Unfortunately, no single news source tells the whole truth, so I have been forced to use articles from both libertarian and leftist sources to get to the truth. I urge readers to go through the articles, read them for yourselves and come to your own conclusions. I am presenting stuff you can’t get in mainstream news here at my blog. Noam Chomsky is somebody who has done some deep thinking about current events. To open links to another page, R-click on the link to open.
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- Noam Chomsky to Chris Hedges: ‘Everywhere You Look, There’s Public Subsidy’. Truthdig. July 11, 2017.
- Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the U.S. Became an Oligarchy That Makes War on the Middle Class. Truthdig. July 05, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union. New York Times. July 05, 2017.
- ‘If you criticize policy, you are anti-American. That only happens in dictatorships’. RT. July 02, 2017.
- Myths of Globalization. Truthout. June 22, 2017.
- London Review of Books Letters. London Review of Books. June 15, 2017.
- The Chomsky Effect With Robert Barsky. Radio Open Source. June 8, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism Is Destroying Our Democracy. The Nation. June 2, 2017.
- American Socrates: The Life and Mind of Noam Chomsky. Radio Open Source. June 1, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky Interview with Hasan Khalil. Talks at Google. May 23, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: Requiem for the American Dream. Ralph Nader Radio Hour. May 20, 2017.
- If you could ask Professor Noam Chomsky one question, what would it be? University of Reading. May 12, 2017.
- Racing for the precipice: Is the human experiment doomed? University of Reading. May 10, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky & Amy Goodman in Conversation. Democracy Now!. April 24, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky Speaks About Humanity’s “Prospects for Survival”. UMass Mullins Center in Hadley. Mass Live. April 13, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: “Neoliberalism: An Accounting”. UMass Crotty Hall Inaugural Lecture. UMass Amherst. April 13, 2017.
- Chomsky: It’s As If Trump Administration Is Flaunting That U.S. Is Run by Goldman Sachs. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Chomsky: Our Privatized U.S. Healthcare Program is an “International Scandal”. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Extraordinarily Dangerous: Chomsky on How Trump’s Threats Toward N. Korea Could Backfire. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Full Interview: Noam Chomsky on Trump’s First 75 Days & Much More. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky on Trump’s First 75 Days & Much More. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Trump Administration Is Aiming to Decimate All Programs to Help Working People. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- When Scapegoating Immigrants No Longer Works, Would Trump Stage an Attack to Maintain Power? Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Why Does U.S. Consider Iran the Greatest Threat to Peace, When Rest of World Agrees It’s the U.S.? Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- With U.S. History of Overthrowing Governments, Outrage over Russian Hacking Claims is Laughable. Democracy Now!. April 4, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky with Wallace Shawn: Rigorous Rationality. Live from the New York Public Library. April 3, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: If Trump Falters with Supporters, Don’t Put ‘Aside the Possibility’ of a ‘Staged or Alleged Terrorist Attack’. AlterNet. March 27, 2017.
- Starr Forum: Racing to the Precipice: Global Climate, Political Climate. MIT Center for International Studies. March 24, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky’s ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ 50 years on’. University College London. February 25, 2017.
- Russian Hands in US Election: Most of the World is Just Collapsing in Laughter. Digital Commons. February 2, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky on the Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections. Truthout. January 19, 2017.
- Populism and Terror: An Interview with Noam Chomsky. Harvard International Review. January 18, 2017.
- The US Health System Is an “International Scandal” and ACA Repeal Will Make It Worse. Truthout. January 12, 2017.
- Independence of Journalism. Chomsky.info. January 7, 2017.
- Trump’s America and the New World Order: A Conversation With Noam Chomsky. Truthout. January 6, 2017.
- Trump and the Flawed Nature of US Democracy: An Interview With Noam Chomsky. Truthout. January 5, 2017.
- The Colossal Responsibility of Today’s Generation #talkingwith Noam Chomsky. newsPeeks. January 04, 2017.
- Noam Chomsky: The Left Needs to “Find Common Ground” with Evangelical Christians. Salon. October 21, 2016.
