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Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy—the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament—and moulding them to their purpose.

— Arundhati Roy An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2005)

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"Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe."

Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.

While, legally and constitutionally, speech may be free, the space in which that freedom can be exercised has been snatched from us and auctioned to the highest bidders.

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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

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People rarely win wars, governments rarely (completely) lose them. People (do completely) get killed.

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