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Noam Chomsky | women

I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.

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Noam Chomsky war

Noam Chomsky | war

Concentration of executive power, unless it’s very temporary and for specific circumstances, let’s say fighting world war two, it’s an assault on democracy.

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Noam Chomsky war

Noam Chomsky | war

There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.

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Noam Chomsky war

Noam Chomsky | war

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won’t be a world – at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

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Noam Chomsky war

Noam Chomsky | war

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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Noam Chomsky Time

Noam Chomsky | time

If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don’t have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works.

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Noam Chomsky society

Noam Chomsky | society

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

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Noam Chomsky society

Noam Chomsky | society

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.