Since the 1970s, wealth has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of the financial sector [EPA] Cambridge, MA - The Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There’s never been anything like it that I can think of. If the bonds and associations it has established can be sustained through a long, [...]
The Propaganda Model: An Overview David Cromwell Excerpted from Private Planet, 2002 In their 1988 book ‘Manufacturing Consent – The Political Economy of the Mass Media‘, Edward Herman and Noam Chomskyintroduced their ‘propaganda model’ of the media. The propaganda model argues that there are 5 classes of [...]
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? Posted by Noam Chomsky at 7:39am, May 8, 2012. If you had followed May Day protests in New York City in the mainstream media, you might hardly have noticed that they happened at all. The stories were generally tucked away, [...]
An Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/ Getty Images link http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/30/noam-chomsky-what-next-occupy This is the transcript of a discussion that took place earlier this year between Noam Chomsky and Occupy supporters Mikal Kamil and Ian Escuela for InterOccupy, an organisation that provides links between supporters of the Occupy movement around the world. Professor Chomsky, the Occupy movement is [...]
On OWS, Anarchism, Labor, Racism, Corporate Power and the Class War Talking With Chomsky by LAURA FLANDERS A CounterPunch Exclusive Noam Chomsky has not just been watching the Occupy movement. A veteran of the civil rights, anti-war, and anti-intervention movements of the 1960s through the 1980s, he’s given lectures [...]
May Day by Noam Chomsky If you’re a serious revolutionary, then you are not looking for an autocratic revolution, but a popular one which will move towards freedom and democracy. That can take place only if a mass of the population are implementing it, carrying it out, and solving problems. They’re not going to undertake that [...]
By Ben Cohen: When the massive economic crisis hit the US back in 2008, people struggled to understand how everything fell apart so quickly. Up until that point, the American economy was heralded by the media as a miraculous powerhouse embodying the principles of the free market and dynamic entrepreneurialism. The reality [...]
The Simple Truth in Chomsky’s Words By Geoff_Kennedy April 21, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — I rarely employ long quotes in these essays. I prefer my own words to express my own ideas. But this time I make an exception. The simple words at the end of Noam Chomsky’s 1992 [...]
Chomsky: U.S. security requires something approaching absolute global control By Gaius Publius on 4/19/2012 09:15:00 AM I’m approaching a short trip, so posting will be light. But I want to put this up before I head out. Not that this — the headline statement — is surprising, but that it’s said out loud. [...]
Occupy by Noam Chomsky To be published on May 1, 2012 Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns, cities, and college campuses across the United States. To date, more than 6,500 people have been arrested in 111 US cities, a number that grows daily. [...]
KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government finally bowed before the groundswell of support for the arrested scientist Partha Sarathi Ray. On Tuesday, a city court granted him bail after 10 days in jail custody. But the bail pleas of six others arrested with Ray on April 8 were denied. Ray’s arrest has been condemned [...]
The State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival Noam Chomsky Text of lecture given at the The University of Toronto, April 7, 2011(Transcript courtesy of Yvonne Bond) I’m going to talk mostly about the United States, in part because I know it better, but also in part [...]
In the book “Manufacturing Consent” Chomsky and Herman deal with the nature of consent and the manner it was and is used to create the position where, basically the ‘good govern the bad’. The phrase itself, “manufacturing consent” was the product of the thinking of Bernays and Lipman. Bernays referred [...]
Timothy White, chancellor at University of California, Riverside, at his office in Riverside, California, July 5, 2011. Sharp tuition increases, coupled with cutbacks in services, threaten to erode a much-admired state college and university system. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, [...]
The imperial way – American decline in perspective – Noam Chomsky Posted: February 17, 2012 | Author: SW9Red | Filed under: U.S. | Tags: AA Berle, Abedin Taherkenareh, American decline, Balfour Declaration, Barack Obama, CELAC, Chomsky, Crusades, Duvalier, Foreign Policy Research Institute,General Allenby, Harold Ickes, IMF, Iran, Marcos, MENA, Mobutu, Noam Chomsky, Palestine, Paul Godwin, Ronald Reagan,Roosevelt, Somoza, Suharto, The Arab Spring, Thomas Carothers | 1 Comment » Source – guardian.co.uk. An Iranian female student during a demonstration marking the 32nd anniversary of US Embassy in Tehran, 2011. Photograph: Abedin [...]
This quote opens a video of Chomsky you can watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHbecRQLvEM It is very short and concerns the position in Iran. The level of deceit and lies being spread about Iran and promoted so ruthlessly by Israel has reached disease proportions. In varying scenarios presented these Muslim monsters are doing their level best to destroy the world and this [...]
