
“There is an enormous capacity of apparently helpless
people to resist, of apparently contented people to
demand change. To uncover such history is to find a
powerful human impulse to assert one’s humanity.
It is to hold out, even in times of deep pessimism, the
possibility of surprise” – Howard Zinn.
Photo (courtesy of Reuters) shows a candlelit vigil following the rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in New Delhi.
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