I've Said For Thirty Years That Capitalism

Dunbar-ortiz Strips Us Of Our Forged Innocence, Shocks Us Into New Awareness, And Draws A Straight Line From The Sins Of Our Fathers-settler-colonialism, The Doctrine Of Discovery, The Myth Of Manifest Destiny, White Supremacy, Theft And Systematic Killing-to The Contemporary Condition Of Permanent War, Invasion And Occupation, Mass Incarceration, And The Constant Use And Threat Of State Violence.

I Would Say For The Young: Don't Be Straight Jacketed By Ideology. Don't Be Driven By A Structure Of Ideas.

I Suffer From A Genetic Flaw, Which Is That My Mother Was A Hopeless Pollyanna.

Being An Activist And An Artist - Those Two Things Should Go Together. You Should Allow The Artistic Sensibility To Control Some Of Your Activism, But Never Should It Be Allowed To Paralyze You.

When Someone Who's Always Been In Your Life Is Gone, It's A Stunning Adjustment Of Your Own Identity.