Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

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“Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.” This quote captures hope as a precious commodity. Hope is important because it acts as the fuel that allows us to continue fighting even when we fail so many times. Hope can be a powerful tool to keep us fighting when we could just give up.

Source: Talking About A Revolution: Interviews With Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bell Hooks, Peter Kwong, Winona Laduke, Manning Marable, Urvashi Vaid, And Howard Zinn

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