The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
NOAM CHOMSKYI took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
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The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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