We have to understand who we are and where we fit in the natural order of the world because our oppressor deals in illusions. They tell us that it is… - John Trudell

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We have to understand who we are and where we fit in the natural order of the world because our oppressor deals in illusions. They tell us that it is power, but it is not power. They may have all the guns and they may have all the racist laws and judges, and they may control all the money, but that is not power. These are imitations of power and they are only ‘power’ because in our minds we allow it to be power.

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About John Trudell

John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was an American author, a poet, musician and a former political activist.

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The Earth gives us life, not the American government. The earth gives us life, not the multi-national corporate government. The Earth gives us life. We need to have the Earth. We must have it, otherwise our life will be no more. So we must resist what they do.

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