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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... tion high - level planning document stated : only rapid and decisive intervention against much weaker ene- mies which will lead to very quick victory without any fighting . Anything else will undercut political support . There is no ...
... tion high - level planning document stated : only rapid and decisive intervention against much weaker ene- mies which will lead to very quick victory without any fighting . Anything else will undercut political support . There is no ...
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... tion , God does this and that — astonishing . These are numbers that you have nowhere in the industrial world . You've got to go to maybe mosques in Iran , or maybe do a poll among old ladies in Sicily . You might get numbers like this ...
... tion , God does this and that — astonishing . These are numbers that you have nowhere in the industrial world . You've got to go to maybe mosques in Iran , or maybe do a poll among old ladies in Sicily . You might get numbers like this ...
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... tion of production . The net effect is expected to be a decline in wealth and income for the majority of the population of Mexico and for the majority of the population of the U.S. , while there will be exactly that growth and increase ...
... tion of production . The net effect is expected to be a decline in wealth and income for the majority of the population of Mexico and for the majority of the population of the U.S. , while there will be exactly that growth and increase ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
They Dont Even Know That They Know | 33 |
Race | 61 |
Copyright | |
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