Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main contours of New Labour... →
Martin Jacques
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
Bianca Jagger
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would... →
We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate.... →
Atifete Jahjaga
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a... →
Naveen Jain
After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private... →
C. L. R. James
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as... →