Excitement always leads to tears.

Excitement always leads to tears.

Arundhati Roy

Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.

Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.

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.

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.

Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?

Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.

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.

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.

Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.

Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.

I am completely a loner. In my head I want to feel I can be anywhere. There is a sort of recklessness that being a loner allows me.

I am completely a loner. In my head I want to feel I can be anywhere. There is a sort of recklessness that being a loner allows me.

What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.

What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.

Money need not be our only reward.

Money need not be our only reward.

Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.

The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.

Whatever else their faults may be, they were not radical Islamist states - Iraq was not, Syria is not, Libya was not. The most radical fundamentalist Islamist state is, of course, your America's Saudi Arabia.

Whatever else their faults may be, they were not radical Islamist states - Iraq was not, Syria is not, Libya was not. The most radical fundamentalist Islamist state is, of course, your America's Saudi Arabia.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.

The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.

India lives in several centuries at the same time.

India lives in several centuries at the same time.

Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.

Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.

There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.

There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.