βAngelina Grimkeβs brilliant βAddress to the Soldiers of Our Second Revolutionβ demonstrated that her [[political consciousness]] was far more advanced than most of her contemporaries. In her speech she proposed a radical theory and practice which could have been realised through an alliance embracing labor, Black people and women. If, as [[Karl Marx]] said, βlabor in a white skin can never be free as long as labor in a black skin is branded,β it was also true, as Angelina Grimke lucidly insisted, that the democratic struggles of the times β especially the fight for [[womenβs equality]] β could be most effectively waged in association with the struggle for [[Black Liberation]].β
β [[Angela Davis]],
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