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.
Angela Davis (via faffinground)
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Cornel West on the Oppressed
An oppressed people are a paranoid people. But that doesn’t mean they’re crazy.
-Cornel West
Marc Lamont Hill on Depicting Black Americans
They call us lazy, but they made us slaves. They called us uncivilized, but they let us raise their children. They call us dirty, but for much of the 20th century, blacks worked in the homes of whites as cooks and maids.
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill (via headwrapandcamera)
Noam Chomsky on US politics
In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
Noam Chomsky (via changingperspective)
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