One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.

The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world.

The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just grotesque if you seriously think about it.

If there is a Greek exit from the Eurozone, I think the German elite will be quite pleased that they can then use that to restructure the Eurozone and make it a zone where only strong countries are allowed in. There would then be two tiers within the European Union, which is in fact already happening. But you cannot simply get rid of German control by raising the specter of the Third Reich. That's ahistorical.

I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it.

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.

During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.