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997c80e924f596dd | articles | Preface to Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice. | 2004-01-05 | Preface to Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice Noam Chomsky’s Preface to Rudolf Rocker’s Anarcho-Syndicalism January 5, 2004. Digital Text International . The publication of Rudolf Rocker’s Anarcho-Syndicalism , after far too many years, is an event of much importance for people who are concerned with problems of ... | 4,824 | b553682dd6c021973489f64a8b78305778a09d1e30998fe9edbafc97d7084418 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
76776928a10a01b2 | articles | Selective Memory and a Dishonest Doctrine. | 2003-12-21 | Selective Memory and a Dishonest Doctrine Noam Chomsky The Toronto Star , December 21, 2003 All people who have any concern for human rights, justice and integrity should be overjoyed by the capture of Saddam Hussein, and should be awaiting a fair trial for him by an international tribunal. An indictment of Saddam’s at... | 5,841 | 8a3f4aee76a9052f0527adba6cfbacba9a52d0928a37aa5a6edb86aff7079f32 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
81b97022f2c1b3ef | articles | The Iraq War and Contempt for Democracy. | 2003-10-31 | The Iraq War and Contempt for Democracy Noam Chomsky ZNet , October 31, 2003 Establishment critics of the war on Iraq restricted their comments regarding the attack to the administration arguments they took to be seriously intended: disarmament, deterrence, and links to terrorism. They scarcely made reference to libera... | 9,051 | 746d49dcf080418d670c0166ac6b3124bdeaf889138403c3b39d5f1ac642a5a1 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0cbf1b414b47d6e1 | articles | Dominance and its Dilemmas. | 2003-10 | Dominance and its Dilemmas Noam Chomsky Boston Review , October, 2003 The past year has been a momentous one in world affairs. In the normal rhythm of political life, the pattern was set in September of 2002, a month marked by several important and closely related events. The most powerful state in history announced a ... | 20,767 | f5627f0294b89f0dc2b71ec517b351882025a38c189d5285e38c70fa95baf3c9 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
d31bd61bf58445c7 | articles | Reasons to Fear U.S. | 2003-09-07 | Reasons to Fear U.S. Noam Chomsky The Toronto Star , September 7, 2003 Amid the aftershocks of recent suicide bombings in Baghdad and Najaf, and countless other horrors since Sept. 11, 2001, it is easy to understand why many believe that the world has entered a new and frightening “age of terror,” the title of a recent... | 5,915 | 2db539a01fd9f6a690b4114cb606cbeb5d7676a1c575e3cd1f19791cad9a6daa | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ce1f06dd54c2849f | articles | Preventive War ‘the Supreme Crime’. | 2003-08-11 | Preventive War ‘the Supreme Crime’ Noam Chomsky ZNet , August 11, 2003 September 2002 was marked by three events of considerable importance, closely related. The most powerful state in history announced a new National Security Strategy asserting that it will maintain global hegemony permanently. Any challenge will be b... | 16,111 | 0a0dcbdc814ba261b1bf4ff2be8b38664ae2242a8699a4f2cd2d6db4cd3507e8 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
d372518aa1462d08 | articles | Deep Concerns. | 2003-03-20 | Deep Concerns Noam Chomsky ZNet , March 20, 2003 At this grim moment, we can do nothing to stop the ongoing invasion. But that does not mean that the task is over for people who have some concern for justice, freedom, and human rights. Far from it. The tasks will be more urgent than before, whatever the outcome of the ... | 7,761 | 8ba7b4d4727919950d00e1331e1121ce6455d11df0adde8913c0838b9af0a120 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e230f84a434dc5d3 | articles | The Case Against US Adventurism in Iraq. | 2003-03-13 | The Case Against US Adventurism in Iraq Noam Chomsky Star Tribune , March 13, 2003 powerful state in history has proclaimed that it intends to control the world by force, the dimension in which it reigns supreme. President Bush and his cohorts evidently believe that the means of violence in their hands are so extraordi... | 5,562 | 263737c0044efae85252abbf7b02d060bc666d78ffab27bfbf7450869415eb86 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
9ff44dd7511c5c39 | articles | Wars of Terror. | 2003-03 | Wars of Terror Noam Chomsky New Political Science , March, 2003 It is widely argued that the September 11 terrorist attacks have changed the world dramatically, that nothing will be the same as the world enters into a new and frightening “age of terror”—the title of a collection of academic essays by Yale University sc... | 52,011 | 55f3ef9540a9a4f530e0707c07af0830892100532fc6dd05b2007eec39e6f223 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
013ddaa38d60b559 | articles | The People in Gravest Danger. | 2003-03-01 | The People in Gravest Danger Noam Chomsky New Humanist , March 1, 2003 It is hard to rank the likely victims of a war in Iraq, but there can be little doubt that the 4 million Kurds of Iraq, who for the moment have achieved unusual progress in the northern enclaves under the uneasy alliance of Masoud Barzani and Jalal ... | 8,261 | a6e465adf258818bae998f921b65c35ce2cac56c8c91482977cc1590dda1c675 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e5028aa1598d013a | articles | Human Rights Week 2002. | 2002 | Human Rights Week 2002 Noam Chomsky ZNet , December 28, 2002 Human Rights Week is not much of an occasion in the US, with some notable qualifications. But it does receive considerable attention elsewhere. For me personally, Human Rights Week 2002 was memorable and poignant. The week opened on the eve of Human Rights Da... | 15,578 | 090790b03164fc87e0850da65615c3dd37b6896146dd71e1c5c1357406cd0421 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
6b97acb629643e9e | articles | A Modest Proposal. | 2002-12-03 | A Modest Proposal Noam Chomsky ZNet , December 3, 2002 The dedicated efforts of the Bush administration to take control of Iraq — by war, military coup, or some other means — have elicited various analyses of the guiding motives. Offering one interpretation, Anatol Lieven of the Carnegie Endowment for International Pea... | 14,006 | 735f6348ad44bed346fdb92bc4fb9c2b633c5bfeacbed0cf278170c108413eed | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ee507c0e1bb95785 | articles | Drain the Swamp and There Will Be No More Mosquitoes. | 2002-09-09 | Drain the Swamp and There Will Be No More Mosquitoes Noam Chomsky The Guardian , September 9, 2002 September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that we... | 6,845 | efa70daddd2e7c9272604fd34b40360517588866a045ab6a784c033d318d94ab | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
cf36d3b6048883db | articles | What Americans Have Learnt –and not Learnt– Since 9/11. | 2002-09-07 | What Americans Have Learnt –and not Learnt– Since 9/11 Noam Chomsky The Age , September 7, 2002 September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the United States Government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion... | 6,950 | 2bc9921dfef293c11cd63207ac86f048674619b2a8bd1861f41e737fe3d0f8c0 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
103b06918545d814 | articles | The Crimes of ‘Intcom’. | 2002-09 | The Crimes of ‘Intcom’ Noam Chomsky Foreign Policy , September, 2002 The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein readers to attend to the use of a phrase in order to determine its meaning. Adopting that suggestion, one regularly discovers that terms of political discourse are used with a doctrinal meaning that is crucially dif... | 7,000 | fcf35273b8ef2b450bfb573877072fb500abdfe1f0d31c90a788cea212ce68eb | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
a9369ddbb331480a | articles | Mirror Crack’d. | 2002-09 | Mirror Crack’d Noam Chomsky Outlook India , September, 2002 It is widely argued that the September 11 terrorist attacks have changed the world dramatically, that nothing will be the same as the world enters into an “age of terror” — the title of a collection of academic essays by Yale University scholars and others, wh... | 14,077 | 8a720f9bbcfd7e14fc77bd79249b68c3efd758e8a9ad01c5beaae51dfe6246ef | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
b127a357a83eee82 | articles | Terror and Just Response. | 2002-07-02 | Terror and Just Response Noam Chomsky ZNet , July 2, 2002 September 11 will surely go down in the annals of terrorism as a defining moment. Throughout the world, the atrocities were condemned as grave crimes against humanity, with near-universal agreement that all states must act to “rid the world of evildoers,” that “... | 47,597 | 586de84ab889d4069d79fc88617bdedc829fb651a93d6165a1c92a61c217857a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
76ee35da17ac0501 | articles | Constructive Action? | 2002-05-11 | Constructive Action? Noam Chomsky Red Pepper , May 11, 2002 A year ago, the Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that “what we feared has come true … War appears an unavoidable fate”, an “evil colonial” war. His colleague Ze’ev Sternhell noted that the Israeli leadership was now engaged in “colonial... | 8,046 | e9a8b428561aba404f476f1d19e17af3e3e0f9059ae7b6aabc0c62d753d23c47 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
00944685e97209e9 | articles | Who are the Global Terrorists? | 2002-05 | Who are the Global Terrorists? Noam Chomsky Ken Booth & Tim Dunne (eds.), Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order , Palgrave Macmillan, May, 2002 After the atrocities of 11 September, the victim declared a “war on terrorism,” targeting not just the suspected perpetrators, but the country in which the... | 25,784 | bd6d14a2989464e3d22ffeb42e1f0c34a8cc87bfed9538a95315a87e71a0a79e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
9df02c478a903347 | articles | Back in the USA. | 2002-05 | Back in the USA Noam Chomsky Red Pepper , May, 2002 A year ago, Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that “What we feared has come true.” Jews and Palestinians are “regressing to superstitious tribalism… War appears an unavoidable fate,” an “evil colonial” war. After Israel’s invasion of the refugee... | 14,791 | 6fd761034901dc2e106417119afece0964b75eb9a257f7b638b72f4978554398 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
23a96224949219cd | articles | The War In Afghanistan. | 2002-02-01 | The War In Afghanistan Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February 1, 2002 The threat of international terrorism is surely severe. The horrendous events of September 11 had perhaps the most devastating instant human toll on record, outside of war. The word “instant” should not be overlooked; regrettably, the crime is far from u... | 25,879 | a51487ff5e2a9cca8e4dee0766f5fa775268b38a68eb6a473ff835f9c8a11854 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
5a5756f1adc80174 | articles | A Quick Reaction. | 2001-09-12 | A Quick Reaction Noam Chomsky CounterPunch , September 12, 2001 The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. In terms of number of victims they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton’s bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing... | 3,157 | f45faf6e65201071c051d6ebe422cc7ae9299b71433e930dc57e25976fa218d3 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
a01292031bef2676 | articles | Neocolonial Invitation to a Tribal War. | 2001-08-13 | Neocolonial Invitation to a Tribal War Noam Chomsky Los Angeles Times , August 13, 2001 “What we feared has come true,” Israeli sociologist Baruch Kimmerling writes in Israel’s leading newspaper. Jews and Palestinians are “regressing to superstitious tribalism…. War appears an unavoidable fate,” an “evil colonial” war.... | 5,204 | 8756588ac54ff49c15dda57949c34bb6627901ab9d30aa25e8b863a8bd26d262 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
76fb5149ae098c7a | articles | A Review of NATO’s War over Kosovo. | 2001-05 | A Review of NATO’s War over Kosovo Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , April-May, 2001 The tumult having subsided, it should be possible to undertake a relatively dispassionate review and analysis of NATO’s war over Kosovo. One might have expected the theme to have dominated the year-end millennarianism, considering the exuberan... | 54,155 | 37704e7c8eb5959185d13d470231ea2453c0d5fb4c1f8f9176e405a45045c4cb | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3347159c6b07a12d | articles | Introduction: Project Censored 25th Anniversary. | 2001 | Introduction: Project Censored 25th Anniversary Noam Chomsky In Peter Phillips (ed.), Project Censored 2001 , Seven Stories Press, April, 2001 A review of the stories that have been selected by Project Censored over 25 years reveals several clear patterns. The stories are of considerable interest to the media constitue... | 23,168 | 7ed4ca87113ce0630a7f6e99ef1e3ab0da666a86ebe5a6c3db5e3ad1ba61d6ff | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
fb3a6feee24200fb | articles | Voting Patterns and Abstentions. | 2001-02 | Voting Patterns and Abstentions Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February, 2001 In commenting on the November 2000 elections ( Z January), I only hinted at important considerations that lend further insight into the functioning of contemporary democracy: patterns of voting and abstention. Useful information on these matters h... | 7,362 | f93b258746aa145a77abf19da5cfa5fa43ccc0c005119d4c06da166cb0441ddb | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
