Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (retired) at MIT. He is the author of many books and articles on international affairs and social-political issues, and a long-time participant in activist movements. His most recent books include: Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books, the American Empire Project, 2016); Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire (with interviewer David Barsamian); Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions; Empire and Resistance, Hopes and Prospects; and Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order. Previous books include: 9-11: 10th Anniversary Edition, Failed States, What We Say Goes (with David Barsamian), Hegemony or Survival, and the Essential Chomsky.
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Views Tuesday, March 05, 2019 An Open Letter to the Washington Office on Latin America About Its Stance on US Effort to Overthrow Venezuelan Government The following open letter, signed by 124 academics from around the globe, is addressed to the Washington Office on Latin America and voices serious concerns over WOLA's support for various components of the Trump administration's policy towards Venezuela. We write out of concern for the direction... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, February 05, 2019 We Welcome Asylum Seekers and Defend Their Rights We—activists, scholars, writers and artists—strongly condemn President Trump’s efforts to vilify, intimidate, and use force against refugees and asylum seekers at and approaching the U.S. border. We are deeply troubled by the government's responses to current and recent asylum seekers, which... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 24, 2019 An Open Letter to the United States: Stop Interfering in Venezuela's Internal Politics The following open letter—signed by 70 scholars on Latin America, political science, and history as well as filmmakers, civil society leaders, and other experts—was issued on Thursday, January 24, 2019 in opposition to ongoing intervention by the United States in Venezuela. The United States... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 03, 2018 A Warning Regarding the Blow to Brazilian Democracy and Its Global Consequences The following is an open statement warning against the possible election in Brazil of "a fascist, racist, chauvinist and homophobic candidate, one who calls for violence and armed repression." The statement was first published Spanish in El Diario and in English at Open Democracy . President Dilma... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 26, 2018 Chomsky, Prashad, Hedges and Other Leading Intellectuals: Denuclearize the Middle East The Middle East is in turmoil now, possibly again on the verge of a major war that could draw in the United States and Russia. President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the six-nation nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. Although a... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Common Ground: For Secure Elections and True National Security Many Americans remain deeply concerned about reports of Russian interference with the 2016 election. Meanwhile, relations between the United States and Russia are at their lowest and most dangerous point in several decades. For the sake of democracy at home and true national security, we must reach... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 03, 2017 The Trump Presidency (or How to Further Enrich "The Masters of the Universe") [Editor's note: This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy , the new book by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian to be published this December.] David Barsamian: You have spoken about the difference between Trump’s buffoonery, which gets... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 13, 2016 The Doomsday Clock In January 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to three minutes before midnight, a threat level that had not been reached for 30 years. The Bulletin ’s statement explaining this advance toward catastrophe invoked the two major threats to survival: nuclear... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, May 11, 2016 What Principles Rule the World? [ This piece, the second of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metro politan Books). Part 1 can be found by clicking here . ] In brief, the Global War on Terror sledgehammer strategy has spread jihadi terror from a tiny corner of Afghanistan to much of the... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 09, 2016 Masters of Mankind: American Power and the Challenges of 2016 [ This piece, the first of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metro politan Books). Part 2 will be posted on Tuesday morning. ] When we ask “Who rules the world?” we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world affairs are states,... Read more |