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Noam Chomsky
[b. 1928]
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"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate
within that spectrum – even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on,
while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."
"We should never overlook the fact that the threats that we now face are the most severe that have ever arisen in human history. They are literal
threats to survival . . . These are very urgent concerns, they cannot be delayed . . . They have to be faced directly and soon." - in December 2016
"The destruction of the information system . . . is a technique of propaganda that’s extremely effective.
It’s working, and the effects are lethal." - in November 2019
— Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky was born on 7 December 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his PhD in 1955. He has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the past 50 years, and is currently Institute Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics.
He is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide. Among his most recent books are "Hegemony or Survival", "Failed States", "Hopes and Prospects", and "Masters of Mankind". Haymarket Books recently released twelve of his classic works in new editions. His latest books are "What Kind of Creatures Are We?", "Who Rules The World?", and "Requiem For The American Dream".
Noam Chomsky's official website
Noam Chomsky's M.I.T. homepage
Noam Chomsky bio page at M.I.T.
Noam Chomsky entry at Wikipedia
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Major Works
Noam Chomsky's books in print at M.I.T. Press
browse books at the Noam Chomsky Store at Amazon
 | "The Essential Chomsky" [2008] Edited by Anthony Arnove The New Press 9¼x6 pb [2/2008] for $11.80 The New Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2008] for $26.60 |
Movies, Interviews, Other Media
Noam Chomsky's credits [since 1977] at Internet Movie Database
search videos/DVDs on keywords 'noam chomsky' {returns 100+ titles} at Amazon
"Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and The Media" [1992] /tt0104810/
 | "Class War: The Attack On Working People" [1995] by Noam Chomsky Epitaph audio CD [11/98] for $14.99 |
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky In Our Times" documentary film [Nov 2002]
Arguably the most important living American thinker, Noam Chomsky continues to investigate the ethical dimensions of the United States and its actions. In this documentary, which contains interviews and portions of public speeches he gave in New York and California in the spring of 2002, Chomsky addresses the events of September 11th. As in his best-selling book entitled 9-11, he defers any differentiation between state-sponsored violence and rogue terrorism. Directed by John Junkerman, www.firstrunfeatures.com DVD B00008XS1C VHS B00008XS1B
 | "Stupidity" [Téléfilm Canada 2003] Co-produced & directed by Albert Nerenberg; extras on DVD include uncut interviews with Noam Chomsky, Giancarlo Livraghi, Bill Maher, director Albert Nerenberg, Avital Ronell & director Joel Schumacher Disinformation color DVD [7/2006] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Distorted Morality: America's War On Terror" '[WEA/Epitaph 2003] /tt0361959/ dvd=B00008AOW1
 | "Is There Hope In This Desperate Time?" [indep Sept 2004] Noam Chomsky & Howard Zinn joint lecture as fundraiser for Homeless Empowerment Project in Boston; recorded in September 2004; intro by Paula Matthew • credits not found at IMDb Radio Free Maine Audible audio CD [11/2004] for $4.95 watch complete event [12/2012 upload; 1:45:22] online at YouTube |
 | "Rush To War: Between Iraq & A Hard Place" docufilm [indep Oct 2004] interviewees include Sen. George McGovern, Joe Wilson, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Scott Ritter, Gen. Anthony Zinni, Richard Clarke, and columnists Robert Scheer & Molly Ivins Written & directed by Robert Taicher Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD [9/2007] for $6.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
 | "Conversations On The Edge of The Apocalypse: Contemplating The Future With Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake & Others" [2005] by David Jay Brown "Most of all, this book offers positive visions of the future." — Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review Palgrave Macmillan hardcover [6/2005] for $17.79 |
 | "Independent Intervention" documentary video [Ground Productions 2006] Challenges the corporate media’s presentation of war, with reports of the brutal realities in Iraq Produced & directed by Tonje Hessen Schei; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Amy Good-man, Jim Hightower, Kalle Lasn, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Howard Zinn & James Zogby color DVD available at official website {via PayPal} Ground Prodns color DVD [3/2006] via Amazon third party credits at IMDb • official movie site |
