“In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.” FormPoliticalLeftBlackViolenceGroupsStudentsCollegeArmyActivismLiberationRadicalismPanthersBlack PantherWeathermenPolitical Violence Author:Marisha Pessl
“You remember the night that you left me, you put me in my place. Got you in a stranglehold now baby, gonna crush your face.” RememberFacesNightLeftViolenceBabyCrushYour FaceViolence Against WomenYou Left Me Author:Ted Nugent
“In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living.” WayKindMomentsHomeLeftSpeakCitiesViolenceDisciplineHolyWeaponsAngryNew WaysForbiddenInsectsPilgrimMeccaAngry Words Author:Karen Armstrong
“Violence stinks no matter which side of it you're on. But now and then there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a frying pan.” PersonsMatterLeftSidesViolenceNow And ThenStinkFryingFrying Pans Author:Tom Robbins
“Right and left; the hothouse and the street. The Right can only live and work hermetically, in the hothouse of the past, while outside the Left prosecute their affairs in the streets manipulated by mob violence. And cannot live but in the dreamscape of the future.” PastLeftViolenceStreetsAffair Book:V.: A Novel Source: V.: A Novel
“What gets called 'the sixties' left a mixed legacy and a lot of divides. But it opened everything to question, and what seems the most fundamental and most pervasive in all the ensuing changes is the loss of faith in authority: the authority of government, of science, of patriarchy, of progress, of capitalism, of violence, of whiteness.” SeemsGovernmentLeftChangeLossProgressViolenceAuthorityCapitalismFundamentalsLegacyDividesSixtyPatriarchyWhitenessLoss Of Faith Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I survived this torture which left me paralyzed for years. That's what that night was all about, mutilation, more than violence through sex. I really do feel as though I was psychologically mutilated that night and now I'm trying to put the pieces back together again. Through love, not hatred. And through my music. My strength has been to open again, to life, and my victory is the fact that, despite it all, I kept alive my vulnerability.” FeelsTryingYearsHas BeensFactsTogetherNightLeftSexPiecesAliveViolenceVictoryHatredDespiteVulnerabilityTortureSurvivedBack TogetherParalyzedTogether AgainMutilationBack Together Again Author:Tori Amos
“Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.” PoliticalLeftLibertyViolenceThreatVicesDefenseFalsehoodExtremismDuplicityPolitical Extremism Author:George W. Romney
“A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount of room for economic inequality, violence and male dominance.” TwoLeftParentRoomsViolenceWonderfulEconomicAmountCommitmentExtraordinaryMalesInequalityWonderful ThingsParadigmDominanceEconomic InequalityMale DominanceLove And Commitment Author:Stephanie Coontz