Israel & the American Left
2 CDs
Contentious does not begin to describe this essential classic. Chomsky is joined by Paul Berman and Ellen Willis in a panel moderated by Michael Albert. There are heated exchanges on anti-Semitism, Israel and the Faurisson case. Chomsky says, “The left has a lot to answer for. It has played a significant role in enhancing the torment of the Palestinians and the moral degeneration of Israel.” He adds, “Jews are entitled to remember Jerusalem for 2,000 years and entitled to return displacing the indigenous population but Palestinians are to forget their homeland after a generation and go somewhere else, anywhere will do.”
Recorded at the Borough of Manhattan Community College during the Socialist Scholar’s Conference.
Speaker
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index, he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato, and Freud. His contributions to modern linguistics are legendary. In addition to his pioneering work in that field, he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is “America’s greatest intellectual” who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” The New Statesman calls him “the conscience of the American people.” He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. At 97, though having health setbacks, he continues to inform and inspire people all over the world. He is the author of scores of books, including Masters of Mankind, Consequences of Capitalism, Chronicles of Dissent, and Notes on Resistance. He is co-author with Edward Herman of Manufacturing Consent. His latest books are The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World and Surviving the 21st Century.
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