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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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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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Anyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
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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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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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Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
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Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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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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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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