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Grace Lee Boggs

@graceleeboggs

Authorized account of Grace Lee Boggs (6/27/1915-10/5/2015) managed by Boggs Foundation. Philosopher/Activist/Revolutionary. 40-year partner of James Boggs.

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As we bring in the new year, let's focus our energy on the words of Grace Lee Boggs and challenge ourselves, our family and friends, and our community to be MORE HUMAN. #happynewyear2025 #RevolutionNow #graceleeboggs

As we bring in the new year, let's focus our energy on the words of Grace Lee Boggs and challenge ourselves, our family and friends, and our community to be MORE HUMAN.

#happynewyear2025 #RevolutionNow #graceleeboggs
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This point is beyond debate: We’re at one of those turning points in history where we need revolution. #GraceLeeBoggsFoundation #ANewAmericanRevolution

This point is beyond debate: We’re at one of those turning points in history where we need revolution.
#GraceLeeBoggsFoundation #ANewAmericanRevolution
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Jimmy and Grace taught us to think dialectically and philosophically about contemporary events and conflicts: The counter-revolution narrows and limits human beings, whereas a revolution expands and enriches human identity.

Jimmy and Grace taught us to think dialectically and philosophically about contemporary events and conflicts: The counter-revolution narrows and limits human beings, whereas a revolution expands and enriches human identity.
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Grace Lee Boggs chose to dedicate her life to changing the world around her. What has or is inspiring you to change our world today? #GraceLeeBoggs #graceleeboggstaughtme

Grace Lee Boggs chose to dedicate
her life to changing the world around her. What has or
is inspiring you to change our world today?

#GraceLeeBoggs #graceleeboggstaughtme
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"Taking Dr. King seriously requires a radical change or paradigm shift in our approach to organizing and to citizenshipā€¦ā€ - Grace Lee Boggs #MLK #MLKDay #GraceLeeBoggs #RadicalChange

"Taking Dr. King seriously requires a radical change or paradigm shift in our approach to organizing and to citizenshipā€¦ā€ - Grace Lee Boggs
#MLK #MLKDay #GraceLeeBoggs #RadicalChange
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"In the last two years of his life, confronted with problems that required more complex solutions than visions of Black and White children marching hand in hand, King began to explore a new kind of revolutionā€¦ā€ - GRACE LEE BOGGS

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"In the 1960s I didn’t pay much attention to Martin Luther King, Jrā€¦ā€ In 2004 Grace Lee Boggs weighed in on the legacy of Dr. King 35 years after his assassination. Worth a read! yesmagazine.org/issue/hope-con…

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"...we must also be aware of the ways in which we often incorporate punitive and carceral strategies into our work and how they often define our social relations, even our most intimate relationships.ā€ - #AngelaDavis #HBD

"...we must also be aware of the ways in which we often incorporate punitive and carceral strategies into our work and how they often define our social relations, even our most intimate relationships.ā€ - #AngelaDavis #HBD
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"We live at a very dangerous time because these questions are no longer abstractions.ā€- Grace Lee Boggs #GraceLeeBoggs #TheNextAmericanRevolution #WW2History

"We live at a very dangerous time because these
questions are no longer abstractions.ā€- Grace Lee Boggs 

#GraceLeeBoggs #TheNextAmericanRevolution #WW2History
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"We are at a pivotal time in our country’s history. The power structure is obviously unable to resolve the triple crises of global wars, global economic turmoil, and global warming.ā€ We need a revolution from below.

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Start small. Go local. Grace Lee Boggs continues to inspire us to do more with what we have. #RevolutionaryChange #boggsfoundation #thenextamericanrevolution #CommunityBuilding

Start small. Go local. Grace Lee Boggs continues to inspire us to do more with what we have.
#RevolutionaryChange #boggsfoundation #thenextamericanrevolution #CommunityBuilding
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"A Movement begins when large numbers of people, having reached the point where they feel they can't take the way things are any more, see some hope of improving their daily lives in an action they can take together." —GRACE LEE BOGGS Living for Change (1998)

"A Movement begins when large numbers of people, having reached the point where they feel they can't take the way things are any more, see some hope of improving their daily lives in an action they can take together."
—GRACE LEE BOGGS
Living for Change (1998)