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Noam Chomsky's Blog

Web Address: http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/noamchomsky
Bio: Noam Chomsky is one of the country's leading intellectuals and scholars. A MIT Professor of Linguistics and long-time activist, prolific writer and popular lecturer, Chomsky speaks widely on a rang... (More)

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South America

The steps towards integration are real, but face great obstacles. The countries have different interests, and there are cross-cutting conflicts of a very serious sort. Take Ecuador. The large indigenous population shares interests with the large indige... (More) Comments (0)

Nasrallah

My impression is about the same as others who have met him...... (More) Comments (2)

Ware on Iraq

I doubt that Ware has anything like the direct experience in Iraq of Nir Rosen, Patrick Cockburn, and the few other journalist who actually know the country well. But put that aside.... (More) Comments (5)

Kosovo, Palestine, Tibet

Seems to me there is a much closer analogy between the Palestinian occupied territories and Tibet right now...... (More) Comments (6)

Venezuela’s Referendum

The referendum vote was about 50-50, and the slight negative outcome was immediately accepted by Chavez, a fact that should have caused some embarrassment in the editorial offices and among correspondents who have been having regular tantrums about the di... (More) Comments (8)

Afghanistan Poll

Take Kandahar, where Canadian troops are located, so the Canadian polling organization chose to over-represent it in the poll, along with Kabul, artificially rich because of the international presence. In Kandahar, 2/3...... (More) Comments (2)

Conspiracy Theories

I have heard and read that you are against the theories that question the relationship between 9'11 and the Bush administration to the degree that it was an "inside job". Do you still think that the case, just like the JFK case, needs further invetigat... (More) Comments (2)

Samantha Power, Bush & Terrorism

The following exchange took place in the ZNet Sustainer system, where Noam hosts a forum... ZNet Sustainer: Noam, Would you be willing to comment on Samantha Power's review essay in the 29 July NYT Book Review? The Times presents her as the very... (More) Comments (16)

Help Iraqis?

[Noam hosts a forum in the Z Sustainer chat board, where the below exchange took place]   Z Sustainer: How can the United States actually help the Iraqi people, without keeping troops in the country?      Noam Chomsky: There was a revealing front-pag... (More) Comments (36)

Polls, Free Markets & Vietnam

Below is Noam Chomsky's response to a question in the Z Sustainer chat board where Noam hosts a forum.... (More) Comments (21)