Tag Archives: Noam Chomsky

New Pew Center poll highlights growing Egyptian revulsion at peace treaty with Israel

61% of Egyptians want to annul the peace treaty with Israel, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. That’s a seven-point increase from last year.

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Contempt for democracy: Chomsky says Arab public opinion counts for nothing in US intellectual culture

Noam Chomsky was on Law and Disorder Radio, interviewed by Michael Ratner and Michael Smith. The exchange begins at minute 32 or so. Chomsky is asked about his new Gaza book and says, “Just to be timely, let’s start with … Continue reading

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Carol Chomsky memorial fund will serve ‘purposely wrecked society’ of Gaza and Nakba refugees in Lebanon

As many of you know, Carol Chomsky, a linguist and social activist, died nearly two years ago. She had been married for nearly 60 years to Noam Chomsky, whom she met when she was 3 and he was 5 and … Continue reading

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Unfair to Chomsky

Outside on such a beautiful fall day, and I reflected with angst that I’d been unfair to Noam Chomsky in this post of last week, where I characterized his dismissal of Walt and Mearsheimer as “ethnocentric.” A friend corrected me … Continue reading

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Q: Does Chomsky feel Jewish responsibility for Israel’s crimes?

Here is a great interview of the great Chomsky by David Samuels at Tablet, thoroughly exploring the roots of Chomsky’s ethnic/religious identification, which I think is largely unconscious for him. Samuels is uniquely positioned to do this, he comes out … Continue reading

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