IN HIS OWN VOICE: SPEECHES & INTERVIEWS
Mario Savio was best known for his oratory, "passionate yet logical, accessible, democratic, and at times poetic, " in the words of his biographer, Robert Cohen. Listening to his speeches provides the best opportunity for understanding his impact upon his, and successive, generations.
The text of the speeches below, along with that of other speeches and writings by Mario, can be found in Freedom's Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s by Robert Cohen, published by Oxford University Press (2009). 
Excerpt from “Bodies Upon the Gears” (full version below)
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- Bodies Upon the Gears (full version)
Delivered December 2, 1964, just prior to the Free Speech Movement sit-in. - Questioning the Vietnam War
Delivered on May 21st, 1965, at the Berkeley Teach-in on the Vietnam War - Resisting Reaganism and War in Central America
Delivered October 2, 1984, at a rally celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement - Democratic process in the FSM
Delivered October 3, 1984, at a panel during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement
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- The Second Generation
Delivered June 10, 1988, at the Sidwell Friends School graduation of Nadav Savio - Building a Compassionate Community
Delivered December 2, 1994, at a rally celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement - Their Values and Ours
Delivered December 3, 1994, at a panel during the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the FSM - A Moment to Move Against Class-Ridden Barbarism
Delivered February 24, 1995 at the annual dinner of the American Civil Liberties Union, Sonoma County chapter
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