I love you …..
Because in spite of a history that began in slavery and genocide, we have fought and struggled and sometimes won in continual efforts to build a republic with justice and liberty for all;
Because some of our forbearers fought for a bill of rights that claims audaciously that we all have inalienable rights to freedom of expression, freedom to organize, and equality before the law;
Because that wild spirit of utopianism and optimism means that we don’t wait for anyone to authorize our work for a better and more inclusive world;
Because for us the arc of the moral universe can bend toward justice. Not because that is the nature of the universe, but because by force of will we are committed to making it so.
And because I love you, I will fight with everything I have, to protect you from all enemies foreign and domestic.
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Cynthia Kaufman is the Director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action De Anza College where she also teaches Philosophy. She is the author of four books on social change: Challenging Power; Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World (Bloomsbury 2020); The Sea is Rising and So are We: A Climate Justice Handbook (PM Press 2021); Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope (Lexington Books 2012) and Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change (2nd Edition PM Press 2016). She is a lifelong social change activist, having worked on issues such as tenants’ rights, police abuse, union organizing, international politics, and most recently climate change. She received her PhD and M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her B.A. in Development Studies from University of California, Berkeley.
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