We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

Self professed, profound till the chips were down. Know you're a gambling man, love is...

Self professed, profound till the chips were down. Know you're a gambling man, love is...

Gambling cant rely on management. If its bout business Ima handle it. I see it...

Gambling cant rely on management. If its bout business Ima handle it. I see it...

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and...

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and...

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People...

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...