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"I
am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole
world is a community. We have made progress in asserting
our local community rights globally. We shall continue
to do so."
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One
has to realize that the powerful industrial groups
concerned in the manufacture of arms are doing their
best in all countries to prevent the peaceful settlement
of international disputes, and that rulers can achieve
this great end only if they are sure of the vigorous
support of the majority of their peoples.
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"In
the councils of government, we must guard against
the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether
sought or unsought, by the military-industrial
complex. The potential for the disastrous rise
of displaced power exists and will persist."
-- Dwight D.
Eisenhower
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To
the fervent proponents of ruthless corporate capitalism
I say: make a millionaire CEO live as a poor sweatshop
worker in Indonesia for one month and then ask him about
the merits of the world economic system...
-- Vassilis Epaminondou
Capitalist
exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies
of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand ... a
regime which is completely oriented towards the people
as a whole and based on the principle that man is the
most precious of all possessions, will allow us to go
forward more quickly and more harmoniously, and thus
make impossible that caricature of society where all
economic and political power is held in the hands of
a few who regard the nation as a whole with scorn and
contempt.
-- Frantz Fanon
Do
you want to know the cause of war? It is capitalism,
greed, the dirty hunger for dollars. Take away the capitalist
and you will sweep war from the earth."
-- Henry Ford
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Where
do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than
one poor starving soul would like to know. In our
countries, numbers live better than people. How
many people prosper in times of prosperity? How
many people find their lives developed by development?
-- Eduardo Galeano
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Globalization
has considerably accelerated in recent years following
the dizzying expansion of communications and transport
and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of
capital. We must not confuse globalization with “internationalism”
though. We know that the human condition is universal,
that we share similar passions, fears, needs and dreams,
but this has nothing to do with the “rubbing out” of
national borders as a result of unrestricted capital
movements. One thing is the free movement of peoples,
the other of money.
-- Eduardo Galeano
Nothing
can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin.
The important thing is what is done with it and how
far a community identifies with something that symbolizes
its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing
or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a
constant intermingling that produces new responses to
new challenges. But because of forced globalization,
there’s a clear trend these days towards uniformity.
This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration
of power in the hands of large media groups.
-- Eduardo Galeano
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"Globalization
was supposed to break down barriers between continents
and bring all peoples together. But what kind
of globalization do we have with over one billion
people on the planet not having safe water to
drink?"
-- Mikhail Gorbachev
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We
should know that only replacing the economics of competition
and greed with the economics of equitable cooperation
will guarantee a globalization that takes advantage
of potential efficiency gains in ways that also promote
environmental protection, international equity, economic
democracy, and variety.
-- Robin Hahnel
Recognizing
that the current form of globalization is nothing more
than a generalized downward leveling in which global
corporations are extracting more and more of the wealth,
power, and productive energies from communities and
the environment is the right approach... And knowing
that in every specific battle, what we are fighting
for is merely the substitution of the human agenda for
the corporate agenda is what can guide and sustain us.
-- Robin Hahnel
So
long as private corporations remain the dominant production
institution of society, no matter who is in power, the
long-run trend in society will be to promote the corporate
interest.
-- Michael Harrington
It
is a government of the people by the people for the
people no longer it is a government of corporations
by corporations for corporations
-- Rutherford B. Hayes
Economists
have provided capitalists with a comforting concept
called the "free market." It does not describe any part
of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently
invoked when it is proposed that government do something
the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored
whenever they want government to do something for them.
-- Edward S. Herman
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I
hope we shall take warning from the example of
England and crush in its birth the aristocracy
of our moneyed corporations which dare already
to challenge our Government to trial and bid defiance
to the laws of our country.
-- Thomas Jefferson
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