Quotable Notables
Quotable: B. Lester on hoarding
“If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats we call her nuts.…
Quotable: Adam Smith said WHAT?
“The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to …the…
Quotable: Johan Galtung on the Oslo massacres
Democracy Now interviews a man who understands a thing or two about the dangers of fascism and the need for nonviolent conflict resolution: Johan Galtung — sociologist, author, activist…and, by…
Quotable: Noam Chomsky on student activism and anarchism
“Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time. Then anarchists work at unmasking and mastering…
Quotable: Eduardo Galeano on what matters and what does not
The Uruguayan writer, recently interviewed during demonstrations in Barcelona, Spain, where he joined young Spanish revolutionaries in the streets. In his gentle way he rips the guts out of capitalism…
Quotable: Simón Rodríguez on the importance of questioning everything
“Enseñe los niños a ser preguntones, para que, pidiendo el por qué, de lo que se les mande hacer, se acostumbren a obedecer… a la razón, no a la autoridad,…