Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all...

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all...

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...

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...