December 2010
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Dec 13th
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WatchWatch
corwood: Noam Chomsky lectures about “The Militarization of Science and Space”.
Dec 12th
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“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t...”
– Noam Chomsky (via poetanarchy)
Dec 12th
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“We shouldn’t be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
– Noam Chomsky (via poetanarchy)
Dec 11th
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“We’re supposed to worship Adam Smith but you’re not supposed to read him. That’s...”
– Noam Chomsky (via poetanarchy)
Dec 11th
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The Soviet Union Versus Socialism, by Noam Chomsky →
brandondahlberg: As for the world’s second major propaganda system, association of socialism with the Soviet Union and its clients serves as a powerful ideological weapon to enforce conformity and obedience to the State capitalist institutions, to ensure that the necessity to rent oneself to the owners and managers of these institutions will be regarded as virtually a natural law, the only...
Dec 10th
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I can't believe I forgot Noam Chomskys birthday...
ieatstickersallthetimedude: He’s 82 now and he’s still giving out lectures on media representation. He is my absolute hero, and I hope he had an amazing time. He gets too much stick from political academics who accuse him of “dumbing down” but he’s finally making reasonable theory accessible to the masses and for that he deserves a bit of gratitude. He has started a beautiful political...
Dec 10th
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“… one of the major reasons for government secrecy is to protect the government...”
– Noam Chomsky, Democracy Now interview, 2010. (via sgandhi)
Dec 2nd
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Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our... →
quetzalcoatlhadanafro:   The Tea Party movement itself is, maybe 15% or 20% of the electorate. It’s relatively affluent, white, nativist, you know, it has rather traditional nativist streaks to it. But what is much more important, I think, is the outrage. Over half the population says they more or less supported it, or support its message. What people are thinking is extremely interesting. I...
Dec 2nd
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“Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a...”
– Noam Chomsky (via because1can)
Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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Noam Chomsky on WikiLeaks Cables →
adrianclement: Noam Chomsky: What that reveals is the profound hatred for democracy on the part of our political leadership and the Israeli political leadership.
Dec 1st