Chokwe Lumumba Quotes

I think there's pressure on every mayor who's trying to do the right thing by their people, and that's the pressure of a capitalist society, which does not want to give up a dime. They basically want to constrain the people in every way they can.

Chokwe Lumumba

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• I think there's pressure on every mayor who's trying to do the right thing by their people, and that's the pressure of a capitalist society, which does not want to give up a dime. They basically want to constrain the people in every way they can.

  

  Chokwe Lumumba
  • Trying
  • Giving
  • Capitalist