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I am reminded of this line from Billy Bragg's version of the internationale
But even that is simplistic, because even if everyone has a right, that does not mean freedom. Economy power being in the hands of the producing class is the only way that class can actually be free. How free are black people if they can still be enslaved in prison? That is not separate from general african-american civil liberties, it is inseparable.
Also most of us here love LatAm demsocs like Evo or Allende, we have emotes of them for a reason. Those are not revolutionaries