PHIL 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Assata Shakur, Revolutionary Struggle, Class Collaboration
6 Feb 2018
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National self-determination: the bla, since it grew out of the bpp, upholds a line of national (and socialist) self-determination. To fool ourselves into believing that "equal opportunity," "justice," and social equality is the same as the capitalist system is a grave mistake with genocidal implications for every person of color. " Law and violence: rejection of the law of the oppressor, the legal system maintains a myth about north american democracy but in fact possesses an. "western law" is simply an outgrowth of "western capitalism" and cannot be separated. "we have found the democratic process under capitalism to be merely a means by which capital controls the masses. It is a means of mass diversion, designed to keep the powerless classes politically impotent while at the same time fostering the illusion that real power can be gained through the electoral process. "insure the rule of particular racist classes and sanctify capital. "
