There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference.

Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

When you love poor people THAT MUCH, when you love 'working people' THAT MUCH, that makes you the freest man/woman in the country." - Cornel West in explaining that Obama is A fulfillment of MLK's dream not THE fulfillment of MLK's dream

White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back.

The black church is dormant, much of the community is dormant. If the black church is leaning toward the right, much of the community is leaning toward the right. If it is leaning in the left wing direction having repercussions.