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The victims of racism know best how to fight back against it.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

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No people are truly free until they can determine their own destiny.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Any and all dictatorship is bad, it has no deeming social features.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchists trust the best instincts of the people, and human nature dictates that where there is repression there will be resistance; where there is slavery, there will a struggle against it.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

True freedom is to have full self-determination about one’s social economic and cultural development.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchism is the most democratic, effective, and radical way to obtain our freedom.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

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Racism has never done this country any good, and it needs to be fought against, not put under new management for different groups.

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One of the strategies of racism is to confuse the victims into believing all their victories should be awarded to the oppressor.

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