“The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsLooksHas BeensMadeFactsAmericaMovingCoursesDifferencesFiguresBrotherRelationIllnessSignificantOpeningNegotiationCubaOpening UpCastroMoving AheadLooming Author:Amy Klobuchar
“There is no fundamental cleavage between Hindus and Mussalmans. We have lived in the same land as brothers for generations and what has been possible all these years will certainly be possible in the future.” YearsHas BeensGenerationsLandBrotherFundamentalsCleavage Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“A political decision has been made not to irritate the intelligence community. The spy agencies are really embarrassed, they're really sore - the revelations really hurt their mystique. The last ten years, they were getting the Zero Dark Thirty treatment - they're the heroes. The surveillance revelations bring them back to Big Brother kind of narratives, and they don't like that at all.” YearsKindHas BeensMadeBigsLastsPoliticalCommunityHurtDarkDecisionBrotherHeroTenNarrativeThirtyAgencyRevelationsTreatmentZeroEmbarrassedSpySurveillanceMystiqueIntelligence CommunityPolitical DecisionsZero Dark Thirty Author:Edward Snowden
“I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year we have had in five hundred years. This is thanks to the struggle of many untitled, unnamed indigenous brothers who, without understanding international law, patiently walked the corridors asking for some time. Thanks to them this international year has been declared.” YearsFirstsHas BeensLawNationsUnderstandingUnitedStruggleFiveBrotherHundredAskingInternationalThanksUnited NationsIndigenousInternational LawCorridorsIndigenous People Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be linked to the struggle of our people in every part of the earth. Every leader that was international in scope and in reach became the target of the government - Paul Robeson, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Kwame Ture and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Any Black leader who would try to connect us to our brothers and sisters in Africa and Asia were seen as a threat and became a target.” PeopleShouldTryingHas BeensGovernmentEarthAmericaDesireBlackLeaderStruggleBrotherKingsThreatInternationalTargetBlack PeopleHonorableAsiaBrothers And SistersLinkedScopeLutherMuhammadElijahElijah MuhammadHonorable Elijah MuhammadDubois Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I, like anybody whoever met Eric Wright, was mesmerized & inspired. Eric was more like a big brother to me, to all of us. I always think to myself, if there was no Ruthless, West Coast hip hop would not have been as big.” IfsThinkingHas BeensBigsBrotherMetsWestInspiredHip HopHipsHopsCoastRuthlessEricWest CoastMesmerized Author:Kokane
“What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.” Has BeensBookLiteratureGoneBrotherMy BrotherNow And ThenSingle LifeDrearyCambridgeFrench Literature Author:W. Somerset Maugham