Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISThe process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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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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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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