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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... percent of the coverage on Central America was within the bounds I've described . On the Middle East , where the media are just grotesque , it was only ninety - six percent within those ludicrous bounds . The reason was that they ...
... percent of the coverage on Central America was within the bounds I've described . On the Middle East , where the media are just grotesque , it was only ninety - six percent within those ludicrous bounds . The reason was that they ...
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... percent for speculation . In 1990 those figures were reversed : ninety percent for speculation . Also the quantity has grown enormously . The effects of that , as he points out , are what I just said . DB The Boulder Daily Camera is ...
... percent for speculation . In 1990 those figures were reversed : ninety percent for speculation . Also the quantity has grown enormously . The effects of that , as he points out , are what I just said . DB The Boulder Daily Camera is ...
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... percent . About ninety percent is being used for spec- ulation . This means that huge amounts of capital , $ 14 trillion , according to a recent World Bank esti- mate , are now simply very quickly moveable around the world basically ...
... percent . About ninety percent is being used for spec- ulation . This means that huge amounts of capital , $ 14 trillion , according to a recent World Bank esti- mate , are now simply very quickly moveable around the world basically ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
They Dont Even Know That They Know | 33 |
Race | 61 |
Copyright | |
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