Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

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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...

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to...

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to...

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...

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

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

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...

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had...

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had...

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...

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

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...

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved...

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved...

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'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of...

That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of...

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault...

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault...

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...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly...

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly...