We need to have a certain level of faith, not religious faith, but unsharable belief that a deep, massive, struggle is on its way which will shake up the world, and create new social life.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

We only fail if we do nothing, and then we will see the continuing nightmare that we are currently experiencing go on endlessly. In fact, just as we see the LS. coast oil spill, I believe that we will see more industrial "accidents" begin to destroy and despoil whole areas of the world. We are entering the final stages of capitalism.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

I hate to think about it, but it seems inevitable that in one of our major cities, the government or corporations will drive one of their vans through with nuclear waste or weapons, and cause an "accident" that will kill hundreds of thousands of people. We have dodged this for years, but it's gonna happen.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

Who lives in the inner cities? The poor, the young, the elderly, the homeless, and other populations of folks the government and corporations don't care too much about. We are forever being told that someone in the government is looking out for our welfare, but the oil spill shows us they just don't care. profits, my friends, profits. Damn those who do the work, they are expendable.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

Capitalists believe that all human and animal life is expendable, and that only the bottom line matters. They truly don't give a damn about our welfare. Sometimes a terrible tragedy has to take place to make us aware of this. Then the flim flam people in the government and corporate PR flacks come forward to tell us that it... is something that they could not prevent.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

If somebody kills your family members or neighbors, or destroys your community, I am sure that you do not want to hear that it was an "accident' that could not be prevented. The oil spill is caused by greed and human folly. We need to move on these people, and overthrow their rule and ability to smoke the planet.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

I don't give a damn that Corporate News Network tells me that this oil spill can only be stopped by corporate authorities, and that we must be patient. We need to get motivated, organized, and mobilized. Bring a halt to this nonsense.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

The rich ain't doing a damn thing but destroy this world. We cannot reconstruct lands destroyed by bombs or oil spills. We need to fight them now, or we will be taken out in body bags.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

I don't believe that the people who run industry care about our welfare, nor do government officials treasure our opinions. We just need to make them fear our wrath, and build a resistance movement large enough to remove and transform this system entirely.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

Something like this oil spill educates millions on how the government and corporations are joined at the hip. Even Obama admits that for years, the government has given a free pass to the oil industry to do as they like. We don't need more government regulations, we need a social revolution.

— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

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