"The world community knows the basic principles of a solution. The Arab countries unanimously—all twenty-two of them—have publicly announced that they would recognize Israel diplomatically and economically if Israel will withdraw from the Palestinian-occupied territories and implement the basic United Nations resolutions. It will take a lot of influence—strong influence—from the United States to make both sides come to that point."
“The media acts as a megaphone for those in power,” says the executive producer and host of Democracy Now.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Junot Díaz interviewed by The Progressive
“If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights,” says the feminist crime novelist.
“The problem for me with the other candidates is I don’t know what it is that drives them. What is it they really believe in that makes them get up in the morning and want to do this?”
Lyricist Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in Jamaica but has become Britain’s most celebrated black poet.