In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much run by private concentrated spending but now it's over the top. Elections increasingly over the years have been [public relations] extravaganzas.

There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of the human mind

The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.

Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. But it harms corporate profits.

Real schools ought to provide people with techniques of self-defense, but that would mean teaching the truth about the world and about the society, and schools couldn't survive very long if they did that.

Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?

The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace.