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The following is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World?
In January 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to three minu…
Continue readingIllustration by Carl Wiens
The following is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World?
In January 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to three minu…
Continue readingPhoto by Andrew Rusk Jacobin is proud to feature an interview with journalist David Barsamian and Professor Noam Chomsky. In it, Chomsky explains the roots of ISIS and why the United States and its allies are responsible for the group’s emergence. In particular, he argues that the 2003 invasion of
Continue readingPhoto by Andrew Rusk “War is the health of the State,” wrote social critic Randolph Bourne in a classic essay as America entered World War I: It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority
Continue readingPhoto by Arlo K. Abrahamson “It’s official: The U.S. is the world’s leading terrorist state, and proud of it.” That should have been the headline for the lead story in The New York Times on Oct. 15, which was more politely titled “CIA Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About
Continue readingNoam Chomsky: We’re no longer a functioning democracy, we’re really a plutocracy (via Raw Story ) The world faces two potentially existential threats, according to the linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky. “There are two major dark shadows that hover over everything, and they’re getting more and more serious,” Chomsky
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