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Prelude for the New Constitution of Chile

We

the oppressed, the forgotten, the rejected,

the dispossessed, the denied, the vexed,

the silenced, the humiliated, the neglected,

the tyrannized, the discriminated, the persecuted,

the abolished, the obliterated, the outcast, the relegated,

the underprivileged, the unprivileged,

the eternally burdened but indefatigable

we have at last been summoned to carve with fire our concerns, dreams and hopes

in the dark heart of this elusive and forgetful homeland.

Long has been the night. Long has been the waking and the martyrdom.

But the rebellious dignity has known how to wait and has never ceased in its struggle.

May these then be the flames that will illuminate the path that is just beginning to be glimpsed.

Housing, land, work, bread, health, education, independence, democracy,

freedom, justice, peace, dignity.

May this be the unrestricted spirit of our new fundamental charter.

From Common Sense

Says Library of Alexandria

Says Library of Antioch

Says library of the Serapeum

Says Library of al-Hakam II

Says Library of Rayy

Says Library of Nishapur

Says Nalanda

Says Imperial Library of Constantinople

Says House of Wisdom

Says Madrassah Library

Says Glasney College

Says Earl of Worcester’s library

Says Library of Congress

Says Royal Library of the Kings of Burma

Says Public Records Office of Ireland

Says Institut für Sexualwissenschaft

Says National University of Tsing Hua

Says Library of the Catholic University of Leuven

Says National Library of Serbia

Says Zaluski Library

Says National Library of Cambodia

Says Jaffna Public Library

Says Oriental Institute in Sarajevo

Says National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Says Pol-i-Khomri Public Library

Says Al-Awqaf Library

Says Iraq National Library

Says Egyptian Scientific Institute

Says heart disease

Says cancer

Says chronic respiratory disease

Says stroke

Says accidents

Says Alzheimer’s disease

Says diabetes

Says influenza

Says nephritis

Says suicide

Says COVID-19

Says Plague of Athens

Says Antonine Plague

Says Plague of Justinian

Says bubonic plague

Says Black Death

Says The Great Plague of London

Says the Third Pandemic

Says measles

Says smallpox

Says whooping cough

Says influenza

Says syphilis

Says cholera

Says typhus

Says tuberculosis

Says leprosy

Says malaria

Says yellow fever

Says The English sweat

Says viral hemorrhagic fever

Says Staphilococus aureus

Says superbug

Says avian flu

Says swine flu

Says HIV

Says SARS

Says H1N1

Says H1N2

Says H2N1

Says H3N1

Says H3N2

Says H2N3

Says H5N1

Say COVID-19

Says never assert that a white person is lying

Says never impute dishonorable intentions to a white person

Says never suggest that a white person is from an inferior class

Says never lay claim to superior knowledge or intelligence

Says never curse a white person

Says never laugh derisively at a white person

Says never comment upon the appearance of a white female

Says what is your name?

Says how old are you?

Says are you male or female?

Says are you married or single?

Says what is your occupation?

Says are you able to read and write?

Says what country are you from?

Says what is your race?

Says what is the name and address of a relative from your native country?

Says what is your final destination in America?

Says who paid for your passage?

Says how much money do you have with you?

Says have you been to America before?

Says are you meeting a relative here in America?

Says who?

Says have you been in a prison?

Says have you been in an almshouse?

Says have you been in an institution for care of the insane?

Says are you a polygamist?

Says are you an anarchist?

Says are you coming to America for a job?

Says where will you work?

Says what is the condition of your health?

Says are you deformed or crippled?

Says how tall are you?

Says what color are your eyes?

Says what color is your hair?

Says do you have any identifying marks?

Says where were you born?

Says who was the first President of America?

Says what are the colors of our flag?

Says how many stripes are on our flag?

Says how many stars?

Says what is the 4th of July?

Says what is the Constitution?

Says what are the three branches in our Government?

Says which President freed the slaves?

Says can you name the 13 original Colonies?

Says who signs bills into laws?

Says who is the current President?

Says what is America’s national anthem called?

Says I like to be in America

Says OK by me in America

Says everything free in America

Says for a small fee in America

Says automobile in America

Says chromium steel in America

Says wire-spoke wheel in America

Says very big deal in America

Says immigrant goes to America

Says many hellos in America

Says nobody knows in America

Says Puerto Rico’s in America

Says I like the shores of America

Says comfort is yours in America

Says knobs on the doors in America

Says wall to wall floors in America

Says the beach

Says the beach

Says under

Says under the beach

Says under the

Says the

Says the cobblestones

Says under the cobblestones

Says the beach

Says under the cobblestone, the beach

Says under the beach

Says beach cobblestone

Says the the

Says under

Says under cobblestone beach

Says the cobblestone

Says under the beach

Says cobblestone beach Says under

Says the under

Says under cobblestone

Says the beach

Says under beach cobblestone the the

Says the cobblestone

Says the beach

Says under the cobblestone

Says la plage

Says sous le pavés

Says the beach