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American Decline: Causes and Consequences.
2011-08-24
American Decline: Causes and Consequences Noam Chomsky al-Akhbar , August 24, 2011 In the 2011 summer issue of the journal of the American Academy of Political Science, we read that it is “a common theme” that the United States, which “only a few years ago was hailed to stride the world as a colossus with unparalleled ...
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La decadencia de Estados Unidos: causas y consecuencias.
2011
La decadencia de Estados Unidos: causas y consecuencias Noam Chomsky Prodavinci , 23 de agosto, 2011 “Es un tópico”, que Estados Unidos, “que hace apenas unos años era saludado como un coloso que dominaba con paso seguro el mundo entero, detentando un poder sin paralelos y un estilo de vida inmensamente atractivo, se h...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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America in Decline.
2011-08-05
America in Decline Noam Chomsky Truthout , August 5, 2011 “It is a common theme” that the United States, which “only a few years ago was hailed to stride the world as a colossus with unparalleled power and unmatched appeal is in decline, ominously facing the prospect of its final decay,” Giacomo Chiozza writes in the c...
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In Israel, A Tsunami Warning.
2011-07-07
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 leaders’...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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The Revenge Killing of Osama bin Laden.
2011-05-31
The Revenge Killing of Osama bin Laden Noam Chomsky In These Times , May 31, 2011 The May 1 U.S. attack on Osama bin Laden’s compound violated multiple elementary norms of international law, beginning with the invasion of Pakistani territory. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as pre...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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The ‘Great Moderation’ and the International Assault on Labor.
2011-05-02
The ‘Great Moderation’ and the International Assault on Labor Noam Chomsky In These Times , May 2, 2011 In most of the world, May Day is an international workers’ holiday, bound up with the bitter 19th-century struggle of American workers for an eight-hour day. The May Day just past leads to somber reflection. A decade...
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There is Much More to Say.
2011-05
There is Much More to Say Noam Chomsky ZNet , May 2011 After the assassination of bin Laden I received such a deluge of requests for comment that I was unable to respond individually, and on May 4 and later I sent an unedited form response instead, not intending for it to be posted, and expecting to write it up more fu...
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Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order.
2011-04-21
Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order Noam Chomsky TomDispatch , April 21, 2011 The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces — coinciding, fortuitously, with a remarkable uprising of tens of thousands in support of ...
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Libya and the World of Oil.
2011-04-04
Libya and the World of Oil By Noam Chomsky Truthout , April 4, 2011 Last month, at the international tribunal on crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone, the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor came to an end. The chief prosecutor, U.S. law professor David Crane, informed The Times of London that the ...
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The Cairo-Madison Connection.
2011-03-09
The Cairo-Madison Connection Noam Chomsky Truthout , March 9, 2011 On Feb. 20, Kamal Abbas, Egyptian union leader and prominent figure in the Jan. 25 movement, sent a message to the “workers of Wisconsin”: “We stand with you as you stood with us.” Egyptian workers have long fought for fundamental rights denied by the U...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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It’s not radical Islam that worries the US – it’s independence.
2011-02-04
It’s not radical Islam that worries the US — it’s independence Noam Chomsky The Guardian , February 4, 2011 “The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported last week, while throughout the region, western allies “are quickly losing their influence”. The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia t...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence, Version in Deutsch: Nicht der radikale Islam gibt den USA zu denken -- es ist die Unabhängigkeit.
2011
Nicht der radikale Islam gibt den USA zu denken — es ist die Unabhängigkeit Noam Chomsky The Guardian , 4. Februar 2011 (Übersetzung / translation: Thorsten Ramin) “Die arabische Welt brennt,” berichtete al-Jazeera letzte Woche, während in der gesamten Region westliche Verbündete “sehr schnell ihren Einfluss verlieren”...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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"The Arab World Is on Fire".
2011-02-03
“The Arab World Is on Fire” By Noam Chomsky Truthout , February 3, 2011 “The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported on Jan. 27, while throughout the region, Western allies “are quickly losing their influence.” The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dict...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock.
2011-01-03
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock Noam Chomsky Truthout , January 3, 2011 While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” — that is, objections to its crimes and withdrawal of p...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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The Charade of Israeli-Palestinian Talks.
2010-12-06
The Charade of Israeli-Palestinian Talks Noam Chomsky truthout , December 6, 2010 Washington’s pathetic capitulation to Israel while pleading for a meaningless three-month freeze on settlement expansion — excluding Arab East Jerusalem — should go down as one of the most humiliating moments in U.S. diplomatic history. I...
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The Iranian Threat.
2010-07-02
The Iranian Threat Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , July 2, 2010 The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized 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 “the Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat...
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Noam Chomsky on Israel and the Gaza Flotilla Attack: “Sheer Criminal Aggression, with no Credible Pretext”.
2010-06-02
Noam Chomsky on Israel and the Gaza Flotilla Attack: “Sheer Criminal Aggression, with no Credible Pretext” Noam Chomsky Haymarket Books press release , June 2, 2010 Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime. The editors of the London Guardian are quite right to say th...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won’t): In Washington-Speak, “Palestinian State” Means “Fried Chicken”.
2010-04-27
A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won’t) In Washington-Speak, “Palestinian State” Means “Fried Chicken” Noam Chomsky TomDispatch.com , April 27, 2010 The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult ev...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Globalization Marches On: Growing popular outrage has not challenged corporate power.
2010-03-26
Globalization Marches On: Growing popular outrage has not challenged corporate power Noam Chomsky In These Times , March 26, 2010 Shifts in global power, ongoing or potential, are a lively topic among policy makers and observers. One question is whether (or when) China will displace the United States as the dominant gl...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Remembering Howard Zinn.
2010-04
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 very close too. His wife Roz, who died of cancer no...
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The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy.
2010-01-24
The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , January 24, 2010 (abridged version published in In These Times , February 2, 2010) January 21, 2010 will go down as a dark day in the history of American democracy, and its decline. The editors of the New York Times did not exaggerate when they wrote ...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Presidential “Peacemaking” in Latin America.
2010-01-05
Presidential “Peacemaking” in Latin America Noam Chomsky In These Times , January 5, 2010 Barack Obama, the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joins the others in the long tradition of peacemaking so long as it serves U.S. interests. All four presidents left their imprint on “our little region over her...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Presidential “Peacemaking” in Latin America, Versión en castellano: "Pacificación" presidencial en América Latina.
2010
“Pacificación” presidencial en América Latina Noam Chomsky La Jornada , 3 de enero de 2010 Barack Obama es el cuarto presidente estadunidense en ganar el Premio Nobel de la Paz y se une a otros dentro de una larga tradición de pacificación que desde siempre ha servido a los intereses estadunidenses. Los cuatro presiden...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres.
1989
The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres Noam Chomsky In These Times , December 3, 2009 November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: “the biggest year in world history since 1945,” as British historian Timothy Garton Ash describes it. That year “changed everything,” Garton Ash writes. Mikhail Gorbachev’s refo...
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The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres, Versión en castellano: El legado de 1989 en los dos hemisferios.
1989
El legado de 1989 en los dos hemisferios Noam Chomsky Sin Permiso , 13 de diciembre de 2009 En noviembre se cumplió el aniversario de los grandes acontecimientos de 1989: “el más importante año en la historia mundial desde 1945”, como el historiador británico Timothy Garton Ash lo describió. Este año “todo cambió”, esc...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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War, Peace, and Obama’s Nobel.
2009-11-05
War, Peace, and Obama’s Nobel Noam Chomsky In These Times , November 5, 2009 The hopes and prospects for peace aren’t well aligned — not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably that was the intent of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in choosing President Barack Obama. The prize “seemed a kind of prayer ...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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War, Peace, and Obama's Nobel, Version in Deutsch: Krieg, Frieden und Obamas Nobelpreis.
2009-11-05
Krieg, Frieden und Obamas Nobelpreis Noam Chomsky In These Times , November 5, 2009 (Übersetzung / translation: Thorsten Ramin) Die Hoffnungen und Aussichten auf Frieden sind nicht gut ausgerichtet — geschweige denn aufeinander abgestimmt. Die Aufgabe ist es, dies zu erreichen. Vermutlich war das die Absicht des Nobelp...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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War, Peace, and Obama's Nobel, Versión en castellano: Guerra, paz y el Nobel de Obama.
2009
Guerra, paz y el Nobel de Obama Noam Chomsky Sin Permiso , 15 de noviembre de 2009 Las esperanzas y perspectivas para la paz no estaban bien fundadas ni de lejos. La tarea consiste en afinarlas. Presumiblemente fuera ése el intento de la comisión del Premio Nobel de la Paz al elegir al presidente Barack Obama. El premi...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Barack Obama and the ‘Unipolar Moment’.
2009-10-06
Barack Obama and the ‘Unipolar Moment’ Noam Chomsky In These Times , October 6, 2009 Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and just and, if the weak suffer, it is their fault. In the West, these specialists are called “intellectuals” and, with marginal excepti...
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https://chomsky.info/articles/
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Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S.
2009-10
Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S. Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , October 2009 The last time I had the opportunity to speak in Caracas — at long-distance that time — was about a year ago, right after the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) meeting in Santiago in September 2008. That meeting was called “with the purpose of con...
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Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours.
2009-10
Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours Noam Chomsky Boston Review , September/October 2009 Perhaps I may begin with a few words about the title. There is too much nuance and variety to make such sharp distinctions as theirs-and-ours, them-and-us. And neither I nor anyone can presume to speak for “us.” But I will pretend it i...
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Militarizing Latin America.
2009-08-30
Militarizing Latin America Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , August 30, 2009 The United States was founded as an “infant empire,” in George Washington’s words. The conquest of the national territory was a grand imperial venture, much like the vast expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. From the earliest days, control over t...
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Militarizing Latin America, Version in Deutsch: Die Aufrüstung Südamerikas.
2009-08
Die Aufrüstung Südamerikas Noam Chomsky chomsky.info, 30 .August 2009 (Übersetzung / translation: Thorsten Ramin) Die Vereinigten Staaten waren bei ihrer Gründung, in George Washingtons Worten, ein “kindliches Reich”. Die Eroberung des Nationalgebiets war ein großes, imperiales Unternehmen, der großen Expansion des Her...
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Militarizing Latin America, Versión en castellano: La cuestionada supremacía estadunidense en América Latina.
2009
La cuestionada supremacía estadunidense en América Latina Noam Chomsky La Jornada , 6 de septiembre de 2009 Estados Unidos fue fundado como un “imperio infante” en las palabras de George Washington. La conquista del territorio nacional fue una gran aventura imperial. Desde los primeros días, el control del hemisferio f...
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Season of Travesties: Freedom and Democracy in mid-2009.
2009
Season of Travesties: Freedom and Democracy in mid-2009 Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , July 9, 2009 June 2009 was marked by a number of significant events, including two elections in the Middle East: in Lebanon, then Iran. The events are significant, and the reactions to them, highly instructive. The election in Lebanon w...
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Season of Travesties: Freedom and Democracy in mid-2009, Versión en castellano: Una temporada de parodias.
2009
Una temporada de parodias Noam Chomsky La Voz , 11 de julio de 2009 Las elecciones en Líbano e Irán y el golpe de Estado en Honduras son importantes no sólo inherentemente sino también por las reacciones internacionales que han suscitado. La ausencia de reacción ante un acto de piratería israelí en el Mediterráneo es u...
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Turning Point?
2009-06-07
Turning Point? Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , June 7, 2009 The Obama-Netanyahu-Abbas meetings in May, followed by Obama’s speech in Cairo, have been widely interpreted as a turning point in US Middle East policy, leading to consternation in some quarters, exuberance in others. Fairly typical is Middle East analyst Dan Fro...
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What Obama Didn’t Say in His Cairo Address Speaks Volumes About His Mideast Policy.
2009-06-04
What Obama Didn’t Say in His Cairo Address Speaks Volumes About His Mideast Policy Noam Chomsky Alternet , June 4, 2009 A CNN headline, reporting Obama’s plans for his June 4 address in Cairo, Egypt, reads “Obama looks to reach the soul of the Muslim world.” Perhaps that captures his intent, but more significant is the...
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What Obama Didn't Say in His Cairo Address Speaks Volumes About His Mideast Policy, Versión en castellano: El discurso de Obama en El Cairo.
2009
El discurso de Obama en El Cairo Noam Chomsky Sin Permiso , 6 de julio de 2009 Un titular de la CNN, informando sobre los planes de Obama para su discurso del 4 de junio en El Cairo, Egipto, reza así: “Obama intenta llegar al alma del mundo musulmán”. Tal vez sirva eso como descripción de intenciones, pero más signific...
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The Torture Memos.
2009-05-21
The Torture Memos Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , May 24, 2009 (earlier version published on Tom Dispatch , May 21, 2009) The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. The shock and indignation are understandable — particularly the testimony in the Senate Armed Services Committee ...
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The Torture Memos, Versión en castellano: Tortura y amnesia histórica.
2009
Tortura y amnesia histórica Noam Chomsky La Jornada , 30 de mayo de 2009 y 31 de mayo de 2009 Los memorandos sobre tortura revelados por la Casa Blanca suscitaron asombro, indignación y sorpresa. El asombro y la indignación eran entendibles; la sorpresa, no tanto. Por principio de cuentas, aun sin investigación, era ra...
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Challenges For Barack Obama: Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2009-03
Challenges For Barack Obama: Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan Noam Chomsky Poder 360 , March 2009 Barack Obama’s willingness to “talk” with enemies became a defining issue during the campaign. Can he live up to that pledge? Diplomacy is the only sane alternative to the cycle of violence from the Middle East to Central As...
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Challenges for Barack Obama: Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan version in Japanese.
2009-03
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Elections 2008 & Obama’s “Vision”: What we can expect in 2009, given both parties are well to the right of the population.
2008
Elections 2008 & Obama’s “Vision”: What we can expect in 2009, given both parties are well to the right of the population Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February 2009 The word that immediately rolled off of every tongue after the presidential election was “historic.” And rightly so. A Black family in the White House is trul...
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Obama on Israel-Palestine.
2009-01-24
Obama on Israel-Palestine Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , January 24, 2009 Barack Obama is recognized to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously — both what he says, and what he omits. Particularly significant is his first substantive statement...
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“Exterminate all the Brutes”: Gaza 2009.
2009
“Exterminate all the Brutes”: Gaza 2009 * Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , January 19, 2009 (revised June 6, 2009) On Saturday December 27, 2008, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. The planning had tw...
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The Election, Economy, War, and Peace.
2008-11-25
The Election, Economy, War, and Peace Noam Chomsky ZNet , November 25, 2008 The Election The word that immediately rolled off of every tongue after the presidential election was “historic.” And rightly so. A Black family in the White House is truly a momentous event. There were some surprises. One was that the election...
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It’s Fantasy Economy! Some Expert Views on What Should Happen Next.
2008-10-19
It’s Fantasy Economy! Some Expert Views on What Should Happen Next Noam Chomsky, and others Washington Post , October 19, 2008 What happens next should be up to the public. It’s striking to note that this is not even an option here. We saw that with the financial bailout. It was immensely unpopular, and a huge cry of o...
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Costos y riesgos socializados vs. Ganancias privatizadas: La crisis en los Estados Unidos (with José Santana).
2008-10-11
It’s Fantasy Economy! Some Expert Views on What Should Happen Next Noam Chomsky and José Santana Hoy , October 11, 2008 Los orígenes inmediatos de la actual crisis financiera en los Estados Unidos, descansan en el derrumbamiento de la burbuja supervisada por Alan Greenspan, quien por muchos años dirigió las Reservas Fe...
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Viewpoints: Where now for capitalism?
2008-09-19
Viewpoints: Where now for capitalism? Noam Chomsky BBC News , September 19, 2008 Markets have inherent and well-known inefficiencies. One factor is failure to calculate the costs to those who do not participate in transactions. These “externalities” can be huge. That is particularly true for financial institutions. The...
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Ossetia-Russia-Georgia.
2008-09-09
Ossetia-Russia-Georgia Noam Chomsky chomsky.info , September 9, 2008 Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable wea...
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Humanitarian Imperialism: The New Doctrine of Imperial Right.
2008-09
Humanitarian Imperialism: The New Doctrine of Imperial Right Noam Chomsky Monthly Review , September, 2008 Jean Bricmont’s concept “humanitarian imperialism” succinctly captures a dilemma that has faced Western leaders and the Western intellectual community since the collapse of the Soviet Union. From the origins of th...
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Status of Forces Agreement.
2008-08-09
Status of Forces Agreement Noam Chomsky Kurdistani Nwe newspaper, August 9, 2008 The roots of US interest in Iraq were explained lucidly a few weeks ago by the editors of the Washington Post, the country’s premier political daily. Iraq “lies at the geopolitical center of the Middle East and contains some of the world’s...
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All options on the table?
2008-08-06
All options on the table? Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , August 6, 2008 NUCLEAR threats and counter-threats are a subtext of our times, steadily, it seems, becoming more insistent. The July meeting in Geneva between Iran and six major world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme ended with no progress. The Bush administratio...
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It's the oil, stupid!
2008-07-08
It’s the Oil, stupid! Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , July 8, 2008 The deal just taking shape between Iraq’s Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq — questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and serious...
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Bush’s bankrupt vision.
2008-06-01
Bush’s bankrupt vision Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , June 1, 2008 In mid-May, President Bush travelled to the Middle East to establish his legacy more firmly in the part of the world that has been the prime focus of his presidency. The trip had two principal destinations, each chosen to celebrate a major anniversary: Is...
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Noam Chomsky on 1968.
1968
Noam Chomsky on 1968 Noam Chomsky New Statesman , May 8, 2008 Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements. There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human ...
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Can a Democrat change US Middle East policy?
2008-04-03
Can a Democrat change US Middle East policy? Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , April 3, 2008 Recently, when Vice-President Cheney was asked by ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz about polls showing that an overwhelming majority of US citizens oppose the war in Iraq, he replied, “So?” “So — you don’t care what the America...
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The war everyone forgot.
2008-02-29
The war everyone forgot Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , February 29, 2008 Iraq remains a significant concern for the population, but that is a matter of little moment in a modern democracy. Not long ago, it was taken for granted that the Iraq war would be the central issue in the presidential campaign, as it was in the mi...
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The Most Wanted List, International Terrorism.
2008-02-26
The Most Wanted List, International Terrorism Noam Chomsky Tom Dispatch , February 26, 2008 On February 13, Imad Moughniyeh, a senior commander of Hizbollah, was assassinated in Damascus. “The world is a better place without this man in it,” State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said: “one way or the other he wa...
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“Good News,” Iraq and Beyond.
2008-02-16
“Good News,” Iraq and Beyond Noam Chomsky ZNet , February 16, 2008 Not long ago, it was taken for granted that the Iraq war would be the central issue in the presidential campaign, as it was in the mid-term election of 2006. But it has virtually disappeared, eliciting some puzzlement. There should be none. Iraq remains...
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Where’s the Iraqi voice?
2008-02-01
Where’s the Iraqi voice? Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , February 1, 2008 THE US occupying army in Iraq (euphemistically called the Multi-National Force-Iraq) carries out extensive studies of popular attitudes. Its December 2007 report of a study of focus groups was uncharacteristically upbeat. The report concluded that t...
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We Own the World.
2008-01-01
We Own The World Noam Chomsky ZNet , January 1, 2008 You all know, of course, there was an election — what is called “an election” in the United States — last November. There was really one issue in the election, what to do about U.S. forces in Iraq and there was, by U.S. standards, an overwhelming vote calling for a w...
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Symposium on Margaret Boden, Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science.
2007-10-11
Symposium on Margaret Boden, Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science Noam Chomsky Artificial Intelligence 171 (2007), 1094-1103. When I was asked to join a symposium on Margaret Boden’s history of cognitive science, I demurred, explaining that I felt it was inappropriate, given the role assigned to me in her sa...
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Cold War II.
2007-08-27
Cold War II Noam Chomsky ZNet , August 27, 2007 These are exciting days in Washington, as the government directs its energies to the demanding task of “containing Iran” in what Washington Post correspondent Robin Wright, joining others, calls “Cold War II.” [1] During Cold War I, the task was to contain two awesome for...
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Guillotining Gaza.
2007-07-30
Guillotining Gaza Noam Chomsky Information Clearing House , July 30, 2007 The death of a nation is a rare and somber event. But the vision of a unified, independent Palestine threatens to be another casualty of a Hamas-Fatah civil war, stoked by Israel and its enabling ally the United States. Last month’s chaos may mar...
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Starving the Poor.
2007-05-15
Starving the Poor Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , May 15, 2007 The chaos that derives from the so-called international order can be painful if you are on the receiving end of the power that determines that order’s structure. Even tortillas come into play in the ungrand scheme of things. Recently, in many regions of Mexico...
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What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico?
2007-04-05
What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico? Noam Chomsky TomDispatch , April 5, 2007 Unsurprisingly, George W. Bush’s announcement of a “surge” in Iraq came despite the firm opposition to any such move of Americans and the even stronger opposition of the (thoroughly irrelevant) Iraqis. It was accompanied by ominous official leaks...
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In Memory of Tanya Reinhart.
2007-03-18
In Memory of Tanya Reinhart Noam Chomsky March 18, 2007 It is painful, and hard, to write about the loss of an old and cherished friend. Tanya Reinhart was just that. Tanya was a brilliant and creative scientist. I can express my own evaluation of her work most concisely by recalling that years ago, when I was thinking...
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South America: Toward an Alternative Future.
2007-01-05
South America: Toward an Alternative Future Noam Chomsky International Herald Tribune , January 5, 2007 Last month a coincidence of birth and death signaled a transition for South America and indeed for the world. The former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died even as leaders of South American nations concluded a tw...
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Latin America Declares Independence.
2006-10-03
Latin America Declares Independence Noam Chomsky International Herald Tribune , October 3, 2006 Five centuries after the European conquests, Latin America is reasserting its independence. In the southern cone especially, from Venezuela to Argentina, the region is rising to overthrow the legacy of external domination of...
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On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon.
2006-08-19
On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon Noam Chomsky Al-Adab , August 19, 2006 Though there are many interacting factors, the immediate issue that lies behind the latest US-Israeli invasion of Lebanon remains, I believe, what it was in the four preceding invasions: the Israel-Palestine conflict. In the most important cas...
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Solution in Sight.
2006-06-23
Solution in Sight Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , June 23, 2006 The urgency of halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and moving toward their elimination, could hardly be greater. Failure to do so is almost certain to lead to grim consequences, even the end of biology’s only experiment with higher intelligence. As ...
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A Just War? Hardly.
2006-05-09
A Just War? Hardly Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , May 9, 2006 Spurred by these times of invasions and evasions, discussion of “just war” has had a renaissance among scholars and even among policy-makers. Concepts aside, actions in the real world all too often reinforce the maxim of Thucydides that “The strong do as they ...
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Superpower and Failed States.
2006-04-05
Superpower and Failed States Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , April 5, 2006 The selection of issues that should rank high on the agenda of concern for human welfare and rights is, naturally, a subjective matter. But there are a few choices that seem unavoidable, because they bear so directly on the prospects for decent sur...
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The Israel Lobby?
2006-03-28
The Israel Lobby? Noam Chomsky ZNet , March 28, 2006 I’ve received many requests to comment on the article by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt (henceforth M-W), published in the London Review of Books, which has been circulating extensively on the internet and has elicited a storm of controversy. A few thoughts on the...
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Latin America and Asia Are at Last Breaking Free of Washington’s Grip.
2006-03-15
Latin America and Asia Are at Last Breaking Free of Washington’s Grip Noam Chomsky The Guardian , March 15, 2006 The prospect that Europe and Asia might move towards greater independence has troubled US planners since the second world war. The concerns have only risen as the “tripolar order” – Europe, North America and...
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New World Relationships.
2006-03-10
New World Relationships Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , March 10, 2006 The prospect that Europe and Asia might move toward greater independence has troubled US planners since World War II. The concerns have only risen as the ‘tripolar order’ — Europe, North America and Asia — has continued to evolve. Every day, Latin Amer...
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Beyond the Ballot.
2006-01-06
Beyond the Ballot Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , January 6, 2006 The US President Bush called last month’s Iraqi elections a “major milestone in the march to democracy.” They are indeed a milestone — just not the kind that Washington would welcome. Disregarding the standard declarations of benign intent on the part of le...
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We are All Complicit.
2006-01
We are All Complicit Noam Chomsky Prospect , January, 2006 [ Note : the published version is slightly truncated; the text reproduced below is Chomsky’s unabridged original] The article to which Chomsky is replying can be found at: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2005/11/forandagainstchomsky/ I turned with interest to...
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A Dangerous Neighbourhood.
2005-12-08
A Dangerous Neighbourhood Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , December 8, 2005 How Venezuela Is Keeping the Home Fires Burning in Massachusetts,” reads a recent full-page ad in major US newspapers from PDVSA, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, and CITGO, its Houston-based subsidiary. The ad describes a programme, encouraged...
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Intelligent Design?
2005-10-06
Intelligent Design? Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , October 6, 2005 President George W. Bush favours teaching both evolution and “Intelligent Design” in schools, “so people can know what the debate is about.” To proponents, Intelligent Design is the notion that the universe is too complex to have developed without a nudge...
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Wanted a Leader for America.
2005-10-05
Wanted a Leader for America Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , October 5, 2005 As the survivors of Hurricane Katrina try to piece their lives back together, it is all the clearer that a long-gathering storm of misguided policies and priorities preceded the tragedy. Government failures at home and the war in Iraq found a conf...
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We Must Act Now to Prevent Another Hiroshima — or Worse.
2005-08-07
We Must Act Now to Prevent Another Hiroshima — or Worse Noam Chomsky The Independent , August 7, 2005 This month’s anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prompts only the most sombre reflection and most fervent hope that the horror may never be repeated. In the subsequent 60 years, those bombings have ha...
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The Manipulation of Fear.
2005-07-16
The Manipulation of Fear Noam Chomsky Tehelka , 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 history provides many shocking illustrations. The mid-twentieth century witnessed ...
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It’s Imperialism, Stupid.
2005-07-04
It’s Imperialism, Stupid Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , July 4, 2005 In his June 28 speech, President Bush asserted that the invasion of Iraq was undertaken as part of “a global war against terror” that the United States is waging. In reality, as anticipated, the invasion increased the threat of terror, perhaps significa...
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The Social Security Non-Crisis.
2005-06-01
The Social Security Non-Crisis Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , June 1, 2005 In the debate over Social Security, US President Bush’s handlers have already won, at least in the short term. Bush and Karl Rove, his deputy chief of staff, have succeeded in convincing most of the US population that there is a serious problem wi...
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The Future of Iraq and U.S. Occupation.
2005-01-26
The Future of Iraq and U.S. Occupation Noam Chomsky International Relations Center , January 26, 2005 Let’s just imagine what the policies might be of an independent Iraq, independent, sovereign Iraq, let’s say more or less democratic, what are the policies likely to be? Well there’s going to be a Shiite majority, so t...
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Imperial Presidency.
2005-02
Imperial Presidency Noam Chomsky Canadian Dimension , January/February 2005 (Volume 39, Number 1) Based on a talk delivered in Toronto on November 4, 2004 It goes without saying that what happens in the US has an enormous impact on the rest of the world – and conversely: what happens in the rest of the world cannot fai...
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Simple Truths, Hard Problems.
2005-01
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On Colombia.
2004-12
On Colombia Noam Chomsky introduction to Doug Stokes America’s Other War: Terrorizing Colombia , Zed, December 2004 As I write, I have just received the most recent of the regular notices from the Jesuit-based human rights organization Justicia y Paz in Bogotà, directed by the courageous priest Father Javier Giraldo, o...
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2004 Elections.
2004
2004 Elections Noam Chomsky ZNet , November 29, 2004 The elections of November 2004 have received a great deal of discussion, with exultation in some quarters, despair in others, and general lamentation about a “divided nation.” They are likely to have policy consequences, particularly harmful to the public in the dome...
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Reshaping History.
2004
Reshaping History Noam Chomsky Al-Ahram Weekly , November 18-24, 2004 “Since the issue of Palestinian national rights in a Palestinian state reached the agenda of diplomacy in the mid-1970s, ‘the prime obstacle to its realization’, unambiguously, has been the United States government, with the Times staking a claim to ...
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The Disconnect in US Democracy.
2004-10-29
The Disconnect in US Democracy Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , October 29, 2004 Americans may be encouraged to vote, but not to participate more meaningfully in the political arena. Essentially the election is a method of marginalising the population. A huge propaganda campaign is mounted to get people to focus on these p...
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Understanding the Bush Doctrine.
2004-10-02
Understanding the Bush Doctrine Noam Chomsky Information Clearing House , October 2, 2004 Perhaps the most most threatening document of our time is the U.S. National Security Strategy of September 2002. Its implementation in Iraq has already taken countless lives and shaken the international system to the core. In the ...
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From Central America to Iraq.
2004-08-06
From Central America to Iraq Noam Chomsky Khaleej Times , August 6, 2004 ONE moral truism that should not provoke controversy is the principle of universality: We should apply to ourselves the same standards we apply to others – in fact, more stringent ones. Commonly, if states have the power to do so with impunity, th...
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How America Determines Friends and Foes.
2004-03-14
How America Determines Friends and Foes Noam Chomsky The Toronto Star , March 14, 2004 Every self-respecting president has a doctrine attached to his name. The core principle of the Bush II doctrine is that the United States must “rid the world of evil,” as the president said right after 9/11. A special responsibility ...
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US-Haiti.
2004-03-09
US-Haiti Noam Chomsky US-Haiti , March 9, 2004 Those who have any concern for Haiti will naturally want to understand how its most recent tragedy has been unfolding. And for those who have had the privilege of any contact with the people of this tortured land, it is not just natural but inescapable. Nevertheless, we ma...
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A Wall as a Weapon.
2004-02-23
A Wall as a Weapon Noam Chomsky The New York Times , February 23, 2004 It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else. Careful scrutiny is always in order. Israel’s so-called security fence, which is the subject of he...
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What a Fair Trial for Saddam Would Entail.
2004-01-25
What a Fair Trial for Saddam Would Entail Noam Chomsky The Toronto Star , January 25, 2004 The long, tortuous association between Saddam Hussein and the West raises questions about what issues — and embarrassments — may surface at a tribunal. In a (virtually unimaginable) fair trial for Saddam, a defence attorney could...
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