The only way we can put a permanent end to terrorism is to stop participating in it.

Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.

There could be an independent labor-based party, which might over time become an important force the way the Labor Party did in England. To all of these things there are plenty of barriers, in the culture and in the social and political institutions, the concentration of economic power. But these are not insuperable barriers, I think. They can be overcome. And it is urgent that this be done, because there are really incredible problems that are simply not being addressed.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.

The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned with their own affairs.

You might recall, perhaps, that we were probably the only commentators to rely on the most knowledgeable source, State Department intelligence.