Jun 1, 2012

This Is The Right One: You know your political system is broken when

Parties in power pass laws that disenfranchise voters.

Billionaires can almost single handedly finance candidates that serve their interests.

Groups associated with a single party plan to spend roughly a billon dollars to influence the election.

There is virtually no public…

May 31, 2012

Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity and war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.

Howard Zinn (via mynameskatetoday)

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May 31, 2012

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May 30, 2012

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Mark Twain (via blua)

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May 30, 2012

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May 30, 2012

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May 30, 2012

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May 30, 2012

This Is The Right One: How is that Latin American students, who live in countries where voicing your opinion WILL absolutely get you killed,...

political-linguaphile:

and here, in the United States, where we still have some relative “freedom of speech”, and where we at least know we can assemble without the fear of waking up decapitated or our mothers kidnapped, we just sit back and take all the skyrocketing tuition rates, shitty…

May 29, 2012