"We teach them to speak and also to listen. Because when people only talk and don't listen, they end up thinking that what they say is the only thing that is worth anything. ... Speaking and listening to words is how we know who we are, where we come from, and where our steps are going. Also it's how we know about others, their steps, and their world. Speaking and listening to words is like listening to life."
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Non-fiction authorsLatin American revolutionariesAnarcho-communistsIndigenous rights activistsActivists from Mexico
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"I shit on all the revolutionary vanguards of this planet" January, 2003
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