Bianca Jagger on media
Bianca Jagger44 quotes“I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.”
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger I feel great identification with the developing world.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Bradley Manning is an American hero.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger I don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
Bianca JaggerBianca Jagger The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That’s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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