cd8248bfc2a51733 | articles | How US Democracy Triumphed Again. | 2001-01-14 | How US Democracy Triumphed Again Noam Chomsky The Independent , January 14, 2001 The US presidential election was a virtual statistical tie, with estimated differences well within the expected error range. A victor had to be chosen, and much attention has been devoted to what the process revealed about the state of Ame... | 7,347 | 8f2af8a907c889694684125cf93ac51a7209080ce873b73fda0a568f0b7737f2 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
422a3cc5848e094b | articles | Elections 2000. | 2000 | Elections 2000 Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , January, 2001 The most striking fact about the November 2000 elections is that they were a statistical tie (for Congress as well, virtually). The most interesting question is what this shows, if anything, about the state of functioning democracy. For many commentators, the fact ... | 15,558 | 143d9814302126ae1e28f7bd7cbeb3cc73a462fa2ffcef754939978e7c97ff0a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
b0995e8ce2aa9c4e | articles | Blinded by the Truth. | 2000-11 | Blinded by the Truth Noam Chomsky Al-Ahram Weekly , November 2-8, 2000 After three weeks of virtual war in the Israeli-occupied territories, Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced a new plan to determine the final status of the region. During these weeks, over 100 Palestinians were killed, including 30 children, often by ... | 17,089 | c3fb6fef45c15b6a08e2b4dd2fd0fb3ce27741a57d17b822e644dd8f5e3603e1 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ddf0045d6da051fc | articles | The Colombia Plan: April 2000. | 2000-04 | The Colombia Plan: April 2000 Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , June, 2000 In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of U.S. military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). The figure is scheduled to increase sharply with the anticipated passage of Clinton’s Colombia Plan, a... | 38,930 | fe6f6264f2f87645ff66c51671cfa8669656dc65686d77d1b74f100e40b48799 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
179770e1f7213e1f | articles | Green Light for War Crimes. | 2000-05 | Green Light for War Crimes Noam Chomsky The Little Magazine , May 2000 It is not easy to write with feigned calm and dispassion about the events that unfolded in East Timor in 1999. Horror and shame are compounded by the fact that the crimes are so familiar and could so easily have been terminated. That has been true e... | 58,488 | 167f47f08f87aaac89da8738e7a2c55b69082745699906a6d72251471a67e00c | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f3bfec664ac4a8aa | articles | Another Way For Kosovo? | 2000-03-14 | Another Way For Kosovo? Noam Chomsky Le Monde diplomatique , March 14, 2000 Kosovo was an extremely ugly place last year. About 2000 people were killed according to NATO, mostly Albanians, in the course of a bitter struggle that began in February with Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) actions that the United States denounce... | 13,068 | 9eebeb7aa4590130ba38e0b5b85ffe2085316d27d39965402d1110fa0508ada7 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
39424cc5e4992868 | articles | Thoughts Of A Secular Sufi. | 2000 | Thoughts Of A Secular Sufi Noam Chomsky Eqbal Ahmad’s website , 2000 Inevitably, reading Eqbal Ahmad’s words evokes the presence of the person – treasured friend, trusted comrade, counsellor and teacher. The unforgettable voice, beautifully captured in these interviews, is rich with learning, understanding, and compass... | 8,138 | 29baf4827ec2ed71580f139077a15f207d5a7ce0d5631dad7006f5e61b3eb33a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
fe7829a6583abcc0 | articles | East Timor Questions & Answers. | 1999-10 | East Timor Questions & Answers Stephen R. Shalom, Noam Chomsky, & Michael Albert Z Magazine , October, 1999 1. What was U.S. policy toward Indonesia In the aftermath of World War II, U.S. policy toward the Asian colonies of the European powers followed a simple rule: where the nationalists in a territory were leftist (... | 21,185 | 6556a1d0b8d76c26e8b6ccc20c7b135fea290454a9e0aa0b1f6b2a56750b0266 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
5b60e8fa5a8faede | articles | East Timor Retrospective. | 1999-10 | East Timor Retrospective Noam Chomsky Le Monde diplomatique , October, 1999 It is not easy to write with feigned calm and dispassion about the events that have been unfolding in East Timor. Horror and shame are compounded by the fact that the crimes are so familiar and could so easily have been terminated by the intern... | 16,781 | 7ddd481248fc3d425f56a1d4b0bd3f2013a628c7a1bdf152915bc925f557c53f | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
84b59d2bd8ce7005 | articles | East Timor. | 1999-09-10 | East Timor: Comments On the Occasion of the Forthcoming APEC Summit Noam Chomsky ZNet , September 10, 1999 There are many topics of major long-term significance that should be addressed at the APEC conference, but one is of consuming importance and overwhelming urgency. We all know exactly what it is, and why it must b... | 15,025 | 34aca61819ac6349ddf1bf8495aa75c1e2ee248e303a048b9e077cf8237e6ec4 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
a243932a5d5f5b10 | articles | Domestic Terrorism. | 1999-09 | Domestic Terrorism: Notes on the State System of Oppression Noam Chomsky New Political Science , Volume 21, Number 3 (September, 1999), pp. 303-324 Beginning in the fall of 1971, some curious events took place in Detroit, Michigan. In late October, lists of supporters, contributors, and subscribers to the party newspap... | 78,625 | bc6bf8221db03a5e90a0379f296f6b09c25609711ea9b9444e32c1dc96d8ca22 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e4d029a8eb71ae5b | articles | Why Americans Should Care about East Timor. | 1999-08-26 | Why Americans Should Care about East Timor Noam Chomsky Mother Jones , August 26, 1999 There are three good reasons why Americans should care about East Timor. First, since the Indonesian invasion of December 1975, East Timor has been the site of some of the worst atrocities of the modern era — atrocities which are mou... | 11,097 | c6a2835a5ea7e09b5ef955616b5abcb64762dfde78089f270ddad404cd29e0ec | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
