“Fifty years is the long time to think about a thinker's relevance or to think of the relevance of their work to a contemporary period.” ThinkingYearsLongPeriodsLong TimeContemporaryFiftyThinkerRelevanceTime To Think Author:Nigel Gibson
“Fanon calls his ideology a new humanism, not only in contrast to the elite humanism of the West, but also on the axiom that the wretched of the earth, understood socially, think and thus must be a basis of a new politics. This, of course, is not achieved immediately, but it must become an explicit element of the struggle for liberation.” ThinkingEarthCoursesStruggleElementsUnderstoodBasesWestHumanismIdeologyLiberationElitesContrastWretchedAxiomsExplicit Author:Nigel Gibson
“The problem in Syria, I think, is that when there is so much violence, there is not only very little chance to create spaces for liberation, but also all talk is quickly swallowed up by it. People are trying to keep their heads down because they are being bombarded all the time.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesProblemChanceSpaceViolenceLiberationSyriaBombarded Author:Nigel Gibson
“Spaces of liberation are, in a certain way, some kind of social spaces where people can not only get together and think about something else, but also act together. If you are thinking about an elemental solidarity, you are thinking about people acting together and taking decisions together, and thereby beginning to think about what sort of society they want to create. So, there is a need for liberated spaces; that is really difficult.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantNeedsKindTogetherCertainSocialDifficultSpaceDecisionActingLiberationSolidarityCan NotLiberatedGet TogetherElementalsActing Together Author:Nigel Gibson
“What is interesting about the revolts is that they show that there is never anything purely spontaneous, and there is always some thinking and discussion, and thus some kind of organization involved in it.” ThinkingKindShowsInterestingInvolvedOrganizationDiscussionSpontaneousRevolt Author:Nigel Gibson