Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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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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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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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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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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