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Nya citat 2002-08-07
It is arguable that the success of business propaganda in persuading us, for so long, that we are free from propaganda is one of the most significant propaganda acheivments of the twentieth century.
Alex Carey
The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.
Alex Carey
Americans are the most propagandized people of any nation.
Harwood Childs
Varje reellt steg framåt är mera värt än ett dussin program.
Marx i ett brev till W. Bracke, London den 5 maj 1875
...each new class which puts itself in the place of one ruling before it, is compelled, merely in order to carry through its aim, to represent its interest as the common interest of all the members of society, that is, expressed in ideal form: it has to give its ideas the form of universality, and represent them as the only rational, universally valid ones. The class making a revolution appears from the very start, if only because it is opposed to a class, not as a class but as the representative of the whole of society; it appears as the whole mass of society confronting the one ruling class.
Marx and Engels, from The German Ideology
The communists do not preach morality at all ... They do not put to people the moral demand: love one another, do not be egoists, etc.; on the contrary, they are very well aware that egoism, just as much as selflessness, is in definite circumstances a necessary form of the self-assertion of individuals. Hence, the communists by no means want ... to do away with the "private individual" for the sake of the "general", selfless man.
Marx and Engels, from The German Ideology
Jag försökte ha killar och mörka tjejer på omslaget, men blonda lättklädda tjejer säljer bättre. Sådant är knäckande. Att säga att "Du är bra!" säljer inte. Att säga "Så blir du bättre ... Så löser du ... Så får du drömkillen!" säljer.
Emma Hamberg, fd chefredaktör för Veckorevyn
You've got to understand that the United States is and has always been a war-loving nation, a warring nation. But one with a smile. We've learned how to put a twist on it so we can feel good about doing what other nations have done that we consider to be evil.
John Stockwell, former CIA Chief of Station turned critical
The WTO is dominated by a few major industrial countries - while the poorest developing countries have little or no representation or negotiation capacity.
UNDP, FN:s utvecklingsorganisation, 2002
...there is considerable room for making
global institutions more democratic. Many proposals
have been made to remove such patently
undemocratic practices as the veto on the UN
Security Council and the way the leaders of the
IMF and World Bank are selected.
UNDP 2002
It is perhaps no coincidence that the more
representative international institutions, such
as the UN Economic and Social Council and the
UN General Assembly, are also considered the
least powerful. The reality is that powerful countries
— crucial to the success of any international
institution — tend to gravitate towards institutions
that give them the most influence. And they
take their power with them: whether it is to the
WTO’s "green room" meetings or the meetings
of the IMF executive board. Increased pluralism in
global politics has been aided by new forms of
collaboration between governments and global
civil society groups
UNDP 2002
Efforts to deepen democracy in international
institutions must confront the realities
of global power. Powerful countries will inevitably
invest more energy and political capital
in institutions that enable their power to be
exercised. Once they are members of an elite
club, countries are reluctant to lose that power
or see it diluted by opening to new members.
This explains why proposals for reform always
encounter stiff resistance. And that is why broad
acceptance of the principle of democratization
has translated into so little progress at the level
of specific proposals.
UNDP on the IMF, World Bank, UN Security Council and WTO
...existing international institutions
need reform. Developing countries should
be given a stronger voice in their operations.
Given their enormous — and growing — influence,
these institutions should also be held more
accountable for their policies and actions.
UNDP 2002
Get involved. You'll feel better than sitting back in frustration.
Helen Caldicott
The World Trade Organization operates on a one-country, one-vote basis, but most key decisions are made by the leading economic powers in "green room" meetings
UNDP 2002
Det var inget krig. Inga strider. Det var bara ett planerat, systematiskt folkmord på en försvarslös befolkning, närapå utan att man satte en fot på irakisk mark. 1967, när Dr. Martin Luther King sade att den största våldsverkaren på jorden är min regering, kunde han inte i sina värsta mardrömmar föreställa sig vad USA gjorde mot Irak.
Ramsey Clark
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