7c5440d4b880b34d | articles | Kosovo Peace Accord. | 1999-07 | Kosovo Peace Accord Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , July, 1999 On March 24, U.S.-led NATO air forces began to pound the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FYR, Serbia and Montenegro), including Kosovo, which NATO regards as a province of Serbia. On June 3, NATO and Serbia reached a Peace Accord. The U.S. declared victory, havin... | 23,654 | 7f3c658ff883e021a8709ef2df7f20c00a60a7e74bea6c851759e749aa7d17fa | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
4fcb7dbd2b954efd | articles | Crisis in the Balkans. | 1999-05 | Crisis in the Balkans Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1999 O n March 24, U.S.-led NATO forces launched cruise missiles and bombs at targets in Yugoslavia, “plunging America into a military conflict that President Clinton said was necessary to stop ethnic cleansing and bring stability to Eastern Europe,” lead stories in ... | 43,102 | f4e12446587533f069778df63015d04905651d737a4baefa2eada95d052b8f76 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0f849b7c3a017e9f | articles | The Current Bombings: Behind the Rhetoric. | 1999-03 | The Current Bombings: Behind the Rhetoric Noam Chomsky ZNet , March, 1999 There have been many inquiries concerning NATO (meaning primarily US) bombing in connection with Kosovo. A great deal has been written about the topic, including Znet commentaries. I’d like to make a few general observations, keeping to facts tha... | 21,471 | 64441c0972d6541942f84a519b578cd452455b2432aafff203ca21cd9a9db163 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
132dc6e943864951 | articles | The US and the "Challenge of Relativity". | 1998-11 | The United States and the “Challenge of Relativity” Noam Chomsky In Tony Evans (ed.), Human Rights Fifty Years on: A Reappraisal , Manchester University Press, November, 1998 The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 constituted a step forward in the slow progress towards protection... | 72,643 | 7ed7a4a6b18b111ed813ac1a28aae8d9fe2968e6a549595ae580107aa14d84ea | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3a93438096455346 | articles | A Century Later. | 1998-09 | A Century Later Noam Chomsky Peace Review , September, 1998 Norman Graebner opens a major review of U.S. diplomatic history with the observation that “1898 was a turning point in the history of the Republic.” For a century, Americans had, as Thomas Bailey wrote in 1969, “concentrated on the task of felling trees and In... | 19,556 | 0eb1d6b3847c965b8c7bcb20f19bbfd00e08d6fc0c1da1b28e54c9356d9ed2d9 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e518258bf65ee54d | articles | Hordes of Vigilantes & Popular Elements Defeat MAI, for Now. | 1998-08 | Hordes of Vigilantes & Popular Elements Defeat MAI, for Now Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , August, 1998 This is a follow-up to my article on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) in the May issue . That went to press a few weeks before the April 27 target date for signing of the MAI by the OECD countries. At the ti... | 15,518 | 7f8c8dec003de38cde168641322d0a37ffa964b07a8db3d6c0148e3cb699f13a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0ce8a78000bdd9b8 | articles | Jubilee 2000. | 2000 | Jubilee 2000 Noam Chomsky ZNet , May 15, 1998 The Jubilee 2000 call for debt cancellation is welcome and merits support, but is open to some qualifications. The debt does not go away. Someone pays, and the historical record generally confirms what a rational look at the structure of power would suggest: risks tend to b... | 12,426 | ec6aae64bcbcbe531239eb9486c1fd84905fedde07dd26180d435a676db6656d | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
c8e079cdeba71a52 | articles | Domestic Constituencies. | 1998-05 | Domestic Constituencies Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1998 Let’s begin with some simple points, assuming conditions that now prevail–not, of course, the terminus of the unending struggle for freedom and justice. There is a “public arena” in which, in principle, individuals can participate in decisions that involve the... | 43,032 | 3a35ea0afe995d17f22ebf7d869071f024bf36df62aa9dbbc821b88dd9790233 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
55e506a8b38b8a15 | articles | Rogue States. | 1998-04 | Rogue States Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , April, 1998 The concept of “rogue state” plays a pre-eminent role today in policy planning and analysis. The current Iraq crisis is only the latest example. Washington and London declared Iraq a “rogue state,” a threat to its neighbors and to the entire world, an “outlaw nation” l... | 59,462 | 1e4e5abdc912a2d0605c6200ea7e4292fcdc39e9ea9237a8ce18327e514d7279 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ce6e652c070dafc2 | articles | Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality. | 1997-11 | Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , November, 1997 I have been asked to speak on some aspect of academic or human freedom, an invitation that offers many choices. I will keep to some simple ones. Freedom without opportunity is a devil’s gift, and the refusal to provid... | 93,985 | f487836bd29cc8ed96bfe43aeffa3966b56a696ffe54d17a096ea44cde980f34 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f8a02ffd6669cb0b | articles | What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream. | 1997-10 | What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , October, 1997 Part of the reason why I write about the media is because I am interested in the whole intellectual culture, and the part of it that is easiest to study is the media. It comes out every day. You can do a systematic investigation. You can com... | 25,973 | 970c647796ca43a76e104e5ad070562b3f281be6a6d95d57b812bf81d6576e8e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
7d39d37f527c2122 | articles | The Passion for Free Markets. | 1997-05 | The Passion for Free Markets Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1997 For more than half a century, the United Nations has been the main forum for the United States to try to create a world in its image, maneuvering with its allies to forge global accords about human rights, nuclear tests or the environment that Washington ... | 42,059 | fab1ff1277de6d37f3bdafaeb43e95f192a1024e79058d763fcae5f10ce18437 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
52815adaf6612f3d | articles | The Culture of Fear. | 1996-07 | The Culture of Fear Noam Chomsky In Javier Giraldo, Colombia: The Genocidal Democracy , Common Courage Press, July, 1996 North American readers of Father Giraldo’s documentation of the reign of terror that engulfed Colombia during the “Dirty War” waged by the state security forces and their paramilitary associates from... | 17,991 | 33134cd0876dd2b41b16e13b5abc5b3b486a338e17e497d5068412e44b100323 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f20402ff8d0e9aa9 | articles | Old Wine in New Bottles: A Bitter Taste. | 1996-06 | Old Wine in New Bottles: A Bitter Taste Noam Chomsky Electronic Journal of Radical Organization Theory , June, 1996 Just as Jane Kelsey’s illuminating study of “the New Zealand Experiment” was about to appear, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London published the 75th Anniversary issue of its journal Int... | 35,639 | fad66da1a61b33cbd0e3a018b9b5b6d5c9ae551252c8e51ab2f9f3952abf279e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
fb10211e289051ae | articles | Israel, Lebanon, and the “Peace Process”. | 1996-04-23 | Israel, Lebanon, and the “Peace Process” Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , April 23, 1996 Lebanon has been a victim of the Arab-Israel conflict for half a century. In 1948, and again in 1967, it was a dumping ground for Palestinians who fled or were expelled by the Israeli army. Their right to return or compensation is written... | 8,238 | cf1ae3188b29f7e46b9a1fab2d5e8955b4dadfde0c5d65f232c296893ec0c2ea | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0323a1cf28c5ebcd | articles | Review of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S Truman by Alonzo L Hamby. | 1996-03-08 | Review of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S Truman by Alonzo L Hamby Noam Chomsky The Guardian , March 8, 1996 Harry Truman is a marvellous subject for a serious biography and after decades of ‘scholarly engagement’ with the subject, Alonzo Hamby is well qualified to write one. As he says, Truman was a ‘man of the p... | 7,730 | 46c401f04aea1f7bb0cba52df057108b82625503bd351bb4f4b1429ee3c750b0 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3f724f037d932007 | articles | Eastern Exposure: Misrepresenting the Peace Process. | 1996-02-06 | Eastern Exposure: Misrepresenting the Peace Process Noam Chomsky The Village Voice Literary Supplement , February 6, 1996 Norman Finkelstein’s study of the image and reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the disparity between them, could hardly have been better timed. It appeared just as international attention... | 22,660 | 9a866b8b6a64624ce59870f2c9c9e21eb13db9c6953063fac0a56ea15a031a38 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3ff4ed5f70941aec | articles | A Painful Peace. | 1996-01 | A Painful Peace Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , January, 1996 Sometimes it requires judgment to select the lead stories of the day, but in November 1995 it’s easy enough: on the domestic front, balancing the budget; in the international arena, the Middle East peace process, framed by two dramatic events, the signing of the O... | 66,593 | a41217b67db285a5d780c8370c94436c12900220c9b89943ba30bfb89eba7522 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e4e4f53fcf2aa2f8 | articles | Guilt of War Belongs to All. | 1995-07-30 | Guilt of War Belongs to All Noam Chomsky The Observer , July 30, 1995 The year 1995 is one of memories, and for some, regrets and apologies as well. The victors of the Second World War have ruled out any apology or expression of remorse for the atomic bombings or other actions, but Japan has repeatedly been condemned f... | 8,894 | 0e031d17be16809f231b20f755ca6b37604f29f37892e48d20646337f3859594 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3b5a3001b7b684ce | articles | Memories. | 1995-08 | Memories Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , July-August, 1995 The year 1995 is a season of memories, and for some, regrets and apologies as well. Visiting China in May, Japanese Prime Minister Maruyama marked the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II by expressing “sincere repentance for our past,…including aggression and... | 63,685 | 89d8391bd2e8b843a329dde495d5981d7f030cabd28e03f7bb58b794d52e7cec | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
410f5229bd613646 | articles | Rollback. | 1995-05 | Rollback Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , January-May, 1995 Part I January, 1995 The elections of 1994 are described as a “political earthquake,” a “triumph of conservatism” that reflects the continuing “drift to the right” on the part of the American population. The victorious Gingrich army of well-trained, well-funded “cons... | 180,848 | 2d91c131f602d84158639e5db7cdf1270ec2ee87e2ed3fd83f1789951a27e143 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0ecf2bac5b80198f | articles | Introduction. | 1995 | Introduction Noam Chomsky In Juan Pablo Ordoñez, No Human Being Is Disposable , Columbia Human Rights Committee, Washington DC, 1995 Two facts about Colombia are crucial to bear in mind. The first is that Colombia has a horrendous human rights record, the worst in the hemisphere – not an easy prize to win. Political ki... | 38,383 | dc68c73bf1d5f214a08b472b25764ab6a69aceb2363a4699ecbd73602a33c882 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
d97dfdf281912ecb | articles | Rationality/Science. | 1995 | Rationality/Science Noam Chomsky Z Papers Special Issue , 1995 THIS DISCUSSION involves people with a large range of shared aspirations and commitments; in some cases at least, friends who have worked and struggled together for many years. I hope, then, that I can be quite frank. And personal, since to be honest, I don... | 29,424 | f09b43b971062507d41c2d749af1aef781b12070e74195a8b0d78ba95de2cdb5 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
43c7b0efff06d9a5 | articles | Democracy Restored. | 1994-11 | Democracy Restored Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , November, 1994 1. The Anniversary Celebration On September 30, the third anniversary of the military coup that overthrew the elected government of Haiti in 1991, jubilant crowds marched peacefully to celebrate the restoration of democracy, encouraged by the official U.S. dec... | 65,486 | 415e536137c5d5f7ce5b08304fdd7e99d23f941fd3a9f373b7e4567953ebaffe | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
