DOCUMENT #10 - Mujeres en Lucha - Patricia Marín, Page2. October 2, 1952 to December 19, 1995. Text originally published in the October – December 1995 issue of ¡La Verdad! Revised and re-published for aguilaycondor.net on the 15th Anniversary of the passing of Compañera Patricia Marín. Below is a text version of the revised text, and the menu to the right provides an audio version that can be downloaded and listened to, as well as a video version.
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When Patricia passed away she was a mature woman of forty-three years of age. We raise this in order for all to understand that she entered the struggle not led by the idealism of youth, nor as a half-hearted, self-serving pseudo-revolutionary. Over time she had come to identify clearly the true nature of the vendido, hispanic, poverty pimp agency mentality, and said "chale" and then integrated herself totally into the liberation struggle of La Raza.
Patricia participated in liberation struggle as a woman with an abundance of individual experience and maturity, and it was this experience that moved her to action. Before the Movimiento, her life was one of sacrifice and struggle, surviving as a single mother with all the contradictions of a colonial society on her back. The well being of her family was always on her mind, and her activism was forever dedicated to her children. In other words, Patricia had many years of life experience, and also a family to care for - for many other people these things are enough to convince them to give up struggle. For Patricia it had the opposite effect: she not only dedicated the rest of her life to struggle, she did so in the name of her children and because of her life experience.
Even during those first days with MEChA, her experience and clear vision placed her in a position of respect during which time the friendship and warm feelings we had (and continue to have) for her were ever increasing. It was this life experience that gave her a true understanding of the terrible nature of colonialism, and in the last years of her life armed her as an anti-imperialist fighter. This profound spirit of struggle and contempt for imperialism gave her what many of those around her lacked - the hindsight, the courage, and the vision to not only join in the building of liberation struggle but to become a leader in every sense of the word.
A person like Patricia did not require elaborate arguments. It was sufficient for her to know that her people existed in a state of perpetual oppression, and that there was an organization that was inspired by genuine revolutionary and patriotic ideals. That was more than enough for Patricia to make her people's struggle her own.
There are countless examples that we could recite that represent the extremely high level of commitment and dedication this Compañera maintained. All of us that knew her also knew how she was always willing to sacrifice to whatever level was necessary for the benefit of the group. If Patricia had a dollar in her pocket she would donate seventy-five cents - and keep the quarter for the sole purpose of avoiding criticism for being over-generous. She was well known for her habit of volunteering for the most tedious and difficult of tasks, while at the same time never demanding recognition. Patricia was never one to seek recognition, and she had no interest in titles. Her activism was truly led by a deep internal drive to better the condition of La Raza.
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