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Noam Chomsky: Obama was willing to start nuclear war to kill bin Laden
MIT professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Friday, saying President Barack Obama could have provoked a nuclear war. “We were very close to war with Pakistan, which easily could have turned into a nuclear war, which could have destroyed all of us,” he…
Noam Chomsky was behind lobby to get Stephen Hawking to boycott Israel conference
US professor Noam Chomsky expressed regret at Hawking’s initial acceptance of invitation to speak at conference in Israel Noam Chomsky was among 20 academics who privately lobbied Professor Stephen Hawking to boycott a major Israeli conference, it has emerged. Chomsky, a US professor and well-known supporter of the Palestinian cause,…
Noam Chomsky: ‘No individual changes anything alone’
Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his life’s work, on current events in Syria and Israel, and on the love of his life – his wife It may have been pouring with rain, water overrunning the gutters and spreading fast and…
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Noam Chomsky’s latest book, Power Systems: Conversations On Global Democratic Uprisings And The New Challenges To U.S. Empire, comes out tomorrow, but Raw Story got a little preview — and we know our readers are big fans. So we’re opening up our not-so-secret Chomsky stash to our most loyal readers.…
Noam Chomsky appears in MIT student’s ‘Gangnam Style’ tribute
Let’s be honest: It’s hard to be serious all the time, even in the midst of nearly constant bad news. That might not be true for everyone, but it was true this week for Noam Chomsky, an MIT professor and one of America’s foremost serious persons, evidenced by his appearance…
Noam Chomsky makes first visit to Gaza
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Jewish-American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky reportedly called for an end to Israel’s siege of Gaza, on his first ever visit to the Hamas-ruled enclave on Thursday. Chomsky, who was in the Gaza Strip for a conference at the Islamic University, called “to end the…
Noam Chomsky: If I were in a swing state, I’d vote for Obama
MIT professor Noam Chomsky would vote for President Barack Obama if he lived in a swing state, but only to keep Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan out of the White House. Chomsky explained last week on the Matthew Filipowicz Show that activists should not spend much time on the “carefully…
Chomsky: Occupy movement can’t compete with ‘massive corporate propaganda’
In an interview with The Guardian’s Gary Younge, veteran activist Noam Chomsky expressed his thoughts about the Occupy movement and whether it can be expected to have any impact on United States politics. “It was a great surprise,” said of Occupy Wall Street’s explosion on the scene last fall. “There…
Noam Chomsky tells Julian Assange: Humanity ‘like lemmings going over the cliff’
Despite being shut inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London while his appeal for diplomatic immunity is considered, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has published another episode of his show for Russia Today, featuring interviews with two of the world’s foremost revolutionary thinkiers: Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali. At the conclusion of…
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