13 de Julio de 2007

La legendaria activista Grace Lee Boggs reflexiona sobre los levantamientos populares de Newark y Detroit

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Desde Detroit nos acompaña en el debate Grace Lee Boggs, filósofa y activista que ha vivido en Detroit durante 54 años. Fue una figura central de los movimientos por los derechos civiles y por la liberación de la gente de color. Acaba de cumplir 92 años y sigue al frente de la lucha para reconstruir las comunidades en Detroit y de los debates para repensar las políticas radicales.

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Joining the discussion from Detroit is Grace Lee Boggs, a philosopher and an activist who has lived in Detroit for 54 years. She was a central figure in the civil rights and Black liberation movements. She just turned 92 and continues to be at the forefront of struggles to rebuild communities in Detroit and rethink radical politics.

  • Grace Lee Boggs. 92-year old activist who has been pivotally involved with the civil rights, black power, labor, environmental justice, and feminist movements. She has lived in Detroit for 54 years was active in the Black power movement in the years leading up to the rebellion of 1967. In 1992 she co-founded the Detroit Summer youth program to rebuild and renew the city. Grace Lee Boggs currently works with the Beloved Communities Initiative and writes for the weekly Michigan Citizen. Her autobiography "Living for Change" was published in 1998.

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