The European Union has lost virtually all of its credibility amongst large swaths of the European population.

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

Desperation is the result of globalization.

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.

We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.

I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes, because unless there is accountability the revolution will totally atrophy.

Journalists go to press briefings at the Ministry of Defense in London or the Pentagon in Washington, and no critical questions are posed at all. It's just a news-gathering operation, and the fact that the news is being given by governments who are waging war doesn't seem to worry many journalists too much.