in the last one, homage to my idol, rosa luxemburg.was a woman, and this was their sin -- a sin, being a woman. so she's not very committed very, very well-known. but for me, in my information when i was very, very young, i understood -- i could understand for the first time, through the life and in the words of rosa luxemburg, was socialism could be -- was not, but could be. "in 1919, rosa luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in berlin. her killers bludgeoned her with rifle blows and tossed her into the waters of a canal. along the way, she lost a shoe. someone picked it up, that shoe dropped in the mud. rosa longed for a world where justice could not be sacrificed in the name of freedom, and freedom would not be sacrificed in the name of justice. every day, some hand picks up that banner. dropped in the mud like the shoe." amy: eduardo galeano on democracy now! in 2013. he died on monday at the age of 74 of lung cancer in his home city in uruguay. in may 2009, juan gonzalez and i spoke to eduardo galeano when he was in the unit

the socialist activist rosa luxemburg said he does not move does not notice the chain.convince yout can that you actually don't want to do any of the things you are actually not able to do, you won't even realize you have been restricted in any meaningful way. you will think you are free, even though you been intimidated out of it. the only other point i want to happens is ifwhat you gather at an event like this and talk about all the horrible things taking place and you dissect them and analyze them and focus on the harm it's doing, one of the things you can do is sort of spread this horrendous gloominess. everybody walks out depressed. like, i just listened to the last few things over an hour, i want to jump off a bridge. i think it's important to think about why that's not a rational reaction. not for rosy eyed reasons, but because reality suggest there is no need to think that way. temptations for groups historically in the united states will a been targeted for persecution is to believe that they can simply go in hide, that they can stay object, tole, not nothing,

the rosa luxemburg foundation. hmm. if any of you are not sure who that is, ask me, and i will explain it. rosa luxemburg, a revolutionary in german history. that's the name of their foundation, and they give money to people all over the world to study critical--concepts critical of capitalism. they just opened an office in new york city. they have offices in many countries around the world. they have opened an office for work here in the united states to meet with and exchange ideas of criticism of capitalism with interested americans. hullo! i can see from your faces you're interested. one more fact about germany. there's a law. every company that has more than 2,000 workers employed must have 50% of the board of directors elected by the workers. that's the law in germany. they're the most successful capitalist country in europe, and they give more power to their workers than any other one. the notion that if you were to do that you would cripple the capitalist potential--uh-uh. it's the same silly argument that says,