I always emphasize the historic role of people of color in organizing and protesting to achieve justice.
Howard ZinnThere has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.
Howard ZinnPeople should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.
Howard ZinnThe courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague sense, its moving parts, its smaller chambers--its classrooms, its workplaces, its corporate boardrooms, its jails, its military barracks--are flagrantly undemocratic, dominated by one commanding person or a tiny elite of power.
Howard Zinn