“Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China or Stalin's Soviet Union.” NationsBitsViolenceModernSlaveryUnionsFruitChinaGenocideSovietCapitalistExploitationSoviet UnionMaoAbhorrent Author:Terry Eagleton
“Football is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it with all the worst aspects of our society - violence, drunkenness, drugs, racism, exploitation, greed and stupidity; and that's just for starters.” SportsViewsViolenceWorstFootballDrugRacismAspectGreedIllnessStupidityMental IllnessSoccerAnalysisOur SocietyExploitationAssociatesDrunkennessRacketStarters Author:Simon Heffer
“In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of their life. Cultural expectations and gender roles expose women and girls to violence, sexual exploitation and far greater risk for infection.” WorldGirlRolesGreaterViolenceRiskExpectationsAspectGenderAidsVulnerableExploitationHivGender RolesInfectionHiv Aids Author:Hillary Clinton
“Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. In such a relationship, dominator and dominated alike are reduced to things- the former dehumanized by an excess of power, the latter by a lack of it. And things cannot love.” MeanViolenceDefinitionsViolentOppressionFormerLatterExcessExploitationDominationDrastic Book:Education for Critical Consciousness Source: Education for Critical Consciousness
“A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.” ViolenceEnvyOccupationNonviolenceExploitation Book:Socialism of My Conception Source: Socialism of My Conception
“Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people in one minute, and they don't call it "white exploitation." They win awards and get into all the magazines. But if black people do it, suddenly it's different than if a white person does it. People respond differently because people come from different places.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsDoeDifferentWinningBlackCan DoWhiteViolenceMinutesMagazinesEmsAwardsBlack PeopleExploitationDifferent PlaceOne MinuteSchwarzenegger Author:Pam Grier
“Dickens didn't have access to any other epistemologies other than those prevailing in Britain. But a novelist today cannot plausibly claim ignorance of his society's manifold connections with the wider world, the fact that prosperity and security at home, for instance, often depend on extensive violence and exploitation abroad.” WorldFactsHomeTodayViolenceSecurityIgnoranceDependsConnectionsClaimsProsperityAccessInstanceNovelistsBritainExploitationPrevailingDickensEpistemologyManifold Author:Pankaj Mishra