Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David BarsamianBarsamian, the founder of Alternative Radio, and Chomsky, allegedly the most quoted author in the modern era, have forged a symbiotic relationship that manages to distill Chomsky's political philosophies and make them accessible. Barsamian's historically grounded, well-informed and probing questions prompt Chomsky to deconstruct concepts of class, media and economics. Chomsky deftly addresses domestic and foreign conundrums including health care, the recent crime bill and NAFTA. While these interviews span a two-year period and end early in 1994, they remain provocative and timely, with Chomsky's insights on Haiti, Northern Ireland and the Middle East proving especially resonant. Ultimately, Rabble serves as a Chomsky primer that is without condescension, and the question-and-answer format shows him at his most concise and adroit. His criticism exposes democracies as business-run societies that render the general population isolated from politics, persuasively suggesting that we are on the verge of a social breakdown. What sets this work apart from other reluctant messiahs who simply intellectualize suffering, is that Barsamian and Chomsky discuss avenues for activism-strengthening unions, following grassroots organizations or simply reading between the lines. Together they act as a lens, enabling the reader to see what has been there, hidden in plain sight. FROM Publisher's Weekly -- Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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... institutions , like parlia- ments , which are less and less able to influence deci- sions made at the Community level . All of this is a marvelous device for rendering democratic forums meaningless . It means crucial decisions with enor ...
... institutions , like parlia- ments , which are less and less able to influence deci- sions made at the Community level . All of this is a marvelous device for rendering democratic forums meaningless . It means crucial decisions with enor ...
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... institutions and monied incorporations , " of course vastly more powerful by this time . He felt that that fact made ... institutions of private power , which of course he recognized , as did Jefferson and other classical liberals , as ...
... institutions and monied incorporations , " of course vastly more powerful by this time . He felt that that fact made ... institutions of private power , which of course he recognized , as did Jefferson and other classical liberals , as ...
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... institutions , the IMF and the World Bank , who were offering him loans and preferential terms because they liked what he was doing . He was getting independent support out- side the U.S. Furthermore , he cut back on drug traf- ficking ...
... institutions , the IMF and the World Bank , who were offering him loans and preferential terms because they liked what he was doing . He was getting independent support out- side the U.S. Furthermore , he cut back on drug traf- ficking ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
They Dont Even Know That They Know | 33 |
Race | 61 |
Copyright | |
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