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Quotes from Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 — Iris Morales

born 1948 Puerto Rico

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Opinions about the responsibility of US Puerto Ricans to the island's liberation struggle had been the subject of debate for some time.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

We believed that the women’s struggle for equality was the ‘revolution within the revolution.’

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

At its best, the Young Lords offered revolutionary ideals and examples of movement-building strategies and tactics, and tough, hard-hitting, and painful lessons from its setbacks and failures.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

In the spirit of the Young Lords and all of our ancestors who have fought oppression and injustice, we must continue to fight for human liberation.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

We must study and reclaim our past so that we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are, and where we are going.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

In Puerto Rico, the Young Lords Party came under intensified scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

I revisit the past to arrive at the present. We are again in an important historical moment, a time to mobilize masses of people in order to transform society for the benefit of poor and working people, for the advancement of all humanity.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

When I met Cha Cha Jiménez and other Young Lords, I was impressed with their political ideals and militancy–with their sense of urgency and need for action.

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 (2016)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Iris Morales (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.