Administration Quote by Stephen Kinzer

“Propaganda campaigns in general have been closely attuned to elite interests. The Red scare of 1919-20 have served well to abort the union-organizing drive…

— Noam Chomsky

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the…

— Stephen Kinzer

Reagan's legacy is so powerful because he identified the state as the central issue in American politics.

— Chrystia Freeland

The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against…

— Daniel Ortega

During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call 'neo-liberal' principles:…

— Stephen Kinzer

Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression by the…

— Eugene Jarecki

“All told, U.S. allies in Central America during Reagan's two terms killed over 300,000 people, tortured hundreds of thousands, and drove millions into exile.”

— Greg Grandin

Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations.

— Rosa Luxemburg

Nicaragua was destabilizing Central America, meaning moving in a direction the US didn't like. So Nicaragua was crushed.

— Noam Chomsky

We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork…

— Danny Glover

I came to my Marxist view as a result of having struggled as a nationalist and found certain dead ends theoretically and ideologically, as…

— Amiri Baraka

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international…

— Bianca Jagger