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| Recently the Young Lords have been working to rebuild and strengthen their organization. As of June 2022, the group is under new leadership. | | Recently the Young Lords have been working to rebuild and strengthen their organization. As of June 2022, the group is under new leadership. |
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| == Thirteen-point program ==
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| The Young Lords adopted the following thirteen-point program in October 1969:<ref>{{Citation|author=Darrel Enck-Wanzer|year=2010|title=The Young Lords: A Reader|chapter=Young Lords Platform and Rules|page=10–11|pdf=https://drive.google.com/file/d/12k9S4JT5egJj1sbB0FEphWjtnzMzSm4J/view|publisher=New York University Press}}</ref>
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| # We want [[self-determination]] for all Puerto Ricans—liberation on the island and in the [[United States of America|United States]].
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| # We want self-determination for all Latinos.
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| # We want liberation of all third world people.
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| # We are revolutionary [[Nationalism|nationalists]] and oppose [[racism]].
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| # We want community control of our institutions and land.
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| # We want a true education of our creole culture and Spanish language.
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| # We oppose [[Bourgeoisie|capitalists]] and alliances with traitors.
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| # We oppose the [[United States Armed Forces|AmeriKKKan military]].
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| # We want freedom for all political prisoners.
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| # We want [[Feminism|equality for women]]. Machismo must be revolutionary...not oppressive.
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| # We fight [[anti-communism]] with international unity.
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| # We believe armed self-defense and armed struggle are the only means to liberation.
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| # We want a socialist society.
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| The thirteen-point program was revised in November 1970 but remained roughly the same.
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| == References == | | == References == |
| [[Category:Anti-imperialist organizations]] | | [[Category:Anti-imperialist organizations]] |