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“There are vast numbers of people behind bars in the
United States—some two and a half million—and imprisonment is increasingly
used as a strategy of deflection of the underlying social problems—racism,
poverty, unemployment, lack of education, and so on. These issues are never
seriously addressed. It is only a matter of time before people begin to realize that the prison is a false solution”
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
United States—some two and a half million—and imprisonment is increasingly
used as a strategy of deflection of the underlying social problems—racism,
poverty, unemployment, lack of education, and so on. These issues are never
seriously addressed. It is only a matter of time before people begin to realize that the prison is a false solution”
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
“The primitive human brain was obviously successful because we as a species endured and are now the dominant life-form on earth. But despite our evolved complicated cognitive abilities, the original primitive brain functions didn’t go away. If anything, they became more important; having language
and reasoning skills doesn’t really amount to much if you keep dying from simple things like forgetting to eat or wandering off cliffs.”
― Dean Burnett Collection 3 Books Set
and reasoning skills doesn’t really amount to much if you keep dying from simple things like forgetting to eat or wandering off cliffs.”
― Dean Burnett Collection 3 Books Set
“What if there was never a way? What if I am . . . trapped?’
‘So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.’
‘I just don’t understand life,’ sulked Nora.
‘You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
‘So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.’
‘I just don’t understand life,’ sulked Nora.
‘You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
“He said that in quantum physics every alternative possibility happens simultaneously. All at once. In the same place. The cat in the box is both alive and dead. You could open the box and see that it was alive or dead, that's how it goes, but in one sense, even after the box is open, the cat is still both alive and dead. Every universe exists over every other universe. Like a million pictures on tracing paper, all with slight variations within the same frame. The many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics suggests that there are an infinite number of divergent parallel universes. Every moment of your life you enter a new universe. With every decision you make.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Most of us had been involved for many years in Palestine solidarity work, but we were all thoroughly shocked to discover that the repression associated with Israeli settler colonialism was so evident and so blatant. The Israeli military made no attempt to conceal or even
mitigate the character of the violence they inflicted on the Palestinian people.
Gun-carrying military men and women—many extremely young—were everywhere. The wall, the concrete, the razor wire everywhere conveyed the impression that we were in prison. Before Palestinians are even arrested, they are already in prison. One misstep and one can be arrested and hauled off to prison;
one can be transferred from an open-air prison to a closed prison.”
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
mitigate the character of the violence they inflicted on the Palestinian people.
Gun-carrying military men and women—many extremely young—were everywhere. The wall, the concrete, the razor wire everywhere conveyed the impression that we were in prison. Before Palestinians are even arrested, they are already in prison. One misstep and one can be arrested and hauled off to prison;
one can be transferred from an open-air prison to a closed prison.”
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
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