people power
democracy has always defied clear definition. Taken literally, the term is an amalgam of two Greek words β "demos", meaning people, and "kratos", meaning power, but nobody has ever really been able to agree on what the ensuing "people power" should mean.[cambridge]
a History of People Power: Six times (so far) the American people have overruled SCOTUS to secure the rights of Americans ["a simple and powerful goal: passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections": American Promise] Installed the same month as the city's Octavius Catto statue (the first monument in Philadelphia dedicated to a historic person of color on public land), and amid public debates about the Frank Rizzo statue, Willis's temporary monument prompted conversations about equal justice and civic belonging. [monumentlab:] Hank Willis Thomas, All Power to All People 46:15 when i did join the Black Panther Party, we thought that you just had to have a gun and that was it. And i was told that 'you were wrong' what you had to do was pick up some books... All Power to the People: the Black Panther Party & Beyond [content note: violence; 1h56m]
a History of People Power: Six times (so far) the American people have overruled SCOTUS to secure the rights of Americans ["a simple and powerful goal: passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections": American Promise] Installed the same month as the city's Octavius Catto statue (the first monument in Philadelphia dedicated to a historic person of color on public land), and amid public debates about the Frank Rizzo statue, Willis's temporary monument prompted conversations about equal justice and civic belonging. [monumentlab:] Hank Willis Thomas, All Power to All People 46:15 when i did join the Black Panther Party, we thought that you just had to have a gun and that was it. And i was told that 'you were wrong' what you had to do was pick up some books... All Power to the People: the Black Panther Party & Beyond [content note: violence; 1h56m]