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I just have a feeling, a very strong feeling, that if ever this world is civilized, that it would be more the work of women.

— Emma Tenayuca Interview (1987)

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I don’t think that women will ever be completely and totally free – or any of the minorities – until you have socialism.

Interview (1987)

I have expected my country, your country, to become the scientific Athens, but I don’t think that will be the case.

Interview (1987)

1938 was the hardest year because by that time the Depression had really struck every city, every place.

Interview (1987)

The question was always one of land, and it wasn’t tackled in Mexico until the time of Cardenas. And it wasn’t tackled in Cuba until Castro.

Interview (1987)

Any effort of the Mexican workers to organize was met with brutal force, from the very beginning.

Interview (1987)

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