John Trudell
John Trudell
John Trudellwas a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
class government looks
Because you look at it, you know, and there's basically one set of rules that protect that industrial ruling class. That's what the governments do, that's what the religions do. They protect the interests of that industrial ruling class.
reality madness humans
As human beings we're living in a reality of industrial madness.
memories past
The past is more than a memory.
essence predator energy
It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.
country commitment marijuana
I think that if the political and social movement groups and organizations that operate in this country today had the same kind of energetic commitment that the medical marijuana people have, many things could change in this country.
rain simple sky
Sometimes when it rains, it's not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.
believe thinking gone
I've gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don't know, or I think.
feelings meat humans
We're all human beings and we all have feelings. And we all live in this industrial meat grinder where we don't really understand love anymore.
white america people
When I go around in America and I see the bulk of the white people, they do not feel oppressed; they feel powerless [. . .] and we understand the psychological genocide that they have already inflicted upon their own people
heart heaven mind
The thing is, it has to do with heart - we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.
believe reality thinking
I think we live in an industrial dimensional reality where we're programmed to believe what we're told. We're programmed to believe them. We're programmed to believe what that ruling class wants us to believe.
stronger happened
Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.
religious responsibility thinking
I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.
blood earth flesh
Our bones, flesh and blood are made up of the metals, liquids and minerals of the earth and everything on this planet is made up of the same things. As humans we have being, so everything on the earth does too in our culture, because we are made of the same thing.