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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

Angela Davis

Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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Grasp Radical Root
Prison relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.
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Capital Global Prison Problem Produce Racism Relieve Responsiblity Serious Society
Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
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Action Appearance Feminism Method Separate Togetherness Urge
The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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Attempt Campaign Death Participation Penalty Powerful
I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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Abolish Function Prison Social Suggestion
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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Death Deep Freedom Road Stalk
It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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Essential History Individual Work
Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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Art Assistance Live People Progress Work
Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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Color Education Institution People Poor Prison Racism
No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
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Agenda Consideration Equality Movement Seek Women
I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Black Lives Matter Community Encouragement Radical
We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Assure Fight Justice
Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
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Black Lives Matter Color Discrimination Gender Human Racism Sex Skin Stop
The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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Danger Education Mind Mouth Pride Weapon Women Power
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
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Country Participation People Politics Racism Struggle World
If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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Action Black Lives Matter Direction Mislead Racism

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