tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post8370536311575318130..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Back in the Pride paradeLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-78580101763056864032010-06-30T17:41:14.316-04:002010-06-30T17:41:14.316-04:00In 1918, the American labour leader, Eugene Debs, ...In 1918, the American labour leader, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Debs" rel="nofollow">Eugene Debs</a>, a founder of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World#History_1905-1950" rel="nofollow">IWW</a> (the 'Wobblies'), made a statement to the U.S. federal court during the sentencing hearing for his conviction on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition#Civilian" rel="nofollow">sedition</a> charges (as a consequence of his advocating resistance to the draft in WWI).<br /><br />It is a statement close to the hearts of many in the labour and socialist movements ...<br /><br />'<i>Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.</i>'<br /><br />Tough to come up with something more eloquent than that.Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com