The hope is in the struggle and in all of us

One of the most important things about political struggle I have learned in the last decade or so, is that it is the home of hope. Hope is not just some superficial or even void concept about the fulfilment of petty wishes for tomorrow or the day after, but an important driver in the social movement for change. Big changes for the better have always come from people who gave their lives to the struggle, from the abolishment of slavery and apartheid to the struggle of the suffragettes and the LGBT community.