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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Born: Dec 7, 1928
American Been People War World You
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Elizabeth Cady Stanton Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations. Noam Chomsky
People Took Part October Demonstrations Anti-War Estimated Large-Scale
To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position. Noam Chomsky
Nature Values Important Society Increasing Summarize Those Threatens Cost Make American Decision-Making Aggression American Society Use Technique Draft Resistance Position
From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over whatever it wants in the West Bank, maintaining the brutal siege on Gaza, separating Gaza from the West Bank and, of course, occupying the Syrian Golan heights, all with full U.S. support. Noam Chomsky
Whatever Heights Gaza Siege Way Negotiations Syrian Systematically Brutal Point Point Of View Support Taking Maintaining Over Policies Course Occupying Israel Continue West West Bank Effect Bank Wants View Full Separating
There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger. Noam Chomsky
Government Anger Acceptance World Values Hatred Rejection Recognition U.S. Government Lead Come Does Repeated Very American Polls Which Little Dislike Them American Values Shown Rejected Elites Dissatisfaction
If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees. Noam Chomsky
Best Day You Honesty Will Employees Corporation Say Possible Some He Major Goods Hours Does His Provide Conditions Customers CEO Ask Creating Working Services
It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy. Noam Chomsky
Privacy People Dangerous Willing Give Up
The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important. Noam Chomsky
Health You Library People Space Important Own Community Aid System Mutual Something Open Develop Open Space Participation Supportive Like Spontaneously Democratic Occupy Discussion Did Taught Movement Create Really Your Communities Cooperation
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Noam Chomsky
People States Moral Powerful Institutions Impose Agents Standards
In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. Noam Chomsky
Work World Academic Most Clerical Lot Done Professors Routine
Everyone knows that when you look at a television ad, you do not expect to get information. You expect to see delusion and imagery. Noam Chomsky
You Everyone Television See Delusion Look Knows Expect Get Information Ad Imagery
Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, has advanced delivery systems. Noam Chomsky
Unlike Hundreds Systems Weapons Inspection Join Allow Delivery Advanced Non-Proliferation Israel Iran Refuses Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Treaty
American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898. Noam Chomsky
Hawaii Imperialism Takeover Cuba American Often Rico Puerto Puerto Rico
The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place. Noam Chomsky
Action Military State States Over Involved Been Place Military Action United United States Violent
When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has. Noam Chomsky
Expectation Increase Threat Invaded Terror Iraq Going Reasonable Britain
A siege is an act of war. Noam Chomsky
War Siege Act
On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public. Noam Chomsky
You Internet Think Everything Going Public
The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that. Noam Chomsky
Government Own Danger Severe Beyond Iranian Undoubtedly Population
The 14th Amendment was recognized right away to be problematic. The concept of person was both too narrow and too broad, and the courts went to work to overcome both of those flaws. Noam Chomsky
Work Overcome Too Broad Those Recognized Both Concept Narrow Courts Amendment Person Problematic Flaws Away Right Right Away
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself. Noam Chomsky
Myself Power Betray Tradition Intellectual Ashamed Servility
Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic. Noam Chomsky
Dictatorship Relations Way Opinion Israel Antagonistic Very Egypt Public Mubarak Public Opinion Interpreted
Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential. Noam Chomsky
Opinion Influential Public Public Opinion Media
Somebody will be able to overcome any encryption technique you use! Noam Chomsky
You Overcome Will Somebody Able Encryption Any Use Technique
The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it. Noam Chomsky
Problem Try Way Hidden Destroy Security Major Major Problem Undermine Effort Trying Just Social Social Security Present Program
Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it. Noam Chomsky
Time People Overcome Poverty Every Every Time Bitter Has-Been Attacks Misery Steps Haitian Blocks Been Years Effort Really
Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute. Noam Chomsky
Last-Minute States Worst Eastern Eastern Europe Darling Minute Had He Supported Until Him West Dictator Romania Loved Which Europe United United States Last Britain
There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that's been going on since the Second World War. Noam Chomsky
War World Unions Sector Has-Been Attack Since Private Been Huge Private Sector Going Against Actually Second World War Second World War
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