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There were only the oppressors and the oppressed.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Oli, a Communist who began his political career as a tribune of the oppressed, seemed unaware of the anger that had accumulated around him.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Keefe was an Irish Republican from Boston, the son of a meat cutter, who made his name in New Haven as a pugnacious defender of the oppressed from their oppressors.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
There’s always this tension in the work between the oppressor and the oppressed.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Oli, a Communist who began his political career as a tribune of the oppressed, seemed unaware of the anger that had accumulated around him.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Keefe was an Irish Republican from Boston, the son of a meat cutter, who made his name in New Haven as a pugnacious defender of the oppressed from their oppressors.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
There’s always this tension in the work between the oppressor and the oppressed.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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“The oppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20oppressed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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