September 2010
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“Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of...”
– Noam Chomsky - in Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, 1992 (via socialisimo)
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“Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality...”
– Noam Chomsky. (via -postlapsaria)
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“Throughout most of South America, Washington and elite opinion are compelled to...”
– (via quetzalcoatlhadanafro)
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“I’m a boring speaker and I like it that way, doubt that people are attracted to...”
– Noam Chomsky
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(via katebomz)
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What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico?
“Doubtless Iran’s government merits harsh condemnation, including for its recent actions that have inflamed the crisis. It is, however, useful to ask how we would act if Iran had invaded and occupied Canada and Mexico and was arresting U.S. government representatives there on the grounds that they were resisting the Iranian occupation (called “liberation,” of course)....
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McSweeney's LotR Noam Chomsky Mash-Up →
fritzberg:
It just keeps getting better…
Chomsky: And now, with Frodo in the midst of a hallucinogenic, paranoid state, we meet Strider.
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“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would...”
– Noam Chomsky (via donb)
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“Propaganda is to democracy what violence is to dictatorship”
– Noam Chomsky (via lowertheflags)
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“The sign of a truly totalitarian culture is that important truths simply lack...”
– Noam Chomsky (via 18goingon80)
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“Considering the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, it’s not the worst example. It...”
– Noam Chomsky in a September 13 New Statesman interview when asked, “What did you think when he was given the Nobel Peace Prize?” (via principialuis)
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“There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and...”
– Noam Chomsky (via lady-chatterley)
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“The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries, who...”
– Noam Chomsky (via revolutionnow)
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“Because they don’t teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on...”
– Noam Chomsky (via revolutionnow)
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“We cannot say much about human affairs with any confidence, but sometimes it is...”
– Noam Chomsky (via revolutionnow)
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Hermitic Ramblings: Noam Chomsky on Resistance →
hermiticramblings:
As I was reading Chomsky’s essay On Resistance I came across a few fragments I thought notable enough for posting:
“The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the government in this…
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“In his first outing as judge, Chomsky quickly made his mark: “Your act is part...”
– Noam Chomsky to become new X-Factor judge | NewsBiscuit (via roosworld)
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“The task for a modern industrial society is to achieve what is now technically...”
– Noam Chomsky (via owsleyblues)
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“Intellectuals have a problem: they have to justify their existence. Now, there...”
– Noam Chomsky (via the-right-way-to-get-lost)
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China and the New World Order - Noam Chomsky |... →
wonderlandwire:
Noam Chomsky discusses U.S. political class ‘fears’ relating to China as an emerging superpower.
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