daf4fec80fa7df6a | articles | An Island Lies Bleeding. | 1994-07-05 | An Island Lies Bleeding Noam Chomsky The Guardian , July 5, 1994 In the annals of crime of this terrible century, Indonesia’s assault against East Timor ranks high, not only because of its scale – perhaps the greatest death toll relative to the population since the Holocaust – but because it would have been so easy to ... | 12,371 | ff0907e3b41f15f50fcfcfd7e6614771acd9e28835f71684c973cc2e78fbc8e2 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e39c8a581a4a06f0 | articles | On The U.S. Human Rights Record. | 1994-07 | On The U.S. Human Rights Record Noam Chomsky The New Statesman , July, 1994 There’s a conventional doctrine about the era that we are entering and the promise that it is supposed to afford. In brief, the story is that the good guys won the cold war shoot-out and they’re firmly in the saddle. There may be some rough ter... | 12,402 | e02f2cd376ab18214d6541e601fbd6d22ced316643a997aabd8c08b66d75086a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
057db25ff5ed3c92 | articles | Democracy Enhancement. | 1994-08 | Democracy Enhancement Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May-August, 1994 Part I May, 1994 We are approaching the five-year mark since the fall of the Berlin wall, which marked the definitive end of the Cold War. At last the United States was freed from the burden of defending the world against Russian aggression and could retu... | 143,857 | 282b7ae823371bab61c7244059648eea37b1a03f4aba78380b7c6c3adc6482f6 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
63e996b2ff88edda | articles | The Clinton Vision: Update. | 1994-01 | The Clinton Vision: Update Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , January, 1994 1. Clinton’s Bottom Line November 17 was a grand day in the career of Bill Clinton, the day when he proved that he is a man of firm principle, and that his “vision” — the term has become a journalistic reflex — has real substance. “President Emerges As ... | 51,388 | e0074bcfee63f2a83efc194cda2d26fbf9381a01bb53adb0ced05cde353ec852 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
9078678aa881d592 | articles | Humanitarian Intervention. | 1993-12 | Humanitarian Intervention Noam Chomsky Boston Review , December, 1993 – January, 1994 The first question that comes to mind about “humanitarian intervention” is whether the category exists. Are states moral agents? Or were Machiavelli, Adam Smith, and a host of others correct in concluding that they commonly act in the... | 28,090 | 8f7d17cd05a7d8b3e6ad643d38df2f945cdb000a729be2c40e51cf65e2954acb | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
bd75bbe5d66a10c4 | articles | The Clinton Vision. | 1993-12 | The Clinton Vision Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , December, 1993 At the end of September, the Clinton Administration finally addressed “the vision thing” in the domain of foreign policy, with major addresses by the President and Secretary of State, and of particular significance, by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, w... | 72,436 | 2462dcf2ecaf60845bff2966a62d39e10a758e2183cce1c0a56b710607c755a1 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
796353a580b3b940 | articles | The Israel-Arafat Agreement. | 1993-10 | The Israel-Arafat Agreement Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , October, 1993 On August 30, the Israeli Cabinet approved a draft agreement on “Palestinian self-rule” that had been reached by the government of Israel and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat’s personal representatives. Parts of the agreement have not been revealed or are no... | 25,258 | 723541c948e5ce00feac3aeefa05707e36084fb1b0d26e502f3475f2831e26af | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
72cab649321fa89b | articles | “Limited War” in Lebanon. | 1993-09 | “Limited War” in Lebanon Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , September, 1993 On July 25, Israel launched what the press described as its “biggest military assault on Lebanon” since the 1982 invasion. The assault was provoked by guerrilla attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, killing seven Israeli soldiers. By the time a... | 36,465 | 1d72ad15cd6b5a9a86bf3bef3be888a1785c18e86d52d3f51aff4e16ed9b9cc8 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
d3fd1424d6df291c | articles | No Longer Safe. | 1993-05 | No Longer Safe Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1993 1. “The Current Crisis in the Middle East” For some time, I’ve been compelled to arrange speaking engagements long in advance. Sometimes a title is requested for a talk scheduled several years ahead. There is, I’ve found, one title that always works: “The current crisi... | 57,354 | 2694f5423b464ba847fb77d72709330a32b1379051c58f0befe5d5d4a7b67cc0 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f7490729ff6c4115 | articles | Notes of NAFTA: “The Masters of Man”. | 1993-03 | Notes of NAFTA: “The Masters of Man” Noam Chomsky The Nation , March, 1993 Throughout history, Adam Smith observed, we find the workings of “the vile maxim of the masters of mankind”: “All for ourselves, and nothing for other People.” He had few illusions about the consequences. The invisible hand, he wrote, will destr... | 16,576 | 68a78ba31d0b75d2a0f6ae5ed69fdc25fec25ca7bac5a9b1c2d82037bad7223e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
331561ed98c9e77f | articles | “Mandate for Change,” or Business as Usual. | 1993-02 | “Mandate for Change,” or Business as Usual Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February, 1993 As the victors were recovering from the celebration of their electoral triumph in November, the front-page headlines read: “The Economy: Aides plan a scaled-back early agenda.” “A group of aides to President-elect Bill Clinton is prepar... | 61,064 | dee652facb1b048e67ef91458f8d7b48afb570c43038fa5aca2ae0e20f08cd6a | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0bfcc13d81464ab4 | articles | Vain Hopes, False Dreams. | 1992-09 | Vain Hopes, False Dreams Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , September, 1992 In the July/August issue of Z, several articles dealt with the deterioration of conditions of life in American society and the loss of hope, trust, or even expectations for the political system. Reviewing some of these all-too-obvious elements of the cu... | 72,660 | 8c7c50e6675d6a4e7fe10a6ba15ed368756780d5dea6810d4148a235d75001ee | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
9c153c22b0e8e569 | articles | International Terrorism: Image and Reality. | 1991-12 | International Terrorism: Image and Reality Noam Chomsky In Alexander George (ed.), Western State Terrorism , Routledge, December, 1991 There are two ways to approach the study of terrorism. One may adopt a literal approach, taking the topic seriously, or a propagandistic approach, construing the concept of terrorism as... | 73,903 | 0553f7575e5c2b0f4f29645d97019ad2e5032ec0eb683522d37f7fe8dd8ea214 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
c8e2dcdf54d04036 | articles | Middle East Diplomacy: Continuities and Changes. | 1991-12 | Middle East Diplomacy: Continuities and Changes Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , December, 1991 On October 30, the US-brokered conference on the Middle East opened in Madrid. The conference was described on all sides as a “historic event,” a remarkable achievement of George Bush’s diplomacy and the tenacity of his Secretary o... | 81,032 | dde18694cd5358b5649ed285a4af0ac82c61f2f271bfa6b7be02e6a09f322ae8 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
4be1b944ec42ffcd | articles | Aftermath. | 1991-10 | Aftermath Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , October, 1991 Voices from Below In concluding its report The Challenge to the South, the South Commission, chaired by Julius Nyerere and consisting of leading Third World economists, government planners, and others, called for a “new world order” that will respond to “the South’s ple... | 59,707 | 9b4ae2454431c204e1da846de5837c21ed0b5a4976e920fcb0f8a6779bf4354c | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
c2e1bf53fc4c9692 | articles | Force and Opinion. | 1991-08 | Force and Opinion Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , July-August, 1991 In his study of the Scottish intellectual tradition, George Davie identifies its central theme as a recognition of the fundamental role of “ natural beliefs or principles of common sense, such as the belief in an independent external world, the belief in cau... | 88,557 | 43a39c5e3f4b90969c503b0ed2c9594629973029f2252e6fd8601ee0afcd9af0 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
95840ccd87a17e4e | articles | “What We Say Goes”: The Middle East in the New World Order. | 1991-05 | “What We Say Goes”: The Middle East in the New World Order Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1991 With the Gulf war officially over, broader questions come to the fore: What are the likely contours of the New World Order, specifically, for the Middle East? What do we learn about the victors, whose power is at least tempor... | 85,045 | d54e8382e4d501e0dc4be6d81228d17b415f927b3914cd9435a49427b58fa966 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
75d097ed1ead3437 | articles | Gulf War Pullout. | 1991-02 | Gulf War Pullout Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February, 1991 The “Logic” of War To effectively combat war in the Gulf we have to understand its motives. Bush is seeking to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Possibly he is seeking to reduce Iraq to rubble. But that is not the whole story. Hundreds of U.S. bombers are not “storming” I... | 21,150 | 1882b047b073ceaa800d44408faf0f0026a49977db2396d4a0b73cca30dcdd5d | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
fd0bfba8a9a0c9cd | articles | The Gulf Crisis. | 1991-02 | The Gulf Crisis Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , February, 1991 Aggression and Response Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990 evoked a strong response from the industrial powers; in fact, two rather different responses. The first was an array of economic sanctions of unprecedented severity. The second was the threat of ... | 51,687 | e639ce3afa86067a781b533f8406b6d828daa7b5239bac60f4d36b9e4d9861de | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
6d015e1fc6a85342 | articles | The Victors. | 1990-11 | The Victors Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , November, 1990; January, 1991; and April, 1991 Part I November, 1990 At any historical moment, we are likely to find a conventional interpretation of the state of the world and our role within it, often gaining the force of unchallenged doctrine. Another near truism is that reality... | 157,058 | 6769e96063cf4abe285f907b51cb1429feab3c8f84de9a63716a19b9b7bd9edf | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
b5960e416bf9f792 | articles | The Decline of the Democratic Ideal. | 1990-05 | The Decline of the Democratic Ideal Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , May, 1990 One fundamental goal of any well-conceived indoctrination program is to direct attention elsewhere, away from effective power, its roots, and the disguises it assumes. Thus to enter into debate over Vietnam, or the Middle East, or Central America, ... | 70,749 | 54ee16a47c10330c853d7f3c35402f783394bdc6042a600c6e6b556868b2c693 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
05c5adcc92dc0838 | articles | Revolution of ’89. | 1990-01-29 | Revolution of ’89 Noam Chomsky The Nation , January 29, 1990 Throughout modern history, popular forces motivated by radical democratic ideals have sought to combat structures of hierarchy and domination. Sometimes they succeed in expanding the realm of freedom and justice before being brought to heel. Often they are si... | 11,957 | 8343f78ee490eccb0dcb5727cfc594401ac5b0a72eba15cedf3110dcd0b1a78f | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
70ff706439083684 | articles | Invasion Newspeak: U.S. & USSR. | 1989-12 | Invasion Newspeak: U.S. & USSR Noam Chomsky FAIR , December, 1989 In May 1983, a remarkable event took place in Moscow. A courageous newscaster, Vladimir Danchev, denounced the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in five successive radio broadcasts extending over five days, calling upon the rebels to resist. This aroused g... | 5,387 | d8cd0ffbb949c018460a96783e981d3def94d9e7bde559d7a1f7cce91aedbe47 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
2f9dde60438123ae | articles | Scenes from the Uprising. | 1988-07 | Scenes from the Uprising Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , July, 1988 One of the great themes of modern history is the struggle of subjugated people to gain control over their lives and fate. In April, I visited Israel and the occupied territories, where one of these struggles has reached a level of dramatic intensity. A few m... | 68,532 | 845ddcc706c3c1531657060718d4f92074510fcda433930c1e8492e592b8532e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
cc1d8a2c366e5812 | articles | Central America: The Next Phase. | 1988-03 | Central America: The Next Phase Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , March, 1988 Setting the Stage By a slim majority, the House on February 3 rejected a Reagan administration request to renew US government (USG) aid to the proxy army. CIA supply flights into Nicaragua are to continue through February, probably at peak intensity,... | 63,038 | 75563310a00c158ed1674e62137767c05fc926f39ca3b12321f4f8dc8dc4c5fd | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f873a6f1900e163c | articles | Is Peace at Hand? | 1988-01 | Is Peace at Hand? Noam Chomsky Z Magazine , January, 1988 On August 7, 1987, the Central American Presidents signed a peace agreement in Guatemala City which, if implemented, could have a significant impact in the region. 1 The agreement does not address the causes of the violence and suffering that plague these long-t... | 61,093 | 977e83fc64e38badeb3cca4f8e48518a4dab6cc07c4bd7d10df51345cae6ab83 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
