Oct 06 2009
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 22
Crisis and Hope in the Age of Obama – a New Talk by Noam Chomsky. Click here to Pledge
Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known in the academic and scientific community as the father of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as an anarchist-leaning political dissident, and libertarian socialist intellectual. What he is best known for however, is bringing a wide-ranging and historical context to political issues of our day. Just 2 days ago Professor Chomsky spoke in San Francisco drawing a long arc from US policy drafted during World War II through today’s foreign policy in the Middle East and Latin America.
Beginning with his opposition to the Vietnam War Chomsky established himself as a prominent critic of US foreign and domestic policy. He expressed his opposition to the Vietnam war in his February 1967 essay, “The Responsibility of Intellectuals” which was published in The New York Review of Books. In 1968 he spoke at a Town hall meeting against the draft in New York City in a speech that was broadcast on Pacifica stations and is now preserved in the Archives. In 1969 he published a collection of essays called American Power and the New Mandarins, which put him on the political map.
His far-reaching criticisms of US foreign policy and his questioning of the legitimacy of US power have resulted in him being almost completely shunned by the American mainstream media in the United States — yet Chomsky is frequently sought out for his views by mainstream publications and news outlets worldwide.
Thank you Gifts:
Chomsky Speech given on October 4th in San Francisco – DVD – $100
3 Chomsky DVDs including the 10/4 SF speech, the 6/12 Riverside speech, and his 1/5 hr long conversation with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now – $150
Standing up to the Madness by Amy Goodman – signed – Free with $150 pack (LIMITED)
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