Liberation – Quotes

The fact that women

The fact that women have been moving forward, that a woman was running for president, that we had a black president – I think there was, without a doubt, a whitelash and a complete backlash against the liberation of women, against the power of people of color. Eve Ensler

There are three billion

There are three billion women in the world who have vaginas. I don’t think we can stop fighting for our sexual liberation, for our right to control our bodies. But at the same time as we’re doing that, we have to also be fighting for the rights of trans women and standing up for them … Read more

There is a beautiful

There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: struggle is the highest form of song. I love that. We are in the struggle. It’s like a river. Once you step into it you become the river. It’s not, you go out and click on a couple of charities that you believe in, march in the Women’s … Read more

Resolve to serve no

Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and … Read more

Did you know that

Did you know that Nuremberg courtroom was designed so that the Allies could project movies during the trial? And, also so that they could film the trial? The first movies that were shown were prepared by John Ford – a compilation of material from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. But here comes an interesting … Read more

There is however difference

There is however difference between the theology of liberation and traditional theology, the latter being based primarily On the Word of God made incarnate in the Holy Scripture Liberation theology is of course also inspired by the Word, but its representatives are convinced that God also speaks to us in everyday events and that, for … Read more

According to some liberation

According to some liberation theologians atheism is not the cause of the conflict between Christianity and Marxism, but is rather the link between them. Ernesto Cardenal

Some liberation theologians maintain

Some liberation theologians maintain that they are not influenced by Marxist philosophy at all. In this case it is necessary to discern whether they say this for tactical reasons, so as not to be compromised politically or whether they are really convinced that Marxism doesn’t influence them in any way. I personally think that it … Read more

I am not interested

I am not interested in an economic liberation of man without the liberation of the whole man. Ernesto Cardenal