko of coloniaiirn and dcstxoy the war machine. As long as the thoeln of the imparialistic war na- chine arc turning there is no countxy that can ccfent thin nonster of tho West. But nlack people can make a anlfunction of this machine froa within. Bluck people can destxoy the mechinexy thnt's cnslaving the world. lncrica cannot. niatd to fight: cvory Black counery in tho worid and fight a civil tar at. ths name tine. It. is nilstarily in- pissible to do both of these thirgs at once. The slavery of Blacks in this countsy provides the oil for the mu- Chinory of war 'thet Anerica wses to enslave tho yeopien of ths world. NAR 1 7 19J2