The definition of terrorism has to be more precise, so that we are able to discriminate between, for example, what it is that the Palestinians are doing to fight the Israeli military occupation and terrorism of the sort that resulted in the World Trade Center bombing.

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5)

To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many different instruments, suggests a much more complex and drawn-out conflict for which, I think, most Americans aren't prepared.

[One task of intellectuals is] to break down the stereotypes and reductive categories that are . . . limiting to human thought and communication.

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.

There's been essentially the same analysis over and over again and very little allowance made for different views and interpretations and reflections.