The Secret of Noam: A Chomsky Interview Noam Chomsky interviewed by Jeff Jetton and Dakota Fine Brightest Young Things, March 9, 2011 “Isn’t it interesting,” he pauses, reflecting, “that eating a banana is somehow comical.” Noam Chomsky says this to me with a straight face.He understands the humor in [...]
My Conversation with Noam Chomsky Email To A Friend Printer Friendly Comments about 8 hours ago From I have been reading Noam Chomsky’s work for several years and from the very beginning his work inspired me. Whether you agree with him or not, I think everyone agrees that he has [...]
Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education by Maria Popova On the value of cultivating the capacity to seek the significant. link to video of presentation http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/13/noam-chomsky-on-the-purpose-of-education/ In this talk based on his presentation at the Learning Without Frontiers conference in January, philosopher, linguist, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky — easily one of [...]
Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival Posted by Mark Motive on March 7, 2012Academic Lectures, Society, VideoAdd comments Mar072012 link to the video http://www.planbeconomics.com/2012/03/07/noam-chomsky-on-the-state-corporate-complex-a-threat-to-freedom-and-survival/ Related articles More Chomsky on Iran (ikners.com) Noam Chomsky on Austerity, Education & Healthcare (ikners.com) Chomsky: How we are treated (ikners.com) Noam Chomsky: Education For Whom and For What? [...]
The consistent anarchist, then, should be a socialist, but a socialist of a particular sort. He will not only oppose alienated and specialized labor and look forward to the appropriation of capital by the whole body of workers, but he will also insist that this appropriation be direct, not exercised [...]
Image by thelastminute via Flickr Dandelion Salad link to lengthy Chomsky talk http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/noam-chomsky-education-for-whom-and-for-what-2012/ Arizona on Feb 17, 2012 Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist, spoke at the University of Arizona on Feb. 8, 2012. His lecture, “Education: For Whom and For What?” featured a talk on the state of higher education, followed by [...]
The Occupy Wall Street movement represents the first major public response to more than 30 years of class war—orchestrated by the ruling elite—that has led to social, economic and political arrangements in which the democratic system has been shredded, according to MIT professor Noam Chomsky. “Concentration of [...]
mohandasgandhi: Noam Chomsky on Austerity, Education & Healthcare Pay special attention to what Noam says about California’s current public education crisis and his comments about the attempts to privatize schools like Berkeley and UCLA. What he says at the end is critical to understand what we’re currently seeing in politics, what the impacts of [...]
The world according to Noam Chomsky by Dean Carroll 02 February 2012 Touching upon a diverse range of topics – from public services, the eurozone crisis and environmental issues to Iran, Europe‘s stance on Palestine and the US presidential race – Professor Noam Chomsky speaks toPublicServiceEurope.com editor Dean Carroll in the second of two major [...]
Noam Chomsky, Imperial Hegemony and Its Discontents Posted by Noam Chomsky at 9:16am, February 15, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Noam Chomsky’s latest TomDispatch post ends today, but TomDispatch, of course, goes on. In the coming weeks, expect new posts from Andrew Bacevich, Rebecca Solnit, Michael Klare, Nick Turse, Karen J. Greenberg, and [...]
Furious charges, stunning irrationality and utter nonsense’ – Noam Chomsky responds to John Gray’s book review John Gray (Delusions of grandeur, Review, 11 February) writes that “it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that, for Chomsky, America is virtually the sole obstacle to peace in the world”. This and other furious charges (eg [...]
The Imperial Way American Decline in Perspective, Part 2 By Noam Chomsky Part 1 February 15, 2012 “Tom Dispatch ” – In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere. In the past decade, for the first time in 500 years, South America has taken successful steps [...]
Related features Ray Kurzweil on DNA, 3D printed buildings and innovation in schools Bas Verhart: Education is failing the future-makers Codecademy ‘gamifies’ the process of learning Javascript AMARSi project could see robots learn from co-workers Comments2 Technology is a neutral tool that you should use when you have a plan, when you know what you [...]
Noam Chomsky chooses Obama over GOPs as 2012 President Noam Chomsky has said, “I’m not a great enthusiast for Obama, as you know, from way back, but at least he’s somewhere in the real world.” He stated that the 2012 candidates are “Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior.” The extended view [...]
MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist and political dissident, spoke Monday night at Barnard College in New York City about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just hours before Israel and Hamas completed a historic prisoner exchange. “I think [Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit] should have been released a long time ago. But there’s something missing from this [...]
Noam Chomsky Image: HUSSEIN MALLA/AP/Press Association Images Noam Chomsky backs Vita Cortex workers 10 hours ago 2,590 Views 18 Comments Share23 Tweet70 THE WORKERS WHO are in the fifth week of a sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork have received a message of support from world renowned linguist, historian and activist Noam Chomsky. A veteran human [...]
