Statement on the Dialogue from a woman who lives in Harlem
November 10, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
I want to come to the Dialogue between Cornel West and Bob Avakian on Revolution and Religion because I feel like this is going to bring like two worlds together to transform our ways of thinking that this system that is in place, that is imprisoning our minds and oppressing people, this is to enlighten people. I feel like they are gonna give the audience and enlighten the audience, that we can make a change, no matter where you're coming from. As people come together, Blacks, whites, Hispanics– it's about bringing people together and having them look at things in a way that we, in all of this, need to make this world a better place, that changes can happen–it just takes us to put that force to make it happen.
I feel like I'm both of them, Bob Avakian and Cornel West, because they taking two different ideas and beliefs, but they're connecting it together. How it's connected is because they both have that compassion and that drive of having people to think that you can be free of this chaos that we're living in. Because this world is being created by people who don't care about people. And Cornel West and Bob Avakian, they have the passion and they have the drive and they want us to know that there is a possibility that the world can be a better place, even though the powers above feel like they want to keep us in one place.
Know that we coming together and seeing this live, that you're gonna be transformed and your mind gonna be opened and you gonna yourself personally feel like there's a purpose why I'm here and there's a reason why I'm here today. And this cannot stay this way, being abused by police, being captivated in this system—that there is a way out.
And if you come and just listen to what they say, you're going to feel empowered and you're going to feel like, ok, what can I do to make this world a better place? Because if we don't make this change and we don't come out and see what they talking about, everything is going to stay the same. I say to people, what are you doing, why are you here? Do you know why you are here? Do you feel that there is no way out? If you feel that way, brother, sister, come out here and listen, because there is a way out. But you have to be there to know it, you have to be in it, that's it. You have to just be in it just to know what powers you have as an individual. Because you know what? Everyone who live on this earth is important, I don't care where you coming from. And this is going to change your life and it's worth it. It's really worth it. You have to come. If you never heard it before, come live and check it out. It's going to be a mind blowing thing. That you're gonna be like, what I was doing on my life? Why wasn't I helping this person? It's because there is a system in there that don't want you to feel like you could go out there and help others and make this world better, not only for you, but for the future.
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