Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
NOAM CHOMSKYNicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
NOAM CHOMSKYI took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
NOAM CHOMSKYI didn’t pay my taxes for years.
NOAM CHOMSKYConcentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
NOAM CHOMSKYLanguage is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
NOAM CHOMSKYBy and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
NOAM CHOMSKYEither you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
NOAM CHOMSKYTwo days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
NOAM CHOMSKYHistory shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKY