January 26, 2010
"If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re in favor of freedom of speech, that means you’re in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise."

— Noam Chomsky, from the documentary “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media”.

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Filed under: noam chomsky freedom of speech politics defence goebbels stalin politics quote 
January 5, 2010
"Everything has been globalised, except our consent. Democracy alone has been confined to the nation state. It stands at the border, suitcase in hand, without a passport."

— George Monbiot, from the book “The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order”.

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December 29, 2009
"The climate-change deniers are rapidly ending up with as much intellectual credibility as creationists and Flat Earthers… They are denying the reality of a force that — unless we change the way we live pretty fast — will kill millions."

— Johann Hari, from the article “The shame of the climate change deniers” on his blog.

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December 23, 2009
"We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times."

— Howard Zinn, from the article “The Old Way of Thinking” in The Progressive Magazine.

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December 22, 2009
"…the Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities feeding at the same corporate trough."

— Ralph Nader on the 2000 Presidential election of the United States of America. He stood as the Green Party nominee.

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December 19, 2009
"Yet how brutal and destructive that counter-revolution proved to be, as whole communities were destroyed, especially in the industrial heartlands of northern England, Wales and Scotland, communities that have not recovered to this day. And how unbending was the doctrine that came to be known as Thatcherism."

— New Statesman’s view of Thatcherism, read the article here.

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December 17, 2009
"One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. Marijuana can be grown almost anywhere, with little difficulty. It might not be easily marketable by major corporations. Tobacco is quite another story."

— Noam Chomsky, from the book “Deterring Democracy”.

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December 7, 2009
THIS IS POLITICAL HISTORY: YOM KIPPUR WAR 1973

By Alexander Ward. This was originally written for a school history journal. Unfortunately, I missed the deadline, so I will post it here. It is perhaps not the most exciting of pieces, but I hope you will find it interesting anyway. Bare in mind it was written for a school aged audience, so perhaps may appear a little simple in parts. It was originally written in October and November.

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Filed under: history israel politics yom kippur war essay