Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle / Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases Quotes

“No olvides nunca
que los menos fascistas
de entre los fascistas
también son
fascistas.”
― Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

“And teacher Bertolt Brecht,
communist, German playwright and poet
(in that order) wrote:
“What’s a bank robbery
compared with the crime
of the establishment of a bank?”
― Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

“Advice That Is No Longer Necessary Anywhere in the World but Here in El Salvador . . . Don’t ever forget
that the least fascist
among fascists
also are
fascists.”
― Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

“One of them was so ultraleftist and uncompromising
that even with one eye gone and crushed bones and testicles
he told the priest who came to hear his confession
that his spirit hadn’t failed him, merely his body,
Víctor Manuel Marín was his name.”
― Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

“Watchtower A religion that tells you there’s only pie in the sky
and all earthly life is lousy and vicious
and that you shouldn’t be too concerned
is the best guarantee you’ll stumble at every step
and break your teeth and soul
against absolutely earthly rocks.”
― Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle