Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Courtney Stoker on feminism and science fiction

“While sci fi fans don’t mind (and often excel at) criticizing their sci fi shows, they are generally only supportive of criticizing that focuses on “literary” details–plot holes, bad writing, continuity in the canon, inconsistent application of science. But as … Continue reading

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Quotable: Ignacio Ramonet on “democratic” propaganda

“Just when democracy and freedom are seemingly triumphing in a world that has rid itself of its worst dictatorial regimes, censorship and different kinds of manipulation have returned, in different guises, with a paradoxical vengeance. We are seductively offered the … Continue reading

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Quotable: Phil Rockstroh on conservatism

“What has an era of conservatism wrought? Answer: a culture that has all the value, integrity, sustainability and safety as a toy manufactured in China. Apropos, contemporary life, as conceived and manufactured by conservative “values”, is shoddily made, toxic and … Continue reading

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Quotable: Elizabeth Wagele on the Shadow

“In the process of becoming whole, we recognize and take responsibility for our shadow. Each shadow issue we reclaim is one less to project out onto another person, nationality, or race.”–Elizabeth Wagele, from The Happy Introvert

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Quotable: Corey Robin on Ayn Rand

“St. Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third was neither but thought she was both.”–Corey Robin, in The Nation

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Quotable: Craig Murray on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla attack

“A word on the legal position, which is very plain. To attack a foreign flagged vessel in international waters is illegal. It is not piracy, as the Israeli vessels carried a military commission. It is rather an act of illegal … Continue reading

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Quotable: Gore Vidal on Ayn Rand

“This odd little woman is attempting to give a moral sanction to greed and self interest, and to pull it off she must at times indulge in purest Orwellian newspeak of the ‘freedom is slavery’ sort. What interests me most … Continue reading

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Quotable: Humberto da Silva on “Odious Oda” and the Harper anti-woman agenda

Isn’t it nice to hear a man who really, truly GETS it? One who’s not trying to cram false values down other people’s throats? One who can sweep away a veritable Augean stable of right-wing bullshit with clear, incontrovertible facts? … Continue reading

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Quotable: Albert Einstein on age, youth and activism

“I believe that older people who have scarcely anything to lose ought to be willing to speak out in behalf of those who are young and who are subject to much greater restraint.”–Albert Einstein, in a letter to Queen Mother … Continue reading

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Quotable: Noam Chomsky on anti-government propaganda

“Encouraging anti-tax sentiment has long been a staple of business propaganda. People must be indoctrinated to hate and fear the government, for good reasons: Of the existing power systems, the government is the one that in principle, and sometimes in … Continue reading

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