Austin James

“Qurʾanic rhetoric treats the divine revelation as so transparently true that only willful disobedience could inspire its rejection.”
― Carl W. Ernst, How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations

“British imperialism did two things: first, it ended India’s development, then it forcibly underdeveloped that country.”
― Michael Parenti, Against Empire

“Such “multiple sourcing” enables GM to ride out strikes in one country by stepping up production in another, playing workers of various nations against one other in order to discourage wage and benefit demands and undermine labor union strategies.”
― Michael Parenti, Against Empire

“North American and European corporations have acquired control of more than three-fourths of the known mineral resources of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. But the pursuit of natural resources is not the only reason for capitalist overseas expansion. There is the additional need to cut production costs and maximize profits by investing in countries with a plentiful supply of cheap labor.”
― Michael Parenti, Against Empire