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October 13, 2014

In Less-Reported Remarks, Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai Backs Socialism, Opposes Drone Strikes 
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Seventeen-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is vowing to
continue campaigning for girls' education after becoming the youngest
person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala Yousafzai: "I have received this award, but this is not the end.
This is not the end. This is not the end of this campaign which I have
started. I think this is really the beginning. And I want to see every
child going to school."

Beyond her well-known views on education, Yousafzai has criticized U.S.
drone attacks in Pakistan, telling President Obama during a meeting last
year that the strikes are fueling terrorism and killing innocent people.
She has also publicly supported socialism, saying in a message to a
conference of Pakistani Marxists last year, "I am convinced socialism is
the only answer, and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a
victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry
and exploitation."

 

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