We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
ANGELA DAVISRevolution 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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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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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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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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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Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
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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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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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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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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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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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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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