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2001 Harvard Trade Union Program
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs The latest in a series recorded at the Harvard Trade Union Program. The ability of intellectuals and the propaganda system to avoid and miss crucial stories takes a tremendous amount of training and discipline. One cannot rise to the pinnacles of power and respectability in the academy or the media without mimicking the […]
At Columbia Journalism School
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Chomsky mixes it up with the next generation of “the best and the brightest” at one of the country’s premier journalism schools. After making some introductory remarks, Chomsky fields questions on various media topics as well as foreign policy issues such as the Test Ban Treaty, Bolivia, Cuba, international terrorism, WTO, Vietnam and […]
The Cape Cod Interview
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky talks about language, including the latest developments, new Orwellisms, how to offer and deal with criticism, making tactical alliances with adversaries, the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, reforms, competition, the 1953 CIA Iran coup, and decoding state documents. Interviewed by David Barsamian. Recorded at the Z Media Institute.
2000 Z Media Institue Seminar
Noam Chomsky
Each June, at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, the Z Media Institute is convened by Z Magazine to bring together media activists to network, learn new media skills and hear some of the most important voices on the progressive left. Training covers general political education, organization building, activism and radical media work. This […]
U.S. Colombia Policy
Noam Chomsky
The U.S. is dramatically escalating the drug war in Colombia. The billion-dollar-plus increase in aid will mostly go to the security forces who are implicated in cocaine trafficking and human rights violations. Elite U.S. Special Forces are in Colombia training the military in counterinsurgency tactics. The militarization of the decades long civil conflict will only […]
The Right of Return
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Recorded at the Right of Return conference, Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe, Robert Fisk and Edward Said take on different aspects of the explosive issue of the Palestinians’ quest to return to their homes. Chomsky has long been involved in the Israeli-Palestinian question. Pappe is one of Israel’s leading radical voices and part of […]
Liberating the Mind from Orthodoxies
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky and Barsamian span the globe in a stunning three-hour tour de force interview covering U.S. propaganda and its influence on the Nazis, war crimes and tribunals, Kosovo, East Timor, India and Pakistan, Colombia, Israel and more. A must for all Chomsky fans.
The Meaning of Seattle
Noam Chomsky
The man Bono calls “the rebel without a pause” talks about the protest at the Seattle WTO meeting and the possibilities for ongoing actions; the state of resistance and movement-building; campus activism and efforts to end sweatshop labor and the efficacy of electoral politics. Interview by David Barsamian.
2000 Harvard Trade Union Program
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs In his annual presentation at the Harvard Trade Union Program, Chomsky speaks to trade union organizers from around the world, presenting an historical account of the declining power of unions. He maintains that a propaganda war conducted by the powers that be is inducing a philosophy of futility and consumerism which keeps people […]
Globalization: The New Face of Capitalism
Noam Chomsky
Globalization is hailed by the pundits as an irresistible natural force. It’s like gravity, they say. Just accept it and go on with your life. A contrary view says this international economic order is nothing more than old wine in a new bottle. Powerful transnational institutions like the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund […]
Lessons from Yugoslavia & E. Timor
Noam Chomsky
The U.S.-led NATO attack on Yugoslavia was carried out ostensibly to stop human rights abuses. The bombing campaign triggered a massive increase in killings and expulsions. In East Timor, the site of much greater massacres, the U.S., pursuing different policy aims, chose another course of action. Concern for human rights and international law is selectively […]
Kosovo and Iraq
Noam Chomsky
The hypocrisy quotient runs particularly high as moral standards are invoked to justify indiscriminate bombing campaigns. In this talk, Chomsky reveals how, under the cover of humanitarian concerns, NATO gets built up as an international police force in Kosovo, and in Iraq, the United Nations becomes the conduit for U.S. intervention.

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