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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Born: Dec 7, 1928
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It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination. Noam Chomsky
World Sense Others Latin Latin America Independent Following More Pursue Freeing Makes Itself Domination Role America Japan
Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment. Noam Chomsky
Markets Impacts Only Environment Because Transactions Ignoring Lethal
Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear. Noam Chomsky
Sigh Relief Would Disappear Mostly Israelis Were Breathe Palestinians
The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment... the European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up. Noam Chomsky
Commitment Inflation First Too High Only Prevent Federal Federal Reserve Maintain Employment Policies Up Official Getting Bank Different Central Central Bank European Reserve Keep Second Two
For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence. Noam Chomsky
Independence Relations Latin Latin American Had Countries Since Another Limited Came Been Years Integration Very American Separated Explorers European Prerequisite
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English. Noam Chomsky
You Learning Language Would Exactly No Idea About Except Could Allow Pick Idea Longer Like Make Infant Up Just Standard English Expressions Imagine
In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining. Noam Chomsky
War World Think Back Constant General Remain Implement Policies Going Them Capacity Declining Second World War Second World War
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil. Noam Chomsky
World Hatred Perception President Harsh Arab Arab World About Take He 1950s Supported Concerned Because Oppressive Campaign Oil Eisenhower Regimes Even Street
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. Noam Chomsky
Power Lost Distortion Invasion Surrounding Familiar Shock American Deceit Vietnam Now
I don't usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this 'hopey changey stuff,' she was right: there was nothing there. Noam Chomsky
Nothing Admire Stuff She Making Sarah Sarah Palin Fun Right Palin
Qatar-based 'Al-Jazeera,' the most important news channel in the Arab world, was harshly criticized by high U.S. officials for having 'emphasized civilian casualties' during the destruction of Falluja. The problem of independent media was later resolved when the channel was kicked out of Iraq in preparation for free elections. Noam Chomsky
News Problem World Destruction Free Important Preparation Resolved Channel Later Kicked Harshly Arab Independent Out Arab World High Criticized Civilian Civilian Casualties Having Casualties Emphasized Most Iraq Officials The Most Important News Channel Elections Media
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived. Noam Chomsky
Practice Radical Brought Morality Rise Conceived Also How Revision Commons Capitalist Treated
If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions. Noam Chomsky
You Will Bend Point Institutions Existing Get Where Popular Eliminate
Palestinians have no wealth or power. Noam Chomsky
Wealth Power Palestinians
In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss. Noam Chomsky
Conflict Independence Bitter Responsible Over Known Discourse Loss Western China Who Event
There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11. Noam Chomsky
Every Critical Could Split Highly Likelihood Undermined Been Movement After Much Bin
For many of the world's conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. Noam Chomsky
World Difficult Settlement Feasible Up Conflicts Conjure Many Even
It cannot be too often stressed that Israel had no credible pretext for its 2008-9 attack on Gaza, with full U.S. support and illegally using U.S. weapons. Noam Chomsky
Too Gaza Weapons Pretext Attack Had Support Israel Often Cannot Full Using Credible Stressed
A large majority of Americans believe that the U.N., not the U.S., should take the lead in working with Iraqis to transfer authentic sovereignty as well as in economic reconstruction and maintaining civic order. Noam Chomsky
Believe Civic Reconstruction Economic Take Lead Maintaining Majority Well Iraqis Authentic American Sovereignty Order Transfer Should Working Large
Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war. Noam Chomsky
War Military Evidence Claims Border Support Build-Up Still Provide Iraqi Huge Refuses Justified Washington Saudi
When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn't producing any more. Noam Chomsky
Weapon More Had Korea Came George George W George W. Bush North Office North Korea Any Maybe Bush Producing Nuclear Nuclear Weapon
In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that - Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the U.S. and Israel. They don't like Iran - Arabs generally don't like Iran - but they didn't consider it a threat. Noam Chomsky
Face Consider Arabs Threat Threats Main Generally Major Like Israel Iran Square Egypt Egyptians Poll Regarded Which Eve Found Numbers
Under Clinton, the defiance of world order has become so extreme as to be of concern even to hawkish policy analysts. Noam Chomsky
World Defiance Become Analyst Extreme Concern Policy Clinton Order Even World Order
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there's layer after layer of management - a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities. Noam Chomsky
You People Management Control Elsewhere Kind Administrative More Economic Layer True Force Industry Does Domination Than Same After Useful Even Waste Universities
In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn - the climax of a 'day of awe,' as the press described it. Noam Chomsky
Day Organization White White House September President President Clinton Liberation Press Minister Arafat Lawn Between Prime Prime Minister Over House Climax Israeli Clinton Handshake Chairman Awe Palestine
Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance along the road, which also winds through foothills and the fringes of heavy jungle where tigers are said to roam. The vegetation, wild or cultivated, is lush. Noam Chomsky
Rich Wild Distance Shades Winds Through Road Vegetation Roam Along Also Tigers Said Cultivated Province Itself Jungle Green Where Heavy Which Pattern Fields Rice Far Many Agricultural Lush Stretch
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