Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.
William Blum
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists -- whatever else they might be -- might also be rational human beings ; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions. Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States...
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America's state religion, [is] patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that treason is morally worse than murder or rape.
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The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective because it is not official, heavy-handed or conspiratorial, but woven artlessly into the fabric of education and media. No conspiracy is needed.
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A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force
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From 1945 to the end of the century, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes.... In the process, the US caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.
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Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States.
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Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire.
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I hope it helps my book sales. I'm swamped with media interviews.
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He made a mistake, he got them mixed up.
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