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The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On Violence and Spontaneity

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The Colonization of the Landless Peasants

Fanon: feudal rulers who are often propped up by the colonizers immediately come into conflict with the urban sectors of the population. The latter find themselves in competition with the feudal rulers as their rural society is dominated by religion and superstition, he writes. Fanon says westernized elements feelings toward the peasant masses recall those found among the proletariat in the industrialized nations.

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