“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.”
“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.”
“The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you’re free in a political sense but have no place to sleep, are you really free?”
“I am hopeful because I believe that resistance is the act of faith in the possibility of a better future.”
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
“Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.'”
“The way you learn to oppose oppression is by standing up to it, by engaging in collective struggle.”
“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.”
“Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.”
“It is important not only to believe in the inevitability of justice but to make justice inevitable.”
“The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.”
“I believe profoundly in the transformative power of collective struggle.”
“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live but also about the intensity of their own struggle.”
“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.”
“As a Black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation.”
“We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.”
“Imprisonment is not the only form of violence; there’s a whole spectrum of violent actions that reinforce systemic injustice.”
“Freedom is a constant struggle.”
“Prisons do not disappear social problems; they disappear human beings.”
“The struggle for freedom is a protracted one. It is often incremental, and one must be willing to persevere.”
“The prison-industrial complex is a reflection of a society that has failed to care for its most vulnerable.”
“Diversity and inclusion mean little without structural change.”
“History teaches us that change does not come without collective effort.”
“The political economy of incarceration reinforces class hierarchies and perpetuates racial inequities.”
“The fight against racism must be seen as a fight for liberation from all forms of oppression.”
“The role of the artist is to illuminate the political moment in ways that encourage resistance and transformation.”
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
“The very act of teaching requires courage, because it is a political act.”
“Courage means not letting fear control your actions.”
“The struggle against racism must be intertwined with the struggle against capitalism.”
“If we want a society where the voices of the oppressed are amplified, we must rethink our political strategies.”
“True democracy requires an acknowledgment of past wrongs and a commitment to making amends.”
“Resistance is a collective, not an individual, endeavor.”
“The power of activism lies in its ability to create a shared vision for change.”
“Incarceration is a mechanism for perpetuating inequality.”
“Black feminism is not simply a body of theory. It is a guide for collective liberation.”
“We must imagine a future without violence, without poverty, and without oppression.”
“An educated mind and an open heart are the keys to transformative change.”
“We cannot be content with a system that prioritizes punishment over education.”
“The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.”
“The prison system is designed to manage populations, not rehabilitate them.”
“Revolutionary hope requires that we imagine a future that is radically different from our present.”
“A society that values profit over people is a society that perpetuates injustice.”
“The global struggle for justice is interconnected, and our solidarity must reflect that.”
“Education is the practice of freedom.”
“Our ability to dream of a better world is the first step toward building one.”
“The work of liberation is unfinished and must be carried on by every generation.”
“Radical change is not a linear process; it is a series of breakthroughs and setbacks.”
“The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.”