“Reconciliation means that those who have been on the underside of history must see that there is a qualitative difference between repression and freedom. And for them, freedom translates into having a supply of clean water, having electricity on tap; being able to live in a decent home and have a good job; to be able to send your children to school and to have accessible health care. I mean, what's the point of having made this transition if the quality of life of these people is not enhanced and improved? If not, the vote is useless.' -archbishop Desmond Tutu, chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Committee, 2001” PoliticsFreedomEconomicsReform Author:Naomi Klein
“The crucial lesson of Brexit and of Trump's victory, is that leaders who are seen as representing the failed neoliberal status quo are no match for the demagogues and neo-fascists. Only a bold and genuinely redistributive progressive agenda can offer real answers to inequality and the crises in democracy...We need to remember this the next time we're asked to back a party or candidate in an election. In this destabilized era, status-quo politicians often cannot get the job done. On the other hand, the choice that may at first seem radical, maybe even a little risky, may well be the most pragmatic one in this volatile era...radical political and economic change is our only hope of avoiding radical change to our physical world.” HopePoliticsEconomyDemocracyNeoliberalism Author:Naomi Klein
“We all cope with fear and uncertainty differently. A great many conservatives are dealing with their fears about a changing and destabilizing world by attempting to force back the clock. But if the Right specializes in turning backward, the Left specializes in turning inward and firing on each other in a circular hail of blame.” PoliticsFearTrumpAmerican PoliticsDonald Trump Book:No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need Source: No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
“No, they're not blind, they're evil. They see just fine” PoliticsEconomyCapitalismCapitalists Author:Naomi Klein
“It just so happens that we are all alive at the last possible moment when changing course can mean saving lives on a truly unimaginable scale.” PoliticsClimate ChangeActivismEnvironmentalism Book:On Fire : The Burning Case for a Green New Deal Source: On Fire : The Burning Case for a Green New Deal
“The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track.” PoliticsEconomicInspiredWaveTrackTriumphCorporationsActivistGlobalizationSavvyTechnoEconomic Globalization Author:Naomi Klein
“The net is more than an organizing tool - it has become an organizing model, a blueprint for decentralized but cooperative decision-making. It facilitates the process of information sharing to such an extent that many groups can work in concert with one another without the need to achieve monolithic consensus.” NeedsPoliticsProcessDecisionGroupsAchieveInformationInternetModelsToolsDecision MakingConcertsConsensusBlueprintsFacilitateCooperativesInformation Sharing Author:Naomi Klein
