Best 100+ Arundhati Roy Messages, Quotes, and Images
Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.
NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world.
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.
Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?
Fascism itself can only be turned away if all those who are outraged by it show a commitment to social justice that equals the intensity of their indignation.
Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.
The revolution cannot be funded. It's not the imagination of trusts and foundations that's going to bring real change.
When people say "the people" or "the public" as though it's the final repository of all morality, I sometimes flinch.
Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives.
Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers.