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Bush, and Blair, and the prime minister of Japan, and Berlusconi, these people are criminals, and they are responsible for mass murder in the world, for the war, and for the occupation, through their support for Israel, and through their support for a globalized capitalist economic system, which is the biggest killer the world has ever known. It has killed far more people than Adolf Hitler. It has killed far more people than George Bush. The economic system which these people support, which leaves most of the people in the world hungry, and without clean water to drink. So we're going to put them on trial, the leaders, when they come. They think they're coming for a holiday in a beautiful country called Scotland; in fact, they're coming to their trial.

George Galloway#10

PoliticsWarLeadershipCapitalismEconomics

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker labels several world leaders as criminals responsible for global issues and economic suffering.
In plain terms
He calls Western leaders criminals for war and economic systems that hurt people.
What can you take from it?
Frame systemic issues as direct responsibility of leaders.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • political speeches
  • protests

Putting it to work

  • Identify key decision makers
  • Link policy to human cost

Questions to consider

  • Who is responsible for global poverty?
  • Should leaders be tried for war?

Another view

Generalizing all economic suffering to one system oversimplifies complex global dynamics.

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