Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
NOAM CHOMSKYWanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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