Ellen Willis Quote

Individuals bearing witness do not change history; only movements that understand their social world can do that. Movements encourage solidarity; the moral individual is likely, all unwittingly, to do the opposite, for bearing witness is lonely: it breeds feelings of superiority and moralistic anger against those who are not doing the same.


"Three Elegies for Susan Sontag", New Politics (Summer 2005), Vol. X, No. 3


Individuals bearing witness do not change history; only movements that understand their social world can do that. Movements encourage solidarity; the ...

Individuals bearing witness do not change history; only movements that understand their social world can do that. Movements encourage solidarity; the ...

Individuals bearing witness do not change history; only movements that understand their social world can do that. Movements encourage solidarity; the ...

Individuals bearing witness do not change history; only movements that understand their social world can do that. Movements encourage solidarity; the ...