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Call to the Classes Speech

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city square, kyow – 1906 address by leon “malenyev” chavatangakwunua, revolutionary theorist and orator “comrades, today we gather not merely as workers, farmers, or artisans, but as the lifeblood of a system that has crushed us for generations the feudal lords who once ruled us have been cast aside, only for new oppressors to rise in their place the capitalist now sits where the baron once did, cloaked in smoke and coin, reaping our labor and leaving us with nothing but crumbs they pit the factory hand against the farmer, the shopkeeper against the artisan through the press, the pulpit, and their petty agents, they sow discord where there ought to be unity but here in kyow, beneath this soot stained sky, we reject their divisions we are not fractured trades we are the working people, and we shall no longer be kept apart look to the gilded halls of monarchs and profiteers their luxury mocks our need they call it progress, but it is progress built on our broken backs yet here, a spark is struck it is the truth karlos marcia gave voice to power lies not in the coffers of the elite, but in the joined hands of the masses this spark shall not remain in kyow it will travel to the villages, the towns, the provinces, and across the seas it will burn away the lies and oppression, and kindle the hope of a world where all stand equal and free true liberation belongs not to kings or magnates, but to those who till the soil and turn the machines let the farmer own his field, the laborer his tools let no man toil beneath the lash of another’s greed today, i see the first roots of hope pushing through the cracks of exploitation and once it takes hold, no force shall uproot it we see clearly now that the government in kyow does not serve the people, but guards the wealth of the few it fears your voice, it fears your unity, and it fears your power our revolution shall not end at these borders in merkopa, rika, xina, and anraka, millions share our pain and our dream across mountains and seas, our fire will reach those whose hearts burn with the same longing we seek not conquest, but unity let the rulers call us radicals if they will we, who have suffered, know our cause is just our unity cannot be broken, and our will cannot be bought so i ask you, comrades, will the spark die here in kyow? or will you carry it forward? take it to the fields and factories, the workshops and the rail yards organize educate rise—not with hatred, but with unstoppable purpose let no tyrant sleep easy let no law deny the sweat of the brow its due this is our beginning today, we cast off our chains and proclaim solidarity from this moment on, our fire will spread, until no profiteer, no false decree, no tyrant remains we rise as one people, bound by our shared struggle and our belief in the dawn of a new age forward, comrades, forward to victory!” related articles speaker leon "malenyev" chavatangakwunua docid\ sqrq3qw06lzgeoci0qisr