RE: [Marxism] French elections

["Joaquin Bustelo" <jbustelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sayan writes: "But then, even the US flag is after all both a republican and
revolutionary symbol, being tied to the American Revolution. Should leftists
in the USA try to reclaim (similarly) the US flag? Would this be a smart
move? (This is not a rhetorical question, but a genuine one)."

Response: 

"I'm from America but I'm not an American. I didn't go there of my own free
choice. [Applause] If I were an American there would be no problem, there'd
be no need for legislation or civil rights or anything else. So I just try
to face the fact as it actually is and come to this meeting as one of the
victims of America, one of the victims of Americanism, one of the victims of
democracy, one of the victims of a very hypocritical system that is going
all over this earth today representing itself as being qualified to tell
other people how to run their country when they can't get the dirty things
that are going on in their own country straightened out. [Applause] 

"So if someone else from America comes to you to speak, they're probably
speaking as Americans, and they speak as people who see America through the
eyes of an American. And usually those types of persons refer to America, or
that which exists in America, as the American Dream. But for the twenty
million of us in America who are of African descent, it is not an American
dream; it's an American nightmare." --Malcolm X

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Joaquin


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