Noam Chomsky on Ron Paul Ron Paul’s a nice guy. If I had to have dinner with one of theRepublican candidates, I’d prefer to have it with him — but, his policies are off the wall. Kutztown University Nov. 21, 2011 January 14, 2012 video at http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30251.htm CHOMSKY: Ron Paul’s a [...]
Recognizing the “Unpeople” By Noam Chomsky January 08, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — On June 15, three months after the NATO bombing of Libya began, the African Union presented to the U.N. Security Council the African position on the attack – in reality, bombing by their [...]
The Manipulation of Fear By Noam Chomsky January 08, 2011 “Thelka” July 16, 2005 — The resort to fear by systems of power to discipline the domestic population has left a long and terrible trail of bloodshed and suffering which we ignore at our peril. Recent [...]
This is the full text of the speech he gave in 2009 at the Riverside Church. Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor, author and dissident intellectual, just turned eighty years old this past December. He has written over 100 books, but despite being called “the most important intellectual alive” by [...]
“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.” – Noam Chomsky The [...]
You can view this extremely good video at: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6435.htm Herman and Chomsky were the co-authors of “Manufacturing Consent“. This exceptional video is concerned with the many issues raised there. As a very valuable adjunct to reading Manufacturing Consent the Australian author Alex Carey wrote “Taking the Risk [...]
6 Questions For Noam Chomsky Video Questions by Alice Walker, John Berger, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Amira Hass and Chris Hedges. Posted December 23, 2011 This is an exceptional Chomsky video interview. Perhaps the main feature is how he is allowed to give his answers to set questions, uninterrupted and in [...]
Noam Chomsky: The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement is ‘part of a global program of world militarization’ interview with Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers | December 16, 2011, 1:18 pm [Editor's. note: This is a transcript of a conversation between members of the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers and Noam Chomsky, which took place on [...]
Palestinian children play near a tent in Ezbet Abed Rabbo area, that was heavily destroyed during Israel‘s 22-day offensive on the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Getty Images. Published 08 November 2010 117 comments Print version Email a friend Listen RSS The US is vocal about its commitment to peace in Israel and the Palestinian territories — [...]
BOOK REVIEW Down the wrong path 9-11: Was There an Alternative? by Noam Chomsky Reviewed by Christopher Bartlo “The book you are holding was conceived, produced, and published as an act of protest.” This is the first line of the editor’s introduction to Noam Chomsky’s revised book about the causes and effects of [...]
video at http://www.democracynow.org/2011/9/19/noam_chomsky_on_the_legality_of As the manhunt for Col. Muammar Gaddafi continues, MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky questions the legality of the continued NATObombing campaign. “My own feeling was that you could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians, but I think it’s much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil [...]
Q&A with Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky interviewed by Jennifer Pagliaro The Charlatan (Carleton University), June 4, 2011 The Charlatan: I saw that you were quoted as saying “education is ignorance” –Noam Chomsky: Well, that’s what it often is in practice. It shouldn’t be.TC: I’m just wondering if you can speak to this idea of education [...]
The UN could establish a Nuclear-Free Middle East Zone with the help of the US that is busy securing oil supplies [EPA] The dire threat of Iran is widely recognised to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. General Petraeus informed the Senate Committee on Armed Services in March 2010 that [...]
Hegemony or Survival Noam Chomsky debates with Washington Post readers Washington Post, November 26, 2003 In his new book, “Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance,” intellectual activist Noam Chomskyargues that U.S. policy — the militarization of space, the ballistic-missile defense program, unilateralism, the dismantling of international agreements, and the [...]
Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine Prisoner Exchange, U.S. Assassination Campaign in Yemen MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist and political dissident, spoke Monday night at Barnard College in New York City about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just hours before Israel and Hamas completed a historic prisoner exchange. “I think [Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit] should have been [...]
From Chomsky on Anarchism AK Press Edinburgh, Oakland and West Virginia 2005 Selected and Edited by Barry Pateman at page 238, “My feeling is that in any interaction between human beings that is more than personal-meaning that it takes institutional forms of one kind or another-in the community, or workplace, family,larger society, whatever [...]
In Israel, A Tsunami Warning Noam Chomsky In These Times, July 7, 2011 In May, in a closed meeting of many of Israel’s business leaders, Idan Ofer, a holding-company magnate, warned, “We are quickly turning into South Africa. The economic blow of sanctions will be felt by every family in Israel.”The business [...]
Remembering Howard Zinn Noam Chomsky Resist Newsletter, March/April 2010 It is not easy for me to write a few words about Howard Zinn, the great American activist and historian who passed away a few days ago. He was a very close friend for 45 years. The families were [...]
