Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. But it harms corporate profits. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The attack on unions has been far more extreme here [in U.S], and it has been much more successful. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The major organizing centers, like the labor movement, have been severely weakened in the United States by policy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance". — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For the last couple of hundred years, there have been struggles about this. Even the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the constitution… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iceland is capitalist social democratic, rather like the Nordic countries generally. The capital had a mayor who is an anarchist, but the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If the rewiring of the brain that yielded recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions took place in an individual, not a group… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Travel from what is called Pakistan to Afghanistan has been made increasingly difficult and people are often labelled terrorists, even those who… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
From the 1970s, there has been a significant change in the US economy, as planners, private and state, shifted it toward financialization… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For thirty years, Isreal has been highjacking ships in international waters, killing people, taking hostages, bringing them to Israel, putting them in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There isn't much doubt that like other animal societies, those of Homo sapiens involved plenty of cooperation, which might have been considerably… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For decades Israel has been capturing, and kidnapping Lebanese and Palestinian refugees on the high seas, from Cyprus to Lebanon, killing them… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think half the population supports this ban on these dangerous immigrants who are going to come in and do something, who… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iran has been calling for it for years, and the Arab countries support it. Everyone except the United States and Israel support… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By accident of geography, the world's major oil resources are in Shi'ite-dominated areas. Iran's oil is concentrated right near the gulf, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
US government policies are continuing to do exactly the same thing [produce terrorism]. Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The 'corporatization of America' during the past century [has been] an attack on democracy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US has been the leading terrorist state in the world for many years. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States happens to be the only state in the world that has been condemned by the World Court for international… — 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
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
Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anti-union propaganda has been considerably more successful here [ in the U.S.] than in Europe, even among working people who would benefit… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was a really monstrous and almost literal genocide in the Mayan area, specifically under Ríos Montt. By now it has been… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Haiti, which has been the main target of US intervention throughout the 20th century, is the poorest. And Guatemala, which is maybe… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The actual consequences of Plan Colombia are to devastate peasant communities, which have been driven to drug production. These peasants have no… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Similar problems are arising in Egypt too. The question is whether the military will release its grip which has been extremely strong… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Evaluating countries is senseless and I would never put things in those terms, but that some of America's advances, particularly in the… — 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 Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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