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feminine structures of organization now appear which do not<br />

reproduce the same types of hierarchy; these women say that,<br />

unlike the males, they do not feel the need for such a structuration.<br />

It is possible that there was another type of organization of power<br />

which appeared, one which began to disengage from the mythology<br />

tied to the phallic cult of the leader.<br />

A whole series of questions can be posed following this:<br />

1) how has this happened Notably on the level of racial segregation,<br />

2) why have the movements of emancipation been made to<br />

become implicitly an accomplice to this segregation<br />

3) why have the national revolutionary movements (Black<br />

Panthers, Black Muslims, Young Lords, etc.) remained out of<br />

touch with these thousands of gangs who control, block-by-block,<br />

a considerable portion of these large American cities<br />

A certain culture, specific to the most deprived masses, a certain<br />

model of life, and a certain sense of human dignity exists among<br />

these gangs, and they could also be credited with many social interventions<br />

providing answers to problems which no kind of state<br />

power has been able to tackle with. Thus, it sufficed that a team of<br />

doctors worked together with these gangs in the South Bronx for a<br />

truly original organization of mental hygiene to be put together.<br />

In particular, let us highlight one of the most original experiments<br />

with the drug problem, that also happened in the South<br />

Bronx. Two years ago, in the middle of racial struggles, the Lincoln<br />

Hospital was occupied by revolutionary militants and then evacuated<br />

after a few weeks. But an entire floor of the hospital continued to<br />

be occupied and has never stopped being occupied since then by<br />

ex-addicts who took over by themselves the organization of detox<br />

services. This kind of self-management of hospital services<br />

would deserve being examined in some detail. Let us simply<br />

relate several facts:<br />

1) The majority of the staff is made of old addicts.<br />

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