Susan George
Susan George
Susan Melody Georgeis an English film and television actress, film producer and Arabian horse breeder...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth26 July 1950
CountryUnited States of America
children employment able
Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded.
world debt culprit
The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.
people young seems
It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.
suffering degrees organisation
There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.
want ends radical
I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this.
party people political
There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency.
real fighting healthcare
The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?
people democracy needs
How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.
clubs united-states population
The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.
class erosion gaps
This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process.
worry climate climate-change
What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.
british-actress countries developed developing middle wait waiting
If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.
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It was always the girls who were not put in school because you try to educate the boy because he might be more valuable to the family in the future.
america wealth investment
Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt.