The principle of equality, which is at the core of democratic values, has very little meaning in a world in which global oligarchy is taking over.
– bell hooks
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- ..think about the contradictions and complexities that beset people. – bell hooks
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- True resistance begins with people confronting pain… and wanting to do something to change it. – bell hooks
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