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i experience every day reality as a struggle.

i can't remember the point at which i was not at war.

there is a very fundamental rupture in my personality.

this is what it means that i am a revolutionary.

it is an act of desperation, rather than inspiration.

it is not a decision exactly.

it is about survival for myself and all of my people:
all of the people that also experience this life as war.

for us there are no survival options that equal settling for this society.

for us, survival necessarily means the complete overthrow of this society.

for us, survival is the broadest sweeping revolution possible.

the full decolonization of our lives.

we demand the full removal of the troops from our land,
from the territory of our minds, hearts, spirit and memory.

since birth we have been a people under siege.

they bombed us from above.
they placed land mines at our feet.
they beat our children and raped our women.
they poisoned our water, and destroyed our crops.
and their soldiers constantly occupy our territory.

war for territory.
this is my revolution.

for a sense of sanity.
for a lasting peace.
for the full reintegration of our selves
into a community of loving, intelligent human beings.
we want only to survive.
to have the violence cease.

and this means ouright, total fucking revolution.
it is not a redress of grivances.
it is not a request for certain characteristics of our condition to be re-positioned.
it is not a gradual desire for "progress" towards freedom.
it is not a tactical choice, nor a "political" objective.
it is all out fucking war for survival.
we have had no other choice from the very beginning.
this revolution is an act of desperation, rather than inspiration.

we are not looking to convince you, or 'win' you to our side.
we simply want you the fuck off of our land.
my heart, my mind, my spirit, my memory has been
under siege for as long as i can remember.

no more, fucker.

if my people are to survive,
this society will have to die.