It’s pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

Sectors of power are not going to favor the flourishing of dissidence.

Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

It is the worst atrocity underway [in Rwanda]. But it's barely in the media, and people just don't know about it. And that's quite generally true.

People who don't accept that doctrinal system, they may try to survive in the media, but they are unlikely to.

What the [James] Monroe Doctrine stated, in effect, is that the US should dominate the hemisphere.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.