“Why don’t you live for the People? Why don’t you struggle for the People? Why don’t you die for the People?”
- Fred Hampton Sr.
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
“Aside from the rest/She sparks my interest….”
-“Beautiful Skin” Goodie Mob
1. Women, regardless of their race, creed, colour or political affiliation, have a right to participate in the revolutionary struggle in any way that their desire and capacity determine.
2. Women have the right to work and receive a just salary.
3. Women have the right to decide the number of children they have and care for.
4. Women have the right to participate in the matters of the community and to take charge if they are freely and democratically elected.
5. Women and their children have the right to primary attention in their health and nutrition.
6. Women have the right to education.
7. Women have the right to choose their partner and are not obliged to enter into marriage.
8. Women have the right to be free of violence from both relatives and strangers. Raper or attempted rape will be severely punished.
9. Women will be able to occupy positions of leadership in the organizations and hold military ranks in the revolutionary armed forces.
10. Women will have all the rights and obligations which the revolutionary laws and regulations give.
*Taken from the ELZN First Declaration from the Lacandon Jungle
“Down to earth like greens and cornbread”
“The Beauty Within”
-Dead Prez
