He Who Feeds You, Controls You

It's Really A Pity That There Are Observers Who View Political Events Like Comic Strips. There Has To Be A Zorro, There Has To Be A Star. No, The Problem Of Upper Volta Is More Serious Than That. It Was A Grave Mistake To Have Looked For A Man, A Star, At All Costs, To The Point Of Creating One, That Is, To The Point Of Attributing The Ownership Of The Event To Captain Sankara, Who Must Have Been The Brains, Etc.

Imperialism Is A System Of Exploitation That Occurs Not Only In The Brutal Form Of Those Who Come With Guns To Conquer Territory. Imperialism Often Occurs In More Subtle Forms, A Loan, Food Aid, Blackmail . We Are Fighting This System That Allows A Handful Of Men On Earth To Rule All Of Humanity.

Comrades, There Is No True Social Revolution Without The Liberation Of Women. May My Eyes Never See And My Feet Never Take Me To A Society Where Half The People Are Held In Silence. I Hear The Roar Of Women’s Silence. I Sense The Rumble Of Their Storm And Feel The Fury Of Their Revolt.

It Took The Madmen Of Yesterday For Us To Be Able To Act With Extreme Clarity Today. I Want To Be One Of Those Madmen. We Must Dare To Invent The Future.

We Make Every Effort To See That Our Actions Live Up To Our Words And Be Vigilant With Regards To Our Behavior.