On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is already more powerful than the rest of the world combined; attack in Syria, send forces to Syria, start bombing. Who knows what could be next?

The worst terrorist crimes going on right now are the drone campaigns.

They [unions] used straight Marxist rhetoric [in 1930s] - just the values were changed.

At the peak of the so-called great success of neoliberal economics, in 2007, right before the crash, non-supervisory workers were at wages considerably lower than in 1979, when the neoliberal assault was taking off. That perfectly naturally causes resentment and fear, and combines with a tendency to blame the most vulnerable.

You win by struggle, and that requires understanding and serious analysis of the options and the circumstances, and then you can do a lot.

Let's imagine again an observer looking at us without any preconceptions. I think he would be struck by the fact that although human beings have the capacity to develop scientific knowledge, it must be a very limited capacity because it is only done in very narrow and specific domains.

About specific social issues, there is a great deal to say that departs very far from truism and is, accordingly, significant and controversial.