"The whole history of the United States is one of expansion and conquest, often under the guise of spreading democracy and freedom."

"The United States is a deeply racist society, and its institutions are designed to perpetuate racial inequality."

"The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime and foreigners, the more you can control all the people."

"The point is that we should be trying to create a world in which we don't have to choose between bad and worse."

"The role of the intellectual is to speak the truth, and to expose lies, and to be a witness to history."