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

Red Menace

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Decolonization and Violence in Capitalist Society

Benon argues that the colonial situation is defined by division, by compartmentalization and by forcation. He says in capitalist societies exploitation is often mastered through moral teaching. But Benon tells us that this isn't really how things work in colonial society. The police and soldiers enact brutal violence that's not masked behind some pretty ideology. They are daily reminded through brute force and repression that they must submit to the colonizing forces.

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