QUOTES
Changing
the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based
on messages of compassion, justice, and equality, as well as collaborative and
democratic processes ... If we stay positive, inclusive, and democratic, we have
a truly historic opportunity to build a global movement for social justice.
When
most Americans hear of human rights abuses, they likely think of atrocities in
some far-off country in a forgotten corner of the globe. . . . [But] abuses against
individuals' basic rights also occur regularly here in the United States, and
our money-saturated political system hardly deserves the title 'democracy.'
"We
who oppose war, and who now represent the majority of Americans, must force our
representatives to represent us."