Venceremos
Venceremos was a radical political group formed in
1971 by
Stanford University Professor H. Bruce Franklin and various other members of the
San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the
Revolutionary Union. The group took its name from the battle cry of
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a revolutionary communist leader from
Argentina and high ranking member of
Fidel Castro's communist regime in
Cuba.
Venceremos advocated armed self-defense of the citizenry, community control of the police, and reform of the prison system. To these ends, the group's members engaged in a number of legitimate activities, such as working to educate prisoners and defend war protesters. They also participated in various anti-war demonstrations that invariably erupted into violence.
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