Labor # Unions are the leading force for # democratization and # progress . — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are many cases around the world in which the presence of UN peace-keeping forces has had a somewhat beneficial effect. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. In… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Obama administration is dedicated to increasing terrorism. In fact, he is doing it all over the world. Obama is running the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,'… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Western intellectuals, and also Third World intellectuals, were attracted to the Bolshevik counter-revolution because Leninism is, after all, a doctrine which says… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was a striking example of this in Pakistan when the US sent in Special Forces, to be honest, to kill Osama… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
At the beginning of his administration, Reagan tried set the basis for American military intervention in El Salvador - which is about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There could be an independent labor-based party, which might over time become an important force the way the Labor Party did in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes the former forces are in the ascendance, and "democratic governance" is eroded, though anyone familiar with intellectual history would expect that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't really think there have been transitional periods to socialism. There have been efforts, but they have usually been destroyed by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism would self-destruct in no time. So the business classes have always demanded strong, straight intervention to protect the society from the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When people say do you believe in God? what do they mean by it? Do I believe in some spiritual force in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In America, we will use force whenever we like against anyone we regard as a potential threat, and maybe we will delegate… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are cases - for example, the American Revolution. George Washington's army lost just about every battle with the British, who had… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A colonial war is a very dirty kind of war. You're not fighting armed forces. You're fighting mostly unarmed people. And to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[For business after WWII ] democracy means getting people to regard government as an alien force that's robbing them and oppressing them,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Greece, alone, is in a very vulnerable position. If the Greeks had had support from progressive left and popular forces elsewhere in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
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