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We realize that the liberation of all oppressed peoples necessitates the destruction of the political-economic systems of capitalism and imperialism as well as patriarchy. We are socialists because we believe that work must be organized for the collective benefit of those who do the work and create the products, and not for the profit of the bosses. Material resources must be equally distributed among those who create these resources. We are not convinced, however, that a socialist revolution that is not also a feminist and anti-racist revolution will guarantee our liberation.
The Combahee River Collective, “Section 2: What We Believe,” The Combahee Statement, 1977, (included in How We Get Free: Black Feminism and The Combahee River Collective, ed. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Haymarket Press, 2017, pp. 19-20).