475c83bf9c19e798 | articles | The Empire and Ourselves. | 1986-04-09 | The Empire and Ourselves Noam Chomsky A Solidarity Pamphlet , April 9, 1986 LET ME BEGIN by asking a question. Why are we having this meeting about Central America today and not, say, ten years ago? Was it, for example, that ten years ago democracy was flourishing in Central America and the population was so happy, fre... | 52,274 | 56add9ad34c12d87b3e46bc45676d18eaa187cea5c97f356f01ff0b23e87966e | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
b8172d56fd7d2aac | articles | The Soviet Union Versus Socialism. | 1986 | The Soviet Union Versus Socialism Noam Chomsky Our Generation , Spring/Summer, 1986 When the world’s two great propaganda systems agree on some doctrine, it requires some intellectual effort to escape its shackles. One such doctrine is that the society created by Lenin and Trotsky and moulded further by Stalin and his ... | 11,521 | ae086ff229b033598c690d4967f35c432a569f7ccd59e29e2a357ae020b4e353 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
54e8aa2bdb3b2e81 | articles | His Right to Say It. | 1981-02-28 | His Right to Say It Noam Chomsky The Nation , February 28, 1981 An article in the New York Times concerning my involvement in the “Faurisson affair” was headlined “French Storm in a Demitasse.” If the intent was to imply that these events do not even merit being called “a tempest in a teapot,” I am inclined to agree. N... | 17,075 | 61de09393707205e3973454c80b6cee1dbc1fd3d0a86ee4b77012347c51271d0 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
39c62c5424ced9bf | articles | Some Elementary Comments on The Rights of Freedom of Expression. | 1980-10 | Some Elementary Comments on The Rights of Freedom of Expression Noam Chomsky Appeared as a Preface to Robert Faurisson, Mémoire en défense , October 11, 1980 that I feel that an apology is in order to reasonable people who may happen to read them. If there is, nevertheless, good reason to put them on paper — and I fear... | 12,149 | 84002f9e6540debca86d50f4a7aeac56876109cd058ffecdc4a4e94a081b4990 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
9333bcd905b25164 | articles | Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization. | 1978 | Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization Noam Chomsky In Walter Feinberg (ed), Equality and Social Policy , Illinois, 1978 investigation in principle, a system that provides a unique form of intelligence that manifests itself in human language, in our unique capacity to develop a concept of num... | 19,159 | c7ceadde45a9cb7a574401f0d72d96a149e2ce2a8b022170c681c4f53e8218e8 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
f2ccfce93796ce60 | articles | Distortions at Fourth Hand. | 1977-06-25 | Distortions at Fourth Hand Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman The Nation , June 6, 1977 On May 1, 1977, the New York Times published an account of the “painful problems of peace” in Vietnam by Fox Butterfield. He describes the “woes” of the people of the South, their “sense of hardship” and the grim conditions of their li... | 32,035 | 7435660131677f732ad4e0bf769c1bbad75e18d143254c1193d70bd29126f9f5 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
0d195880053f9a47 | articles | The Meaning of Vietnam. | 1975-06-12 | The Meaning of Vietnam Noam Chomsky The New York Review of Books , June 12, 1975 The US government was defeated in Indochina, but only bruised at home. No outside power will compel us to face the record honestly or to offer reparations. On the contrary, efforts will be devoted to obscuring the history of the war and th... | 6,362 | cd0d19785b67ef1793eeea19bae7bfa8ab3eea704e296f1bbee66e43e65e7153 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ebadc5b7dc9dd042 | articles | The Repression at Belgrade University. | 1974-02-07 | The Repression at Belgrade University Noam Chomsky The New York Review of Books , February 7, 1974 ( The following statement was prepared by experts on the situation in Yugoslavia whom we believe to be reliable. We think it will interest your readers. —Noam Chomsky, MIT; Robert S.Cohen, Boston University) A. Background... | 21,067 | bd03b74009c54682ce8b515bff242dc010df6fd75d044c0fb3dfafa0323f3a2d | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
3792df0ce1853ba0 | articles | The President and the Presidency. | 1973-11 | The President and the Presidency Noam Chomsky Liberation , November, 1973 Responses to the exposure of the criminal actions, intrigue and deception of the Nixon Administration (“Watergate,” for short) seem to fall into two major categories: cynicism and outrage. The cynical view, as expressed by the President’s support... | 18,841 | 7f25bf0f94f7ef4d6a300442c4a9b927b1a87a31528e1bd4cbda5eabec13b18f | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
e7fbb301758c92c7 | articles | Watergate: A Skeptical View. | 1973-09-20 | Watergate: A Skeptical View Noam Chomsky The New York Review of Books , September 20, 1973 Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contemp... | 22,816 | 6941d4275aa3aaf0f8eb27d0bde7706dcbbf1c7dc4dab0de53d090ce06985a11 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
ad73ea38cb1c1290 | articles | The Pentagon Papers and U.S. Imperialism in South East Asia. | 1972 | The Pentagon Papers and U.S. Imperialism in South East Asia Noam Chomsky The Spokesman , Winter 1972/1973 With regard to long-term U.S. objectives, the Pentagon Papers again add useful documentation, generally corroborating, I believe, analyses based on the public record that have been presented elsewhere. 1 In the ear... | 107,452 | 83fc682856907ffb83706a4fc5c51f91abc0851f0f556d7265332f02aab3d9f4 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
05e59a6b87159798 | articles | Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves. | 1972-06-15 | Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves Noam Chomsky The New York Review of Books , June 15, 1972 I Reviewing the record of American intervention in Indochina in the Pentagon Papers, one cannot fail to be struck by the continuity of basic assumptions from one administration to the next. Never has there been the slightest... | 72,949 | 23a80851251d869d6c46e671343bc3619de3e2f51713df6c1f7b59674301af39 | https://chomsky.info/articles/ |
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