“If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?”
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It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives.