Collective Action

“If the men of Asante will not go forward, then we will. We women will. I shall call upon my fellow women.”

“We each hold the power, in our words and in our actions, in our daily acts of kindness.”

“El pueblo me dio su fuerza.”

“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.”

“In solidarity we march ahead and will not give up.”

“Lucha ha sido, y será menester. ¡Salve a la lucha, el único medio de conseguir los grandes fines!”

“Without unity, there is no future for Africa.”

“We must undertake the struggle in all parts of the world, wherever we may be, because we have no other spare or replacement planet. We have only this one, and we have to take action.”

“I stand here today under great stress, because I dare, as do you, all of you, to fight for peace.”