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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Page 216
... workers who supported an independent union . They were willing to allow the fraudulent government union . But those who sought to get an independent union were kicked out and only those who agreed not to support it were rehired at lower ...
... workers who supported an independent union . They were willing to allow the fraudulent government union . But those who sought to get an independent union were kicked out and only those who agreed not to support it were rehired at lower ...
Page 233
... workers were killed in a Hong Kong - owned factory . The China Labor Ministry reported that eleven thousand workers had been killed in industrial accidents just in the first eight months of 1993 , double the figure of the pre- ceding ...
... workers were killed in a Hong Kong - owned factory . The China Labor Ministry reported that eleven thousand workers had been killed in industrial accidents just in the first eight months of 1993 , double the figure of the pre- ceding ...
Page 284
... workers are disgruntled for one reason or another or have been fired or laid off . Not only have real wages stagnated or declined , but working conditions have gotten much worse . You can see that just in counting hours of work . Today ...
... workers are disgruntled for one reason or another or have been fired or laid off . Not only have real wages stagnated or declined , but working conditions have gotten much worse . You can see that just in counting hours of work . Today ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
They Dont Even Know That They Know | 33 |
Race | 61 |
Copyright | |
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