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The early feminist argument that violence against women is not inherently a private matter, but has been privatized by the sexist structures of the state, the economy, and the family has had a powerful impact on public consciousness.

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Angela Davis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 29
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Birmingham
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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?
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Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the globalization of capital.
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