- The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with LibertariansThe Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians Text of recent Noam Chomsky interview: http://chomsky.info/interviews/20130528.htm
- Upcoming speaking event in Boston with Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, and Jeremy ScahillPlease join us for a discussion Jeremy Scahill’s important new book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (Nation Books, April 23, 2013), with Noam Chomsky and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman on Saturday, April 27, 2013 2 pm – 4 pm at Harvard University Science Center -- Hall B 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 corner of Kirkland Street and Oxford Street http://map.harvard.edu/mapserver/campusmap.htm This event is free. Attendance is first come, first served. Please join investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, author Noam Chomsky, and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman for the special discussion of Scahill's ground breaking new book Dirty Wars. Jeremy Scahill is National Security Correspondent for the Nation magazine and author of the New York Times best-seller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Scahill has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere across the globe. Scahill is a frequent guest on a wide array of programs, appearing regularly on The Rachel Maddow Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and Democracy Now! He has also appeared on Fresh Air, ABC World News, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and Bill Moyers Journal. Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for his book Blackwater. He is also the subject of the film Dirty Wars (http://dirtywars.org/), an official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film opens in theaters June 7 through Sundance Selects. Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! (http://www.democracynow.org/), a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,100 public television and radio stations worldwide. Time Magazine named Democracy Now! its “Pick of the Podcasts,” along with NBC’s Meet the Press. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and author of numerous books, including Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Imperial Ambitions, What We Say Goes, Interventions, and Hopes and Prospects. In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times best-seller Blackwater, takes us inside America’s new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies. Drawn from the ranks of the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, former Blackwater and other private security contractors, the CIA’s Special Activities Division and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), these elite soldiers operate worldwide, with thousands of secret commandos working in more than one hundred countries. Funded through “black budgets,” Special Operations Forces conduct missions in denied areas, engage in targeted killings, snatch and grab individuals and direct drone, AC-130 and cruise missile strikes. While the Bush administration deployed these ghost militias, President Barack Obama has expanded their operations and given them new scope and legitimacy. Dirty Wars follows the consequences of the declaration that “the world is a battlefield,” as Scahill uncovers the most important foreign policy story of our time. From Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond, Scahill reports from the frontlines in this high-stakes investigation and explores the depths of America’s global killing machine. He goes beneath the surface of these covert wars, conducted in the shadows, outside the range of the press, without effective congressional oversight or public debate. And, based on unprecedented access, Scahill tells the chilling story of an American citizen marked for assassination by his own government. As US leaders draw the country deeper into conflicts across the globe, setting the world stage for enormous destabilization and blowback, Americans are not only at greater risk—we are changing as a nation. Scahill unmasks the shadow warriors who prosecute these secret wars and puts a human face on the casualties of unaccountable violence that is now official policy: victims of night raids, secret prisons, cruise missile attacks and drone strikes, and whole classes of people branded as “suspected militants.” Through his brave reporting, Scahill exposes the true nature of the dirty wars the United States government struggles to keep hidden. Praise for Dirty Wars: “There is no journalist in America who has exposed the truth about US government militarism more bravely, more relentlessly and more valuably than Jeremy Scahill. Dirty Wars is highly gripping and dramatic, and of unparalleled importance in understanding the destruction being sown in our name.” —Glenn Greenwald, New York Times best-selling author and Guardian columnist “Dirty Wars tells us, with convincing detail and much new information, what has been done in the name of America since 9/11.” —Seymour Hersh “Dirty Wars is the most thorough and authoritative history I’ve read yet of the causes and consequences of America’s post-9/11 conflation of war and national security. I know of no other journalist who could have written it: For over a decade, Scahill has visited the war zones, overt and covert; interviewed the soldiers, spooks, jihadists, and victims; and seen with his own eyes the fruits of America’s bipartisan war fever. He risked his life many times over to write this book, and the result is a masterpiece of insight, journalism, and true patriotism.” —Barry Eisler, novelist and former operative in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations Sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, the ACLU of Massachusetts, Nation Institute, American Friends Service Committee, the Cambridge Peace Commission, and the Community Church of Boston. For more information about the book, film, and Jeremy Scahill, visit: http://dirtywars.org/
- Violence and Dignity: Reflections on the Middle East (2013 Edward Said Lecture)Violence and Dignity: Reflections on the Middle East (2013 Edward Said Lecture) http://chomsky.info/talks/20130318.htm
- How Noam Chomsky is discussed, by Glenn GreenwaldHow Noam Chomsky is discussed, by Glenn Greenwald http://chomsky.info/onchomsky/20130323.htm
- Profile of Noam Chomsky in the Financial TimesProfile of Noam Chomsky in the Financial Times http://chomsky.info/onchomsky/20130315-2.htm
- Brief profile of Noam Chomsky in The Guardian (UK), by journalist Charles GlassBrief profile of Noam Chomsky in The Guardian (UK), by journalist Charles Glass http://chomsky.info/onchomsky/20130315.htm
- Rare video of Noam Chomsky interviewed with Gore Vidal in 1991Rare video of Noam Chomsky interviewed with Gore Vidal in 1991 Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc91NwYvm84 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVhGyH-gCQ Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HP-expQG7E
- Complete videorecording of 1971 debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel FoucaultComplete videorecording of 1971 debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault http://aphelis.net/chomsky-foucault-debate-complete-video-recording/
- Noam Chomsky profile in the Financial TimesNoam Chomsky profile in the Financial Times http://chomsky.info/onchomsky/20130215.htm
- Additional video excerpt of Noam Chomsky speech at East Stroudsburg University, PennsylvaniaAdditional video excerpt of Noam Chomsky speech at East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHqwqoQvVg
- Michel Gondry (director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") produces an "animated documentary" with Noam Chomsky titled "Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?" (trailer now available)Michel Gondry (director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") produces an "animated documentary" with Noam Chomsky titled "Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?" (trailer now available) http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/watch-first-trailer-for-michel-gondrys-noam-chomsky-documentary/
- Edited excerpt from Power Systems, Noam Chomsky’s new book of interviews with David BarsamianEdited excerpt from Power Systems, Noam Chomsky’s new book of interviews with David Barsamian The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful: Washington's Dilemma on a "Lost" Planethttp://chomsky.info/interviews/20130203.htm
- Noam Chomsky interview with Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks"Noam Chomsky interview with Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRkfddtSPs
- Noam Chomsky speech at Boğaziçi University in Turkey, January 2013Noam Chomsky speech at Boğaziçi University in Turkey, January 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUjdPrX59p0 (for version with Turkish audio voiceover, visit http://youtu.be/QJVVFmyKkBQ)
- "Chomsky on War Criminals," interview with PressTV (Iran)"Chomsky on War Criminals," interview with PressTV (Iran) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQPOsOxdxnE
- Video of linguistics lecture by Noam Chomsky at Princeton University, November 2012Video of linguistics lecture by Noam Chomsky at Princeton University, November 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgd8BnZ2-iw
- Video of 1992 Noam Chomsky interview on linguistics, in BarcelonaVideo of 1992 Noam Chomsky interview on linguistics, in Barcelona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV62ZYQo4qs
- Noam Chomsky interview with SBS News (Australia), November 2011Noam Chomsky interview with SBS News (Australia), November 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4g4rQGbWg
- Noam Chomsky interview on Al JazeeraNoam Chomsky interview on Al Jazeera Noam Chomsky: The responsibility of privilegeThe famed linguist and political activist says intellectuals have a moral duty to hold centres of power to account.http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2013/01/201311294541129427.html
- Video of Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn speaking together, on September 27, 2004Video of Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn speaking together, on September 27, 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7-G9VrJr_k
- BBC Persian Interview with Noam ChomskyBBC Persian Interview with Noam Chomsky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yVQOCzw34U
- Personal interview with Noam Chomsky on "Work, Learning and Freedom"Personal interview with Noam Chomsky on "Work, Learning and Freedom" http://chomsky.info/interviews/20121224.htm
- Entrevista en castellano a Noam Chomsky / Spanish-language televion program and interview with Noam ChomskyEntrevista en castellano a Noam Chomsky / Spanish-language televion program and interview with Noam Chomsky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJdBdMHndY
- Recent Noam Chomsky interviewRecent Noam Chomsky interview "Noam Chomsky Post-Election: We Need More Organization, Education, Activism" http://chomsky.info/interviews/20121213.htm
- Text of recent interview with Noam ChomskyText of recent interview with Noam Chomsky "Nothing Can Justify Torture": An Interview With Noam Chomsky on Obama's Human Rights Record http://chomsky.info/interviews/20121212.htm
Libertarian News
- TGIF: But Mr. Trump, Is Israel Lovable?Speaking before Sheldon Adelson’s Israeli-American Council the other day, Trump took a shot at Jewish Americans who he says don’t “love Israel enough.” “We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more,” Trump said. “We have to get them to love Israel more because you have people that […]TGIF: But Mr. Trump, Is Israel Lovable? was first posted on December 13, 2019 at 12:00 am.
