A dramatic, evocative, thoughtful and very accessible account of one of the most important stories of the century - and one of the most ominous, unless citizens are aroused to action to rein in abusive state power.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.

... the media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly.

When you read about the end of the Soviet Union, it's always about the "death of socialism." They never say "the death of democracy." But it makes about the same sense.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state...