Art is important only to the extent that it helps the liberation of our people…it must answer a question, or wake someone up, or give a shove in the right direction.
Elizabeth Catlett, 1971
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Posts tagged liberation
Posted 1 year ago
Once we reject the old, depressing Stalinist ideal of the grim, calculating revolutionary who denies him or herself everything because of their dedication to the revolution—since such people, even if they win, are unlikely to create a world anyone would want to live in—then we’ve got to accept that personal liberation, the creation of experiments in life, free communities, has to go hand-in hand with the work of fighting capitalism.
David Graeber; History is made up of those events that couldn’t have been predicted before they happened - an interview (via sambowman)
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