 | "Cla$$war" [2009] Story by Rob Williams, Art by Trevor Hairsine, Travel Foreman & others Writer Rob Williams has stated that Noam Chomsky's "Class War Interviews" was a major inspir-ation for this superhero comic book series; includes all six issues of the award-winning 2002 & 2004 comics, plus a new story by Williams & Hairsine Com.x 10¼x6½ hardcover [4/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Theory and Practice: Conversations With Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn" [2010] - 107-minute documentary comprised of two November 2009 interviews by Sasha Lilley (Pacifica Radio), featuring Noam Chomsky [33 minutes] and Howard Zinn [74 minutes]; produced by P.M. Press [est. 2007] & Mighty Small Films [est. 2008] P.M. Press color DVD [3/2010] for $15.39 P.M. Press color DVD [3/2010] for $13.99 credits at IMDb • watch full movie [6/2014 upload; 1:47:38] online at YouTube |
 | "Requiem For The American Dream: Noam Chomsky and The Principles of [The] Concentration of Wealth & Power" [indep Jan 2016] 73-minute film taken from interviews over four years • Co-produced, written & directed by Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks & Jared P. Scott; music by Malcolm Francis FilmRise color Blu-ray [8/2016] for $24.11 FilmRise color DVD-R [8/2016] for $20.98 Popular Beat Combo MP-3 soundtrack album download [6/2016] 10 tracks for $8.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie website • watch official trailer [2:25] online at YouTube |
 | "A Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Howard Gardner" [2016] Taped 10 October 2016 at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Gutman Library; hosted by Howard Gardner as interview of Noam Chomsky; Q&A at end watch 10/2016 full interview [1:37:03] online at YouTube |
 | Noam Chomsky lecture/speech at 'Democracy Now!' anniversary event [Dec 2016] 25-minute speech or lecture delivered on 5 December 2016; second half hosted by Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez, with added guest Harry Belafonte • credits not found at IMDb watch full broadcast [54:31] online at YouTube |
 | "Noam Chomsky: American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist" [2020] A series of podcasts/lectures on the Age of Economics video platform, posted 6 December 2020 videos and transcripts of Dr. Chomsky's response to eight questions: 1. Why does economics matter? 2. What are the differences between economic science (academic economics) and economic engineering (policymaking)? 3. What role does economics play in society? Does it serve the common good? 4. Economics provides answers to problems related to markets, efficiency, profits, consumption and economic growth. Does economics do a good job in addressing the other issues people care about: climate change and the wider environment, the role of technology in society, issues of race and class, pandemics, etc.? 5. As we live in an age of economics and economists – in which economic developments feature prominently in our lives and economists have major influence over a wide range of policy and people – should economists be held accountable for their advice? 6. Does economics explain Capitalism? How would you define Capitalism? 7. No human system to date has so far been able to endure indefinitely - not ancient Egypt or Rome, not Feudal China or Europe, not the USSR. What about global Capitalism: can it survive in its current form? 8. Is Capitalism, or whatever we should call the current system, the best one to serve the needs of humanity, or can we imagine another one? |
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"Noam Chomsky Talks Climate and Racial Justice" [2021] 11/2021 interview by Stan Cox for Yes! Magazine text of 11/2021 article at the Yes! Magazine website | |
 | "Noam Chomsky issues warning" lecture/speech [2022] Taped at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque during the American Solar Energy Society's 51st Annual Conference on 21 June 2022 Introduction by Winston Riley; Noam starts at 7:09 and defines three possible cataclysmic disasters that humans face: climate change, a nuclear accident or provocation, and the newest and perhaps most frustrating, our current inability to engage in rational discourse because of the most dangerous organization in human history watch 6/2022 full lecture/speech [26:35] online at YouTube |
Works About Noam Chomsky
 | "Introducing Chomsky" [1997] by John Maher & Judy Groves Totem Books 4th edition pb [12/2011] for $9.95 Totem Books 8¼x5½ pb [3/2005] for $11.01 Totem Books 8x5½ pb [4/97] out of print/many used |
 | "Chomsky For Beginners" [2007] by David Cogswell, Illustrated by Paul Gordon includes text of "an exclusive interview with the maverick genius" For Beginners 9x6 pb [8/2007] for $9.66 |
 | "L'Intellettuale In Rivolta: L'Antagonismo Politico Attraverso le Riflessioni di Zinn, Buber, Chomsky" [2010] by Giuseppe Gagliano
Editrice Uniservice Italian-language pb [2010] out of print/scarce |
L i n k s
Noam Chomsky's official website
Noam Chomsky's M.I.T. homepage
Noam Chomsky bio page at M.I.T.
Noam Chomsky's books in print at M.I.T. Press
Noam Chomsky entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Noam Chomsky Store at Amazon
Noam Chomsky's credits [since 1977] at Internet Movie Database
search videos/DVDs on keywords 'noan chomsky' {returns 100+ titles} at Amazon
Z Magazine's Noam Chomsky blog & archive
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