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Born Friday 7 December 1928

Professions: Activist, Critic, Historian, Philosopher, Scientist

Nationality: American

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Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.

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My proposal happens to be very mainstream.

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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.

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In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

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There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.

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There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.

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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

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In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.

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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.

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The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

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The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.

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In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

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State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.

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As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state was declared, I felt that it should have the rights of other states - no more, no less.

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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.

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When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

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I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

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