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“Activists from all over the world--the known & the unknown--would find their way to the Kochiyamas' Fri & Sat night open houses. 'People were everywhere, eating, talking, laughing, spilling out into the hallway [outside their apt]. People were even int he bathroom. You couldn't close the front door bc there were so many people inside,' recalled Herman Ferguson. The Kochiyamas' apt also became a central meeting place for the Movement.”

Harlem Black Liberation Political Organizing Movement Building Yuri Kochiyama The Movement

Book:Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama

Source: Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama

“It would be hard. After all, I'm working. I'm a mother. Number one, I'm a mother & housewife, so there's the house kind of chores. In the evenings, I might attend some meeting, & then late at night, I would be either writing to the brothers & sisters in prison or working on the leaflets of their cases. Then on the weekend, at least every other weekend, we'd visit the political prisoners...I mean everybody has their whole life & things they have to do at home. But I'll tell you, we were busy during this time. Every week, more brothers & sisters would be arrested. We were working on scores of cases at the same time--trying to keep up with visiting, writing, attending court hearings. If I could show you all the leaflets we made, you'd get an idea of how expansive the work was.”

1960s Political Prisoners Political Organizing Black Liberation Movement Yuri Kochiyama

Book:Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama

Source: Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama

“If it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly takes a movement to undo an occupation.”

Movement Political Organizing

Book:Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

Source: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

“Process tells us how. Purpose tells us why. But in reality, it is academic to draw a line between them, they are part of a continuum. Process and purpose are so welded to each other that it is impossible to mark where one leaves off and the other begins, or which is which. The very process of democratic participation is for the purpose of organization rather than to rid the alleys of dirt. Process is really purpose.”

Purpose Process Political Organizing

Book:Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Source: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals