Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at KGNU.

Few people realize that Hitler’s genocidal policies in Europe were influenced by the U.S.’ treatment of Native Americans. An essential component of genocide is to denigrate and dehumanize the target group. Indians were defined by their conquerors as “sub-human beasts of burden.” Germany has accepted its responsibility. In North America, by contrast, no such admission […]

To hear Washington tell it, terrorism happens in a vacuum. “They” attack us because of our freedoms, because our way of life is just so much better. The explanation and remedy sound rather like an indulgent father, “They hate us because we’re beautiful. Now you don’t worry, just go shopping and we’ll bomb the evil doers.” Information not carried […]

The invasion of Panama was the first U.S. military action not justified by the threat from the Soviet Union. Noriega, a former Washington “asset” and “minor drug figure” was made into the “worst monster since Attila the Hun.” The press, says Chomsky, “went along with appropriate jingoist hysteria and…rapturous enthusiasm.” He traces U.S. policy in […]