First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

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Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one...

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that...

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that...

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens...

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens...

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery...

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery...

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years....

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years....

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black...

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black...

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the...

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the...

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants...

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the...

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the...

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements...

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements...

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in...

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take...

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take...

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago...

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago...