Mario Savio on the operation of the machine

"We asked the following: if President Kerr actually tried to get something more liberal out of the Regents in his telephone conversation, why didn't he make some public statement to that effect? And the answer we received -- from a well-meaning liberal -- was the following: He said, "Would you ever imagine the manager of a firm making a statement publicly in opposition to his board of directors?" That's the answer! Now, I ask you to consider: if this is a firm, and if the Board of Regents are the board of directors, and if President Kerr in fact is the manager, then I'll tell you something: the faculty are a bunch of employees, and we're the raw material! But we're a bunch of raw material[s] that don't mean to have any process upon us, don't mean to be made into any product, don't mean to end up being bought by some clients of the University, be they the government, be they industry, be they organized labor, be they anyone! We're human beings!

There is 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!"

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[kitlarson]

I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO WITNESSED THIS SPEECH IN PERSON!!!

I am making a documentary that compares the current Occupy Movement with the Free Speech movement in the 1960's. Is there anyone here who listend to Mario give this speech or any speech and that LIVES IN THE BAY AREA, California???

Please Personal message me or reply to this comment!!! Please thumbs this up so everyone can see this message! thank you!

[idoGutman22]

thumbs up if linkin park brought you here

[kitlarson]

@ThePistolero909 I finished my documentary short. I turned out that Mario's speech wasn't a big part of the movie, yet it is still included. You can see it on my channel under: Our Occupation.

[HairLikeCottonCandy]

I was brought here because of "Berkley in the Sixties" on netflix.

[ThePistolero909]

@kitlarson what will it be called

[Mi74GUEL]

Wretches and Kings nice XD

[smoth7]

@insomniajwf

yawn.. there are no original ideas.. piss off.

[insomniajwf]

So lame that most of you were NOT brought here by the original much better band that used this first. I suggest you all go and listen to the band Cog now. Forget Linkin Park. They are copy cats.

[DibcornProductions01]

@spideysoms1 me too i know how you feel

[MrVeesworld]

Thumbs up if eloquence brought you here.