It's not a matter of public relations and rhetorical style but of actions. It's the actions and policies under George W.Bush administration that have left the US government remarkably isolated, feared and often hated to an extent with no historical precedent.

Regulate the banks, get money out of elections; raise the minimum wage, environmental issues. They're all very important and the Occupy movement made a difference. It shifted not only the discourse but to some extent, action on these issues.

Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.

We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.

Half of the [USA] population, roughly, thinks the world was created a couple thousand years ago. Two thirds of the country is expecting the second coming of Christ. They've also had to turn to nativists. The gun culture in the United States, which is out of control, is party fueled by people who think 'we've got to have our guns to protect ourselves.'

Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.