This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.
Noam ChomskyWikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought to be reflexive.
Noam ChomskyThere are enormous opportunities to work for a world that is more free, peaceful and just.
Noam ChomskySuppose that insect wings developed primarily as thermoregulators and then were used for skimming and finally flying, evolving along the way. What would they be "for"? Or what is the skeleton "for"? For keeping one upright, protecting organs, storing calcium, making blood cells...?
Noam ChomskyThe drug problem is in the United States, not in Mexico. It's a demand problem and that is to be dealt with here, and it is not being dealt with. It's been shown over and over that prevention and treatment are far more cost effective than police action, out-of-country action, border control, and so on.
Noam Chomsky