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

Quote by Angela Davis

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to...

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to...

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...

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

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

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

Radical simply means grasping things at the root.

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...

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...

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

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...

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...

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...

How quickly we forget what we wanted in life, and settle for what we got.

How quickly we forget what we wanted in life, and settle for what we got.

Don't cut the rope today that you're going to need to save yourself tomorrow.

Don't cut the rope today that you're going to need to save yourself tomorrow.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...