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Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

Arundhati Roy

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They’re usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there’s the business of war.
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Business Reason War
Sometimes there’s truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.
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Justice Old Peace Reality Resistance Truth
Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.
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Difference One Liner Sick Terrorism
Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.
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Creation Destroy Gratitude Help Lost Power Thinking
Violating human rights is integral to the project of neoliberalism and global hegemony.
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Human Integrity Project Right
Use your art to fight.
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Art Fight One Liner
The revolution cannot be funded. It’s not the imagination of trusts and foundations that’s going to bring real change.
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Change Foundation Fund Imagination Money Reality Revolution Trust
Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.
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Beautiful Change Deep Destruction Inspirational
Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.
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Chance Empathy Fight Important Peace Quality
NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world.
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Coporate Goodness Politics Space Work World
People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose them. People get killed. Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They use flags first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and smother thought, and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury their willing dead.
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Death Kill Lose Mindset People War Willing Win
Excitement always leads to tears.
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Destination Excitement One Liner Path Tears
States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence – so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only – or well that’s excessive – usually, the resistance.
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Investment Legal Resistence Right Violence
The people who created the crisis in the first place will not be the ones that come up with a solution.
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Creation Oneself People Place
I am a woman who is a granddaughter of a lady who used to be beaten on the head by her husband, of a mother who went through hell because she was divorced and had to bring up these kids. And I can take 10 men out to lunch and pay the bill, and nobody even thinks twice about it. So don’t mess with me.
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Divorce Hell Husband Injustice Mess Mom Myself Oppression Pay Price Violence Woman
As a woman who grew up in a village in India, I’ve spent my whole life fighting tradition. There’s no way that I want to be a traditional Indian housewife.
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Career Fight Grow Up Job Life Myself Tradition Woman

Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

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