...you've got to put your bodies upon the gears...and you've got to make it stop

[NightWatcher]

“There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.”
― Mario Savio


Occupy and Shut It Down.

[panader0]

1. During the French Revolution, the workers put their wooden shoes

(sabots) in the gears of the textile factories. Sabotage.

[Frosty1]

2. Cool

Thank you for sharing this.

[Vincardog]

3. The Jews that were forced to work in NAZI munition factories sabotaged them little by little

Just put a little sand in the oil

[scarletwoman]

4. That's one of the greatest quotes of all time. Thanks for posting it. Rec'd. nt

[starroute]

8. There's a video clip of it at this link

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mariosaviosproulhallsitin.htm

Worth watching for the obvious passion. Anonymous used the audio in once of their recent messages.

[scarletwoman]

9. Can't do youtube on my dialup modem, but I hope others can use the link.

I'll take this opportunity to kick this thread. :)

[Posteritatis]

5. Dammit, I just got "Wretches and Thieves" *un*-stuck from my head... (nt)

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Imagine if everyone made that their sig line. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

7. K&R!