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![](../../Media_Jacobin.jpg) Jacobin Magazine
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![](../../Occupied_Media.jpg) Occupied Media, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Chomsky-9-11.jpg) 9-11, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Hopes_Prospects.jpg) Hopes and Prospects, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Failed_States.jpg) Failed States, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../100_Ideas.jpg) 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future, by Marco Rubio
![](../../Hegemony_or_Survival.jpg) Hegemony or Survival, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Power_Terror.jpg) Power and Terror, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Common_Good.jpg) The Common Good, interviews by David Barsamian
![](../../Rogue_States.jpg) Acts of Aggression, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Uncle_Sam_Wants.jpg) What Uncle Sam Really Wants, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Secrets_Lies.jpg) Secrets, Lies, and Democracy, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Profit_Over_People.jpg) Profit Over People, by Noam Chomsky
![](../../Crashing_the_Party.jpg) Crashing the Party, by Ralph Nader
![](../../Dialogues.jpg) Dialogues, by Governor Jerry Brown (D, CA)
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Noam Chomsky on Budget & Economy
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- Austerity in a period of recession makes situation worse. (May 2012)
- 2008 real estate bubble came from increasing role of finance. (May 2012)
- Banks thrive due to bailouts, while people suffer recession. (Jun 2010)
- Adam Smith called for equality of outcome plus free market. (Jul 1996)
- 1920s and 1950s were both called the "End of History". (Feb 1996)
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Noam Chomsky on Corporations
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- "Occupy" is first public response in class war in 30 years. (May 2012)
- Abolish corporate personhood via Constitutional Amendment. (May 2012)
- Wealth distribution is heavily weighted to top tenth of 1%. (May 2012)
- Occupy movement put "income inequality" on the agenda. (May 2012)
- Stakeholders should have as high priority as shareholders. (May 2012)
- Hand over reconstructed auto industry to the auto workers. (May 2012)
- Sit-down strikes really frighten the business world. (May 2012)
- Corporations are legal persons with more rights than people. (Jun 2010)
- Since 1700s, grasping businessmen overwhelmed US government. (Feb 1996)
- Most believe government is run for the special interests. (Feb 1996)
- Corporations are fascist and incompatible with democracy. (May 1994)
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Noam Chomsky on Crime
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- Slavery didn't end in 1860s; we criminalized Black life. (Jun 2010)
- US uses imprisonment for population control. (Feb 1996)
- Capital punishment is a crime. (May 1994)
- Harsher penalties only serve to control the poor more. (May 1994)
- Societal inequality causes crime. (May 1994)
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Noam Chomsky on Drugs
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- Drug War intended to frighten people into obedience. (Jun 2010)
- Drug War punishes Bolivia for promoting democracy. (Jun 2010)
- Drug war has focused on blacks and Hispanics. (Jul 2002)
- Poisoning crops & biodiversity justified as "war on drugs". (May 2002)
- Drug use is falling anyway; drug war is fraudulent. (Feb 1997)
- Drug War is an excuse for US military intervention abroad. (Jan 1991)
- Target tobacco & alcohol instead of marijuana. (Jan 1991)
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Noam Chomsky on Energy & Oil
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- Limited time on climate change; US going in wrong direction. (Jul 2019)
- Market can't solve climate change, structural changes needed. (Jul 2019)
- Task ahead enormous & there is not much time. (Jul 2019)
- Climate-change deniers make crisis urgent. (Jun 2011)
- Climate solution's central element should be high-speed rail. (Jun 2010)
- Sign the Kyoto Protocol and rely on UN diplomacy. (Apr 2007)
- Oil is cheap because Pentagon’s expenditures keep it cheap. (Jul 1996)
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Noam Chomsky on Foreign Policy
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- Israel relies on support from reactionary fundamentalists. (Jul 2019)
- Establish a nuclear weapons free zone in Middle East. (Jul 2019)
- Gap between rich North & poor South created by conquest. (Jun 2010)
- Hamas has called for a two-state settlement. (Jun 2010)
- American "exceptionalism" is common attitude of empires. (Jun 2010)
- China gets oil from Iran in exchange for weapons. (Apr 2007)
- US considers World Court hostile, and therefore ignores it. (Nov 2003)
- Mideasterners call US-Israel-Turkey the Axis of Evil. (Oct 2003)
- We should not invent enemies like “rogue states”. (Jul 2002)
- US regularly in contempt of international law. (Jul 2002)
- Indonesia is a real “rogue state”, but we like their oil. (Jul 2002)
- US foreign aid is most miserly of all major countries. (May 2002)
- Cuban embargo is almost a humanitarian catastrophe. (May 2002)
- Haitian embargo has stopped all rebuilding efforts. (May 2002)
- Nicaragua sued US for violence in 1980s, and won. (Nov 2001)
- Terrorists don't care about our "values", despite media. (Nov 2001)
- Law plus history dictate that UN must approve War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
- US condemned as terrorist state for actions in Nicaragua. (Nov 2001)
- US fought Haitian democracy in favor of US investors. (May 1997)
- Cuban embargo hides Castro’s social successes. (Mar 1997)
- Our Latin America policy benefits investors, not people. (Jul 1996)
- Countries develop by avoiding colonization & ignoring market. (Jul 1996)
- US aid to Americas correlates with torture by governments. (Jan 1991)
- US historically opposes Third World nationalism and rights. (Jan 1991)
