To us power is, first of all, the ability to define phenomena, and secondly the ability to make these phenomena act in a desired manner. (Huey P. Newton)

To us power is, first of all, the ability to define phenomena, and secondly the ability to make these phenomena act in a desired manner.

Huey P. Newton

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