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Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of ...more

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There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.

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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

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Reigning doctrines are often called a "double standard".The term is misleading.It is more accurate to describe them as a single standard,clear and unm...more

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Talk about corporate greed and everything is really crucially beside the point, in my view, and really should be recognized as a very big regression f...more

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Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like '...more

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Destroying hope is a critically important project. And when it is achieved, formal democracy is allowed—even preferred, if only for public relation pu...more

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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

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In accordance with the prevailing conceptions in the U.S., there is no infringement on democracy if a few corporations control the information system:...more

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At its root, the logic is that of the Grand Inquisitor, who bitterly assailed Christ for offering people freedom and thus condemning them to misery. T...more

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[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role in production is ...more