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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 AM
A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Very well stated.
'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Very well stated.