- West plans to exploit Eastern Europe. (Jan 1991)
- US prefers force to diplomacy in Third World. (Jan 1991)
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Noam Chomsky on Free Trade
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- NAFTA hurts working people in US, Mexico, & Canada. (Jun 2010)
- US "level playing field" means "kicking away the ladder". (Jun 2010)
- Worldwide protests against corporate globalism. (Nov 2001)
- Terrorists don't care about globalization, despite media. (Nov 2001)
- WTO is just another tool for US intervention abroad. (Mar 1997)
- Trilateral world view means Latin America belongs to the US. (Jan 1991)
- Free trade is all about corporate subsidies. (Jan 1991)
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Noam Chomsky on Government Reform
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- Concentrated wealth yields concentrated political power. (May 2012)
- Public policy has become divorced from public opinion. (May 2012)
- Members of Congress literally buy power within Congress. (May 2012)
- People who serve power are later considered false prophets. (Feb 1996)
- Dissent publicly against investors ruling government. (Jan 1991)
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Noam Chomsky on Homeland Security
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- Our military is not for defense; rein it in. (May 2012)
- US accounts for 40% of whole world's military expenditures. (Jun 2010)
- Eliminate nukes under UN; already voted 147-to-1 against US. (Jun 2010)
- Iran has no nukes, but Israel & Pakistan & India do. (Jun 2010)
- Guantanamo is a torture chamber beyond reach of law. (Jun 2010)
- Doctrine of anticipatory self-defense is hypocritical. (Apr 2007)
- THEIR terror is evil; OUR terror against them does not exist. (Apr 2007)
- US companies account for 60% of all of world's arms sales. (Apr 2007)
- Pre-emptive war ok; “preventive war” is a war crime. (Oct 2003)
- US & UK have regularly used chemical & biological weapons. (Jul 2002)
- Powerful states define rogue states according to their needs. (Jul 2002)
- 9-11 was historic event because of who the victims were. (May 2002)
- In Japan, "Ground Zero" evokes atomic bomb, not 9-11. (May 2002)
- For terrorists, use international courts, and ask "Why?". (Nov 2001)
- For terrorists, use international courts, and ask "Why?". (Nov 2001)
- Bin Laden is fighting a Holy War that harms local poor. (Nov 2001)
- War on Terror used as an excuse for militarization. (Nov 2001)
- Disallow CIA assassinations. (Nov 2001)
- Bin Laden's anti-Saudi views resonated with Arabs. (Nov 2001)
- CIA built bin Laden's terrorist network in the 1980s. (Nov 2001)
- Pentagon subsidizes dynamic economy via public funds. (Feb 1996)
- Cold War fear of USSR was played to control US population. (Jan 1991)
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Noam Chomsky on Jobs
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- Recession unemployment jobs won't come back. (May 2012)
- Spread "industrial democracy" of worker-owned enterprises. (May 2012)
- Obama backed EFCA, then visited scab/lockout company. (Jun 2010)
- Free Trade Agreements move jobs to non-union areas. (May 1994)
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Noam Chomsky on Principles & Values
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- Great Seal of Massachusetts defined "City on a Hill". (Jun 2010)
- 2008: woman & black candidates show US has become civilized. (Jun 2010)
- Both major parties are well to the right of US population. (Jun 2010)
- US freedom & privilege mean we must use power responsibly. (May 2002)
- Elite seek magic keys; underclass works toward solutions. (Feb 1997)
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Noam Chomsky on War & Peace
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- Opposed Vietnam War, but TV only covered sound bites. (Oct 2002)
- 1966: protests against Vietnam met with extreme hostility. (May 2002)
- Humanitarian intervention in Kosovo is euphemism for war. (Nov 2001)
- CIA trained Islamist fundamentalists in Afghanistan. (Nov 2001)
- Use international court system & UN for grievances, not war. (Nov 2001)
- US's low-level conflict is indistinguishable from terrorism. (Nov 2001)
- US pressured allies to join in war against Nicaragua. (Nov 2001)
- Stop the escalating cycle of violence. (Sep 2001)
- Nicaragua: US destroyed Sandanistas & real hope for reform. (Jan 1991)
- Vietnam War about destroying “virus” of independence from US. (Jan 1991)
- Panama: Noriega’s crime was independence, not drugs. (Jan 1991)
- Peace process ignores non-US-approved efforts. (Jan 1991)
Mideast
- No-nuke zone in Middle East would end military aid to Israel. (Jul 2019)
- Iraq War was first war where massive protest preceded war. (May 2012)
- Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian elections. (Jun 2010)
- Iranian nukes are recognized as their right by most of world. (Jun 2010)
- Disallow Israeli settlements by discontinuing US funding. (Jun 2010)
- We want an obedient Iraq, but democracy might do otherwise. (Apr 2007)
- Iraq was necessary first example of preventive war doctrine. (Oct 2003)
- Anyone threatened by Iraq can approach UN Security Council. (Jul 2002)
- UN authorizing US force in Iraq allows Iran to use force. (Jul 2002)
- Iraq: Sanctions kill children. (Jul 2002)
- US declared independent Iran as evil in 1953 & in 1979. (Mar 2002)
- US opposes Iraqi democracy because they get closer to Iran. (Mar 2002)
- Fight terrorism by arresting criminals, not bombing Mideast. (Nov 2001)
- Bin Laden's goal: Drive westerners out of Muslim lands. (Nov 2001)
- 9-11 is indirect consequence of US building Islamist army. (Nov 2001)
- CIA created Osama bin Laden & fostered fanaticism. (Sep 2001)
- Islamic hatred based on US support for repressive regimes. (Sep 2001)
- US chartered UN & must follow UN decisions on Iraq. (Jul 1999)
- Israeli nukes should preclude foreign aid. (Jan 1991)
- Gulf War: US refused diplomacy & forced violence in Iraq. (Jan 1991)
- Gulf War had nothing to do with principles. (Jan 1991)
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