“The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension.” WritingFactsPoliticalSongPowerfulInstrumentsDimensionsExpress Yourself Author:J. Robbins
“The west has fiscalised its basic power relationships through a web of contracts, loans, shareholdings, bank holdings and so on. In such an environment it is easy for speech to be "free" because a change in political will rarely leads to any change in these basic instruments. Western speech, as something that rarely has any effect on power, is, like badgers and birds, free.” PoliticalEasyEnvironmentEffectsSpeechBirdInstrumentsWestWesternContractsFree SpeechLoanPolitical WillBadgersPower Relationships Author:Julian Assange
“Some writers maintain arithmetic to be only the only sure guide in political economy; for my part, I see so many detestable systems built upon arithmetical statements, that I am rather inclined to regard that science as the instrument of national calamity.” PoliticalEconomyBuiltRegardInstrumentsGuidesStatementsCalamityArithmeticPolitical Economy Book:A treatise on political economy Source: A treatise on political economy
“Science that abdicates its cultural values risks being perceived as an extension of technology, an instrument in the hands of political or economic power. Humanity that disavows science risks falling into the hands of superstition.” HandsPoliticalValuesHumanityFallTechnologyRiskEconomicInstrumentsSuperstitionsExtensionsEconomic Power Author:Nicola Cabibbo
“the novel is inherently a political instrument, regardless of its subject. It invites you - more than invites you, induces you - to live inside another person's skin. It creates empathy. And that's the antidote to bigotry. The novel doesn't just tell you about another life, which is what a newspaper would do. It makes you live another life, inhabit another perspective. And that's very important.” PersonsImportantPoliticalLiteratureNovelSubjectsPerspectiveEmpathySkinsInstrumentsNewspapersBigotryInvitesAntidoteAnother Life Author:Barbara Kingsolver