The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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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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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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