The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t.

My business is the analytical framework.

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States.

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.