The U.s. Is A Cosmetic Democracy.

Official Truths Are Often Powerful Illusions.

It's Quite Clear That Gore Won Most Of The Votes. I Think The Accurate Description For Them Is A Military Plutocracy. Having Lived And Worked In The United States, I Must Add That I Don't Want To Make Too Much Of The Distinction Between The Bush Regime And Its Predecessors. I Don't See A Great Deal Of Difference.

Rupert Murdoch Gave Up His Australian Citizenship In Order To Buy Television Stations In The United States, Which Is Symptomatic Of The Way Murdoch Operates. Everything Is For Sale, Including His Birthright. The Mirror Is Not Read By Soccer Hooligans. It's Read By Ordinary People Of This Country. That Comment Is Simply Patronizing. But To Be Criticized By The Moonies And Murdoch In One Breath Is Really Just A Fine Moment For Me.

In The Sublime Days Before 11 September 2001, When The Powerful Were Routinely Attacking And Terrorising The Weak, And Those Dying Were Black Or Brown-skinned Non-people Living In Faraway Places Such As Zaire And Guatemala, There Was No Terrorism. When The Weak Attacked The Powerful, Spectacularly On 9/11, There Was Terrorism.

I Grew Up In Sydney In A Very Political Household, Where We Were All For The Underdog.