Quotes Of Freedom

"Our profession: Hope." - Subcomandante Galeano

Don Pablo dejó este mundo ayer 18 de abril a los 101 años. ¡Buen viaje, Comandante Contreras! ¡Gracias por Todo y por Tanto! bit.ly/3KQKvXy #EZLN

"All power to the people" - Black Panther Party slogan

"Economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender conflicts, among many others, lie at the core of the most serious ecological dislocations we face today." - Murray Bookchin

"I do not care to come to terms with an irrational society that corrodes all that is valuable in humanity, that eats away at all that is beautiful and noble in the human experience." - Murray Bookchin

Today (or Tomorrow) marks 74 years since Abdullah Öcalan began his journey on this planet. A journey that teaches us how people can change and grow in incredible ways, that we are destined to a better future, away from hierarchies and oppression. Biji Serok Apo! #FreeOcalan

Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of establishing the #YPJ, which has played a crucial role in the fight against ISIS and occupation, in addition to defending women's rights in the region. Today we celebrate a decade of courage, dedication, and struggle.

"Neither total rejection nor complete recognition of the state is useful for the democratic efforts of civil society. The overcoming of the state, particularly the nation-state, is a long-term process." - Abdullah Ocalan. #FreeOcalanNow #FreedomForOcalanNow

Today is the birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, a founder of the PKK and it's ideological leader. Although he has been jailed since 1999, His teachings inspired the women's liberation struggle in Kurdistan which inspired women's revolution worldwide #JinJiyanAzadi #FreedomForOcalanNow

"I went down to the prison in Menard, thinking we were the vanguard, but down there, I got down on my knees and listened and learned from the people." - Fred Hampton

“Eco-Socialism” is more ambiguous than Social Ecology. No “ecological” movement is complete without a fundamental critique of hierarchy. This includes the hierarchies in social organization that inform the common belief that humans can “dominate” the rest of the natural world.

"The powers that be might kill one, two or three roses, but they will never be able to stop the spring from coming. And our struggle is a quest for the spring." - Lula da Silva

We realized at a very early point in our development that only the people arc the makers of revolution. "The main function of the Party is to awaken the people and teach them the strategic method of resisting a power structure," -David Hilliard

"I will fight until I die, however that may come. But whether I'm around or not to see it happen, I know that the transformation of society inevitably will manifest the true meaning of 'all power to the people.'" - Huey P. Newton

"States only administrate, while democracies govern. States are founded on power; democracies are based on collective consensus. ... The state uses coercion as a legitimate means. Democracies rest on voluntary participation." – Abdullah Öcalan

“... the patriarchy consolidated the traditional framework of hierarchies, which in the nation-state is fuelled by sexism. Socially-rooted sexism is, just like nationalism, an ideological product of the nation-state and of power.” – Abdullah Öcalan

“... the sexism of the society of the nation-state strengthens the power of the men; on the other hand, the nation-state turns its society into a colony by the exploitation of women. In this respect, women can also be regarded as an exploited nation.” – Abdullah Öcalan

Everything you’re seeing right now is not just an outgrowth of the Supreme Court of the United States. It’s an outgrowth of the nation-state model itself. Time to move beyond this state, and states in general. Time to usher in a direct democracy. For a democratic, free world.

"Sexism, just as nationalism, is an ideology through which power is generated and nation-states are built." - Abdullah Ocalan

"Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist." - Hayao Miyazaki

"We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation." - Hayao Miyazaki