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When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won the Crusades and driven the pagans out of the Holy Land. Noam Chomsky allenbyamericanconquer share on social
In November 2007, the White House issued a Declaration of Principles demanding that U.S. forces must remain indefinitely in Iraq and committing Iraq to privilege American investors. Noam Chomsky americancommitdeclaration Change image and share on social
One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist - which essentially - I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state. Noam Chomsky callcoalescecontrol share on social
In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. Henry Spencer controldutyguy Change image and share on social
Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. Guy Debord banalcirculationconsider Change image and share on social
The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me. Joyce Maynard distractplaceprocess Change image and share on social