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"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! Now, no more talking. We're going to march in singing "We Shall Overcome." Slowly; there are a lot of us. Up here to the left-- I didn't mean the pun." ~taken from Mario Savio's Speech before the FSM
Does that get you pumped up or what!?! I am so moved by this speech. Engaging in this type of political action can have severe repercussions, so one must be sure of their intentions and consider the entire ripple effect... and if they still believe that it is worth all the risk, they are almost obligated to act. At least the responsible activists follow this kind of holistic thinking before acting formula... yup, I said it!
I think that the Sproul Hall Necklace is a great gift idea for a political thinker, activist, believer in free speech or even an empowered student at University of California. I wear mine knowing that this is the texture that all those students in protest were running their fingers across in 1964. Imagine the collective power of the people!
What does your Sproul Hall Necklace mean to you?
*actual FSM 1964 photo taken by Mike Friedman http://www.fsm-a.org/
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