For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade..

There is always room for Gramsci's "optimism of the will.".

Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought to….

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich..

Andorrans deserve much better than the rule of superstitious hysterics and extreme authoritarians, who try to instill obedience to their Holy Texts a….

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society..

Starting with [Ronald] Regan it became quite open, the attack on unions. It wasn't the Pinkertons anymore, but it was just not applying the laws..

Palestinians have no wealth or power..

In Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe... and an attack….

It's this kind of wild unpredictability, megalomania, thin-skinned craziness that really has me worried, more than [Donald Trump] statements. Now, on….

Put yourself in the position of a person, sort of an ordinary American, "I'm a hard-working, god-fearing Christian. I take care of my family, I go to….

There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them.

Where are the drug cartels getting their weapons? They are being provided by the United States. Cut off that flow of arms..

Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestow….

A property of an organism enters into its life (and survival) in many different ways, some more salient than others. But there is no simple notion of….

The Ottoman Empire . . . The rulers in Turkey were fortunately so corrupt that they left people alone pretty much - were mostly interested in robbing….

If the NAACP were to impose a control of something towards all, then I would staunchly oppose it..

There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effect….

All forms of involuntary servitude are prohibited, not only slavery but also conscription, forced association, and forced welfare distribution..

Silicon Valley, after all, feeds off the existence of computers, the internet, the IT systems, satellites, the whole of micro electronics and so on, ….

The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least n….