Austin James

“In fact, the lands of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have long produced great treasures of foods, minerals, and other natural resources. That is why Europeans went through so much trouble to steal and plunder them. One does not go to poor places for self-enrichment. The Third World is rich. Only its people are poor—and it is because of the pillage they have endured.”
― Michael Parenti, Against Empire

“Many scholars accept the idea that the Qurʾan took on its present form by around 650 CE, and even comparative skeptics now assume that the text of the Qurʾan was codified by the end of the seventh century.”
― 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