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“And how does this parasitic one percent of the population hold onto their wealth when we are so many? Racism, immigrant bashing, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, nationalism — they get us to fight each other while they hoard their wealth, and they keep our stories separate from each other, so that we never understand the entire story, only our particular part of it.”

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

“The question that we all face is in whose hands is this wealth, the wealth that is created as a collective effort by all of the American people?”

— Owen Jones

“The strategy of this kind of attack, of coming at everybody all at once, is to continue this feeling of destabilization. You’re not supposed to find your footing.

That’s why finding each other is really important; talking about what you’re reading, sharing ideas, developing a narrative together — that is the way we resist shock.”

— Naomi Klein