Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Sir Bob Geldof on NOT shutting the fuck up

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Annoy your friends. And REALLY ANNOY the G-8 Members!! Talk & write & communicate to everyone about the total Maternal Child Health Initiative that must be instituted at Canada’s G8 & G-20” –Sir Bob Geldof

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Quotable: Mike Malloy to all the right-wing drillbaggers

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Nothing to add, really, except a hearty “What he said!”

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Quotable: Eduardo Galeano on May Day

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Chicago, 1886. May 1. When the general strike paralyzed Chicago and other cities, the Philadelphia Tribune diagnosed: The labor element has been bitten by a universal species of tarantula, and has gone stark raving mad. Stark raving mad for fighting … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Sinéad O’Connor on sexual abuse in the Catholic church

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I remember all the flak she took when she first spoke out–almost the only famous person to do so–against sexual abuse in the church. People called her crazy. (Including some so-called progressives.) Oh, she’s a famous singer. Oh, they’re all … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Steinbeck on capitalism

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Patrick Stewart on violence against women

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Sabina Becker

When a well-spoken actor who is known for his smooth delivery has difficulty breaking into a subject and talking about it, you know it’s close to home. In the case of “Captain Picard”, it’s not only close, it is IN … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Philip Pullman on censorship vs. free speech

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A far more articulate and interesting author, I daresay, than the Coultergeist will ever be. And with more of worth to say on the subject in a minute than she will have said in all her unnatural lifetime. Watch and … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Henry Rollins on Ann Coulter

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

An oldie, but a goodie. Still as fresh and relevant as it was the first time. (Gawd, I love Henry.)

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Quotable: Özlem Sensoy on the Coultergeist/freedom-of-speech canards

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“When the ‘free speech’ card is played (by those whose speech aligns with power structures, like Coulter), it is a defensive response to their perspectives and power being challenged. The ‘free speech’ discourse protects power and privilege by acting as … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Marge Piercy on the “right to life”

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Every baby bornunloved, unwanted, is a bill that will comedue in twenty years with interest, an angerthat must find a target, a pain that willbeget pain. A decade downstream a childscreams, a woman falls, a synagogue is torched,a firing squad … Continue reading →

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