Ulli Diemer — Radical Digressions
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- When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- – Mark Twain
- Whenever a particular freedom is put in question, freedom in general is put in question.
- – Karl Marx
- Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
- – Aldous Huxley
- I didn’t really say everything I said.
- – Yogi Berra
Snippets
The shadow which haunts the power structure is the danger that those who are controlled will come to realize that they are powerless only so long as they think they are. Once people stop believing they are powerless, then the whole edifice which they support is in danger of collapse.
Against All Odds
Apologists for censorship invariably profess noble motives. They tell us that of course they are in favour of freedom of speech ‘in principle’ – then they go on to explain that ‘the greater good’ requires denying freedom of speech to people whose views they dislike.
Free speech for me – you shut up
If Hitchcock had made a film about neoliberal economics, the Chicago School of Economics would be the Bates Motel, Milton Friedman would be the demented proprietor, and Friedrich Hayek would be the dead mother in the attic.
Neoliberal House of Horrors
The Left has engaged in the futile pursuit of ‘moving the NDP to the left’ since 1933, achieving pretty much the same result as a dog chasing its tail.
Let’s Stop Kidding Ourselves About the NDP
Radical Digressions Comprehensive Subject Index
The Subject Index is designed to help you explore Radical Digressions by topic. There are individual pages for each topic, as well as an index page listing the most popular topics, and a separate comprehensive subject index listing more than 4,000 topics. - Ulli Diemer
Media Bias
- An alternative media list
Getting the news - and getting behind the news - Connexions
Volume 8, Number 1 - Spring 1983 - Women and Men - Connexions
Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 1984 - Energy - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change - Connexions
Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social - Connexions
Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
- Connexions Digest
Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook - Diemer, Ulli
Connexipedia Article - "Fake News"
Introduction to the December 20, 2016 issue of Other Voices - 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone
- Free speech for me - you shut up
- Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
- Kyrgyzstan's dubious success
- More than one way to cover an election
- Neocon con game: First deprive public institutions of their ability to act, then blame them for not acting
Margaret Wente's Chutzpah - One-sided discussion of free trade avoids key issues
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015
SYRIZA - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 26, 2015
Ukraine - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016
Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 20, 2016
Fake News - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017
Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 28, 2017
Resisting Injustice - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 25, 2018
Looking for Answers, Creating Alternatives - Pro-Israel stance reeks of double standards and historical amnesia
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- Review of the Press - November 21, 1975
- Review of the Press: Portugal 1974
- Smoke seen coming out of chimney!!
- The Star's biased reporting
- Why does the CBC invariably turn to American experts to explain any issue?
