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.
NOAM CHOMSKYEvery 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.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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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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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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