Tag: Noam Chomsky
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements. There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
Noam Chomsky
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There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.
Noam Chomsky
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It’s a good idea to revitalize community colleges, to cut back, to modify the student loan program so it doesn’t go through banks.
Noam Chomsky
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
Noam Chomsky
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
Noam Chomsky
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There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that’s been going on since the Second World War.
Noam Chomsky
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Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.
Noam Chomsky
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Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.
Noam Chomsky
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In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.
Noam Chomsky
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It doesn’t take long to become aware of the presence of the CIA in Laos.
Noam Chomsky