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Okay, this is what I think,
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and if anybody disagrees
they should just say so right out.

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Si. Okay. You should take
this estate, this house, this land

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and divide it up amongst the people
in the town right away.

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Okay. The decree passed
by the Republican Government

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in October allows for that.
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Okay. It says all property
owned by individuals

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involved in the insurrection
will be confiscated.

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Si, si.
The problem's different here...

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all the landowners help Franco.
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We must collectivize all the lands.
You understand?

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Todas las tierras, hay que
colectivizar no solo dividir.

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I understand that.
I understand that.

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I'm not, I'm not a friend
of the landowner. Okay?

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I'm not here to defend landowners.
Okay?

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But what are you going to do
when you have a guy like,

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what's his name, Pepe?
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What are you going to do when you
have a guy like Pepe who has...

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he's a tenant farmer and he has
a couple of acres of land...

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or a tradesman who doesn't want to
be part of your collective? Okay?

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These people are anti-fascists.
What do you do then?

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It sounds really great on paper,
but in reality it won't work...

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because
it's going to pit the peasants

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against the anti-fascists. Okay?
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You're fighting now and it's going
to endanger your food production.

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Lawrence, I think
that private ownership of land

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must be totally given up,
forgotten, cancelled...

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because it maintains people
in a capitalist mentality.

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I agree. Okay.
I agree with, I mean,

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I'm not here to argue for,
for private property.

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I know the definition of
private property.

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I know what it does.
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Okay, I'm not arguing that.
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This is not the time for
these textbook arguments

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on socialism or land reform.
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We have to defeat fascism,
that's the priority.

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Are you suspecting this man to,
to speak about the textbook of...

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socialism?
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No, I'm not!
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Well, I'm,
I'm agreeing with him. Okay?

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I'm agreeing with
the collectivisation, all right?

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But these people
cannot collectivise anything

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if they're dead. Okay?
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Well, this is, is your opinion.

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