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Quote by Domitila Chungara
For us, the principal work was not to fight against our companeros but with them to change the system for another one, where men and women may have the right of life, work, and of our own organization.
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The speaker draws a distinction between fighting fellow workers and working alongside them. The goal is to replace an unjust system with one in which both men and women have the right to live, to work, and to organize themselves. “Our own organization” suggests the freedom to build collective structures rather than simply accept the existing system.
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