The revolution cannot be funded. It's not the imagination of trusts and foundations that's going to bring real change.
Arundhati RoyTalk loud enough about human rights and it gives the impression of democracy at work, justice at work. There was a time when the United States waged war to topple democracies, because back then democracy was a threat to the Free Market. Countries were nationalising their resources, protecting their markets.... So then, real democracies were being toppled. They were toppled in Iran, they were toppled all across Latin America, Chile.
Arundhati RoyThat it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.
Arundhati RoyIf we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.
Arundhati Roy