Persistent Features of U.S. Policy
2 CDs
Beyond propaganda there is the real world and in that world, Chomsky says, “the powerful make the rules and the weak abide by them.” Our work is to create a society “where a decent human being can live without shame.” Drawing on examples from Nicaragua and Guatemala to Palestine and Iran, he says the so-called free press “reshapes the facts to serve state power.” Citizens are responsible for Washington’s actions “either by participation or apathy.” An excellent presentation. Recorded at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Part One is the lecture. Part Two is the question-and-answer session.
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 96, he continues to inform and inspire people all over the world. He is the author of scores of books including Consequences of Capitalism, Chronicles of Dissent, Notes on Resistance, and Letters from Lexington (new edition.) His latest book is The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World.
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