Quote of the Day

The crisis in modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press, and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities available on sale to the highest bidder. Nasty, violent, and fascist groups and individuals will surely emerge from such circumstances. But a movement valuing solidarity, mutual aid, peace, and democracy can also thrive, with enough time, effort, and imagination. The urge for hegemony and preponderance by some will be matched with greater intensity by the longing for dignity and justice by others. Exactly what form that battle takes, whether it's beautiful or bloodthirsty, depends on us.

– Arundhati Roy
Quoted in Jake Johnson's article,
"Empire's Religion: Arundhati Roy Confronts
the Tyranny of the Free Market"
Common Dreams
September 15, 2016

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Standing Together
• Threshold Musings
• Quote of the Day – June 30, 2016
• Our New Possibility
• Hope, History, and Bernie Sanders
• Something to Think About – November 26, 2013
• Quote of the Day – May 4, 2013
• Quote of the Day – October 13, 2011
• Rocking the Cradle of Power
• In Search of a “Global Ethic”
• John le Carré’s “Dark Suspicions”
• Tariq Ali Discusses Rudyard Kipling
• John Pilger on Resisting Empire

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