While classes exist no one is free.
We are not born to be slaves or to be masters.
We are born to be brothers and sisters.
What is capitalism but buying and selling of people?

Mientras haya clases no hay libertad.
No hemos nacido para ser peones
ni para ser patrones
sino para ser hermanos
sino para ser hermanos hemos nacidos.
Capitalismo ¿qué otra cosa que compra-venta de gente?

Ernesto Cardenal

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Topic

Class conflict Power relations Equality Brotherhood Social hierarchy

Author

Ernesto Cardenal

Source

Canto Nacional

Medium

Poem

Genre

Political literature

Language

Spanish

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Clergyman Poet Writer

From

Nicaragua Central America

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Cardenal, Ernesto. Canto nacional. Ediciones Carlos Loblé, 1973.

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Time
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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
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Original Citation

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Author

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Source
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Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
1605 1600s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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