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Leadership is another word for preparation.

Vijay Prashad

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Vijay Prashad
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 14
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Calcutta
Leadership
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Another
Preparation

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We would like to participate in manifestations, in Occupies and things like that. We would like to be involved in a march. But we don't actually see the very hard work that goes to build confidence towards those events. And we don't have a shared discussion.
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