Every progressive movement in U.S. history has been portrayed negatively by the media at the time it happened. Boots Riley Read Quote
A lot of libertarians and ultra-capitalists like to put out this idea that competition makes for better creativity. But it’s just because we don’t see all the creativity that’s been crushed. Boots Riley Read Quote
If we created a society based on love, it would be a society without exploitation. Boots Riley Read Quote
I try to find creative ways to put ideas out to make the ground fertile for organizers. Boots Riley Read Quote
People want something that’s relevant to their lives. They want something that means something to them, and they want something where it seems like people have thought about what they’re saying. Boots Riley Read Quote
I don’t need to be validated by academia, because that presupposes that academia is a pure endeavor and not guided by market forces, which is not the case. Boots Riley Read Quote
Many people feel that unions aren’t militant enough for them and don’t do anything. Boots Riley Read Quote
One time, someone came up to me and said, ‘I know so-and-so. They’re a professor at Harvard. They’re a big fan of your work.’ But that doesn’t impress me more than any other people feeling that way. Boots Riley Read Quote
In Chile, they had penas, where the community would come together to sing and plan how they were going to overthrow the government. There’s a real hopefulness in that community style of organizing. Boots Riley Read Quote
