Organizing the working class in England or the U.S. or any other advanced capitalist country has been a daunting challenge.
Bill Ayers[The whole first year at university] was a great time for me and great time of awakening.
Bill AyersI taught. I lectured at universities. I spoke to my students. I spoke in certain public forums. But what I didn't do was respond to microphones being thrust in my face and saying, what is your relationship with Obama and are you an unrepentant terrorist?
Bill AyersIt transmitted because on the campuses, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was recruiting, was organizing. Students for a Democratic Society was founded at Michigan just a couple years before I got there. So, there was a kind of a churning of political awareness. It was just beginning.
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