Ah, the joy of the free press down in the US. Let’s catch up with Noam as takes us through some possible solutions to the Palestine/Israel conflict. Filed under: Education, International Affairs, Media Tagged: Israel, Noam Chomsky, Palestine, UN
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drive-by planet: Risk of ‘accidental’ nuclear war: Chomsky on the ‘worst case scenario’
It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which any world power would deliberately start a nuclear war given the dire consequence for the planet. Rational thinking and the will to survive prevents us from believing that any nation… any leader… could be crazy enough to intentionally unleash what could well
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: US Support of Fundamental Islam – The Alternative is Worse.
In the crazy fun house world of imperial politics nationalist regimes are less preferable than radical religious ones. Noam Chomsky and Andre Vltchek discuss the motivations of empire in the Middle East in this selection from the book: On Western Terrorism – From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare. “Noam Chomsky: “Anyhow,
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Chomsky on Israel’s Gaza assault – ‘hideous atrocity, sadistic, murderous’: video interview
In this edited Democracy Now interview Noam Chomsky graphically describes the vicious cycle of violence Israel visits time and again on Gaza… with particular reference to the most recent Israeli military assault dubbed Operation Protective Edge. It’s a hideous atrocity, sadistic, vicious, murderous – totally without any credible pretext. It’s
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Noam Chomsky on The Nightmare in Gaza
The following article reproduced in its entirety from Altnet.org. Noam Chomsky explores the history of repression and violence that stand as precursors to the current conflict. August 7, 2014 | Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel’s goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Noam Chomsky on media’s “shameful moment” in Gaza
by: Democracy Now! | Posted Mon. Aug 11, 2014 As a new 72-hour ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, we turn to part two of our interview with world-renowned dissident and linguist,MIT Professor Noam Chomsky. Criticizing U.S. media coverage of the Israeli assault on Gaza, Chomsky says: “It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A True Critical Thinker
For many decades Noam Chomsky has been fearlessly fighting for truth. His capacity for incisive critical thinking and unwillingness to submit to the bluster of the right is much in evidence in this excerpt from a 1969 edition of William Buckley’s Firing Line. Would that today’s progressives were as tenacious.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak And The Rest of The Neocons Really Think
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sound Familiar?
H/t Occupy Canada “You can’t control people by force anymore, but you can get them to focus on nothing but maxing out five credit cards, okay you got them.” H/t Noam Chomsky Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Noam Chomsky On Pope Francis And Liberation Theology
Given past American behaviour, Pope Francis had better be careful if he begins to practise what he preaches, considering what Noam Chomsky says here: Recommend this Post
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: There is always a Class War going On – Noam Chomsky
From an article at Counterpunch, I suggest you go there and read the whole interview with Noam Chomsky: “Well, there’s always a class war going on. The United States, to an unusual extent, is a business-run society, more so than others. The business classes are very class-conscious—they’re constantly fighting a
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Noam Chomsky in Montreal: Canada on fast track to "destroy the environment"
Chomsky in Montreal/ Tar Sands/ Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray Noam Chomsky was in Montreal last week on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Canadian Dimension magazine. While in the city he delivered a speech. In an interview covered by the Guardian, Chomsky took direct aim at
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oh Canada! We Were Once Respected, But Now We Are Despised!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger PM Stephen Harper set out to change Canada so that it would not be recognizable. He has succeeded in spades and at the same time as he is being damned , by association so are we all. He has diminished our sense of pride and replaced it with
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: More On The Piraha (My Favorite Folk)
The Piraha are a small tribe living along the Amazon with an extremely peculiar…simple, primitive…language: Among Pirahã’s many peculiarities is an almost complete lack of numeracy, an extremely rare linguistic trait of which there are only a few documented cases. The language contains no words at all for discrete numbers
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: America: A Superpower Of Near-Demonic Dimensions
So says Noam Chomsky in this 2003 video produced for the BBC. I find little with which to disagree in his analysis: Recommend this Post
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Democracy Now interview with Noam Chomsky on Syria and related matters: U.S. ‘torturing’ Iran for 60 years
In this talk hosted by Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky raises a number of key points with respect to the U.S. government’s approach to Syria and Iran. He also addresses the self-serving attitude of the U.S. with respect to international law. The spectacle of Barack Obama, a president known for his
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The First and Second 9/11 – The Hidden End of Chilean Democracy
Greetings gentle readers, should we not consider the first 9/11 and also mourn for its victims? The first 9/11 essentially ruined Chile as a country; Chile was thrown backward into dictatorial hell where thousand of its citizens were systematically abducted, tortured and murdered. Why we choose not to mourn
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Oh, How The U.S. Right Must Hate Him
If you’re not sure why, watch this short Noam Chomsky video, in which he shares his thoughts on Edward Snowden and American hypocrisy: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pensée Du La Jour
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sunday Sermon
Just got back from my bike ride, so this will have to suffice for the time being: Recommend this Post
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