- What the Afghanistan Papers Really RevealThe recent revelations in the “Afghanistan Papers” is nothing unknown for those who cared to take notice. It is a revelation in the sense that it took the mainstream media so long to report on the real war in Afghanistan. It was a revelation homogenised and packaged with legitimacy and “credible” journalism that could now […]What the Afghanistan Papers Really Reveal was first posted on December 12, 2019 at 11:13 pm.
- Free Man Beyond the WallA couple of years ago a bold new meme warrior appeared on Twitter and started converting the world to libertarianism through the power of funny pictures. “Mance Rayder” quickly became one of the country’s most popular libertarian podcasters and social media personalities. And then it turned out that he can write too. So in the summer of 2019 […]Free Man Beyond the Wall was first posted on December 11, 2019 at 12:31 pm.
- US No Longer Considers Yemen’s Houthis an Iranian ProxyAccusing long served as war justification for US, Saudis The Trump Administration has announced a policy change that looks like it could be a major turning point in US policy toward Yemen, announcing that they no longer consider the Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen to be a proxy of the Iranian government. That stance is one initially […]US No Longer Considers Yemen’s Houthis an Iranian Proxy was first posted on December 11, 2019 at 6:54 am.
- Betraying the Constitution“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”—Thomas Paine While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: while Americans have been fixated on the carefully orchestrated impeachment drama […]Betraying the Constitution was first posted on December 11, 2019 at 6:41 am.
- Eliminating the Horror of Modern PolicingIf people properly understood the role of police in the American system, they would probably trust anyone standing next to them in the grocery store to have their best interests at heart more than a “law enforcement” officer. There’s an important reason for this. According to a Cato study, if you are an American, you are 8X more […]Eliminating the Horror of Modern Policing was first posted on December 11, 2019 at 5:00 am.
- Since Feeding the Homeless Is Illegal, Activists Carry AR-15s to Give Out Food, SuppliesDallas, TX — Feeding and clothing the homeless in the land of the free has now become a revolutionary act. Luckily, however, there are still good people willing to carry that act out. In December 2014, the Dallas city council enacted Ordinance No. 29595, which makes it illegal to serve food to the homeless without jumping through […]Since Feeding the Homeless Is Illegal, Activists Carry AR-15s to Give Out Food, Supplies was first posted on December 10, 2019 at 9:48 pm.
- Islamic Terrorists. In Their Own Words“The outrage that Muslims feel over U.S. and British foreign policy is primarily the product of theological concerns” – Sam Harris The following list of quotations have been selectively edited to hammer home the dangerous buffoonery of Harris and every other inadvertent tool of Empire. List not exhaustive. Pattern is consistent in virtually every case: Prime motive […]Islamic Terrorists. In Their Own Words was first posted on December 10, 2019 at 9:38 pm.
- Three Underrated Arguments Debunking Marx’s Labor Theory Of ValueThough widely dispensed of in the field of economics, the notion of “wage slavery” is still commonly held among progressives and socialists of many stripes. It is not uncommon, especially on social media, to run into people insisting that employers are “stealing” part of their labor because the wage they receive from their employer is […]Three Underrated Arguments Debunking Marx’s Labor Theory Of Value was first posted on December 10, 2019 at 12:15 pm.
