Assata Shakur (1947) American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
To My People (July 4, 1973)
Assata Shakur (1947) American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
To My People (July 4, 1973)
“We have one called Commodity Aesthetics, which is our section on popular culture.”
Nancy Peters (1936) American writer and publisher
"Beat Establishment: City Lights Bookstore May Be Named San Francisco Landmark", http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0006/25/sun.03.html CNN, 2000-06-25. : On book categories in City Lights bookshop. <br class="br">2000s
“They call us terrorists after they ruined our countries.”
Immortal Technique (1978) American rapper and activist
Death March
Albums, The 3rd World (2008)
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
When asked the question, “Why a ‘Jewish’ University?” when Einstein was assisting Chaim Weizmann in fundraising for The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
As quoted in [Albert Einstein, Letter “Einstein in Singapore.” Manchester Guardian, October 12, 1929]
1920s
“We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice.”
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
Great Jewish Short Stories, introduction to the Dell paperback edition (1963)
General sources
Context: We are all such accidents. We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice. We make what we can of our condition with the means available. We must accept the mixture as we find it — the impurity of it, the tragedy of it, the hope of it.