Long before the technology revolution there was declassification of documents and I've spent quite a lot of time studying declassified internal documents… — 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
We should recall that during the Second World War and the Great Depression there was an upsurge in popular, radical democracy. In… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Part of the uprising of Latin America, particularly in the last 10 to 15 years, has been a reaction to [neoliberal regime],… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Bolshevik revolution was a counter-revolution. Its first moves were to destroy and eliminate every socialist tendency that had developed in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of… — 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
“Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Karl Marx was in favor of socialist and communist-socialist revolutions, but he had a pretty nuanced view about it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened… — 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
There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you're in favour of any policy - reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever - if you're at least minimally moral, it's because… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The appeal of the antifascist resistance required the United States and United Kingdom to move quickly, and often brutally, to dismantle the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean,… — 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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