- Oklahoma Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard DeploymentsOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Dec. 10, 2019) – A bill prefiled in the Oklahoma Senate would prohibit unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would effectively restore the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance regarding the state militia. Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow) prefiled Senate Bill 1101 (SB1101) last week. The […]Oklahoma Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments was first posted on December 10, 2019 at 9:56 am.
Being Libertarian
- What to Call Ourselves? – Opting Out"Call me what you like, just don’t misrepresent me or my arguments," writes James Smith in this edition of Opting Out. The post What to Call Ourselves? – Opting Out appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Global Cooling Alarmism Doesn’t Disprove Climate Change – Freedom Philosophy"In under a decade, science squashed a radical environmental movement for being wrong. The fact that they did this, and we know science has the power to do this, and it isn’t doing it now, doesn’t disprove climate change," writes Brandon Kirby in this edition of Freedom Philosophy. The post Global Cooling Alarmism Doesn’t Disprove Climate Change – Freedom Philosophy appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Juice WRLD, Drugs, and the Deaths of Hip Hop’s Youth"... thanks to the United States' stringent drug laws, this star fizzled out before he could truly shine," writes Luke Henderson. The post Juice WRLD, Drugs, and the Deaths of Hip Hop’s Youth appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- A Libertarian Response to the Suppression of Tulsi Gabbard"This should send a chill down the spine of not only every American voter, but down the spines of freedom-lovers around the world. After all, if Google can do this to an American politician, what is stopping them from doing it to anyone else, anywhere else in the world?" asks William Gadsden. The post A Libertarian Response to the Suppression of Tulsi Gabbard appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- The False Liberty/Order Dichotomy – Misconceptions"Virtue cannot exist without liberty. People cannot choose the good if they are unable to choose in the first place," writes Nathan Kreider in this edition of Misconceptions. The post The False Liberty/Order Dichotomy – Misconceptions appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- How Did Kamala Harris Fall So Far?What do New Year’s resolutions have in common with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign? Both started in January and neither can quite make it to the end of December. The California Senator launched her White House bid on ABC’s Good Morning America at the beginning of the year, and announced its end on Tuesday in a […] The post How Did Kamala Harris Fall So Far? appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- UK Election 2019: Socialism vs. Hyper Socialism – Opting Out"With every failed negotiation, every delay, every court case, I have become less and less enthusiastic about our prospects even if Brexit is achieved," writes James Smith in this edition of Opting Out. The post UK Election 2019: Socialism vs. Hyper Socialism – Opting Out appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- The Left’s Errors on Taxing Billionaires – Freedom Philosophy"The arrogance of the left, with their naive socialism, is that people who have never built great cities wish to tell us how to build great cities," writes Brandon Kirby in this edition of Freedom Philosophy. The post The Left’s Errors on Taxing Billionaires – Freedom Philosophy appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Impeach Him Already – Red Dirt Liberty Report"I think Donald Trump is one of the better Presidents the United States has had. I would put him, at least, in the top ten. That’s not bad. Approximately the top quartile. There’s plenty with which I would disagree, but overall I think he’s done a pretty good job. I also believe Trump should be impeached," writes Danny Chabino in this edition of the Red Dirt Liberty Report. The post Impeach Him Already – Red Dirt Liberty Report appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Placing the ‘Iran Issue’ in Historical Context: A Critique of America’s Vision of the World"The problem is defining Iran as an 'issue' in the first place. By constructing Iran as an ‘issue’ and an object of American foreign policy, a conceptual framework is created wherein the United States may act on Iran so long as it benefits the American position," writes guest author Alexander Oman. Want to write for Being Libertarian? CLICK HERE: http://www.beinglibertarian.com/contribute/ The post Placing the ‘Iran Issue’ in Historical Context: A Critique of America’s Vision of the World appeared first on Being Libertarian.
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