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“For one, the point is clearly made that the ‘master ring’, the so-called ‘one ring to rule them all’, is actually a rather elaborate justification for preemptive war on Mordor. “
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen —
Authority: 680
I missed this the first go-round, but the McSweeney’s parody of Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky on The Lord of the Rings is pretty funny. Related posts... quote for today22 hours ago -
December 7 in history
Homepaddock —
Authority: 446
On December 7: 521 Saint Columba , Irish Christian missionary to Scotland, was born. 1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden , London . 1863 Richard Sears , American department store founder, was born. 1888 Joyce Cary , Irish author, was born. 1900 Max ...1 day ago -
The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres
Progressive News Daily —
Authority: 163
By Noam Chomsky InTheseTimes.com November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: “the biggest year in world history since 1945,” as British historian Timothy Garton Ash describes it. That year “changed everything,” Garton Ash writes. Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms within Russia and his ...2 days ago -
Chomsky as Chávez’s Clown / Chomsky en bufón de Chávez
slackbastard —
Authority: 136
A rather odd article by Octavio Alberola , calling Chomsky a clown… Chávez’s clown. There are two direct criticisms in the text. First, on the occasion of his visit to Venezuela in August, Chomsky apparently remarked that “it moved him to meet the men who have inspired this situation”; the second is that, ...2 days ago -
"When a political leader uses the word ‘folks,’ you know you’re going to shudder at..."
Bout of Context —
Authority: 428
“When a political leader uses the word ‘folks,’ you know you’re going to...2 days ago -
Chomsky on challenging our daily propaganda
Antony Loewenstein —
Authority: 147
Noam Chomsky, Language & Politics, quoted in Rai, p. 158: There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and ...2 days ago -
Chomsky speaks on U.S. imperialism
Nasir Khan blog —
Authority: 142
Noam Chomsky delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture to a packed crowd on Thursday. By Claire Luchette, Columbia Spectator , Dec 4, 2009 + click photographs to enlarge Chomsky honors said | Students had to be turned away from Thursday’s event featuring the famed linguist Noam Chomsky, ...2 days ago -
Chomsky speaks on U.S. imperialism
Dr Nasir Khan —
Authority: 439
Noam Chomsky delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture to a packed crowd on Thursday. By Claire Luchette, Columbia Spectator , Dec 4, 2009 + click photographs to enlarge Chomsky honors said | Students had to be turned away from Thursday’s event featuring the famed linguist Noam Chomsky, as the ...2 days ago -
Noam Chomsky: The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism
Dandelion Salad —
Authority: 493
Dandelion SaladjoefriendlyDecember 03, 2009Noam Chomsky delivers the 5th Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture: The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism at Columbia University School for International Affairs for the Heyman Center for the Humanities. After paying homage to Edward Said’s stressing imperialism ...2 days ago -
Chomsky the Capitalist Pig
slackbastard —
Authority: 136
Damn. I never knew! But serious… I just stumbledupon Capitalism: a love story (Anti-German Translation, November 27, 2009). It has a crack at filmmaker Michael Moore and wealthy gadabout Noam Chomsky. According to A-GT, Uncle Noam is ‘an anti-capitalist warrior with stocks in the military-industrial ...3 days ago -
Our world isn’t the way forward, far from it, so think big
Antony Loewenstein —
Authority: 147
The Resist project has “asked many writers and political thinkers about their views on power structures, resistance and the future “. View interviews with Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky and Wikileaks.3 days ago -
Will a free market for news media harm impartiality?
UK News —
Authority: 472
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson took a subtle dig at the Murdoch News empire this week when he said that some in the commercial sector want to maintain an “iron grip” on pay TV and “to erode the commitment to impartiality — in other words, to fill British airwaves with more Fox-style news.” “They ...4 days ago -
On Language and Syntax: Loretta and Sarah
Yo Mama For Obama —
Authority: 122
Language is a mirror, a pathway, into the workings of the brain. How a person speaks is a peek into one’s intellect and other cognitive abilities.I have always been fascinated by language development. Since my college days, this topic was the area of concentration within my major of social and behavioral ...4 days ago -
This Week on VOMENA
Voices of the Middle East & North Africa —
Authority: 117
December 2, 2009 This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we speak with Professor Noam Chomsky about his views on the Palestinian question and ask him questions which he is rarely asked. Later in the program, Jennifer Jaeh will talk to us about her one women comictragic play, “ I Heart Hamas ...4 days ago -
Greenwald, Benen
Gerry Canavan —
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Greenwald : Not only did he refrain from those manipulative appeals, he made explicitly clear that we are in Afghanistan to serve our own interests (as he perceives them), not to build a better nation for Afghans. Nation-building, he said, goes “beyond … what we need to achieve to secure our interests” and ...5 days ago -
Afghan Escalation Panned
MAL Contends . . . —
Authority: 469
Bob Herbert - "I suppose we’ll never learn. President Obama will go on TV Tuesday night to announce that he plans to send tens of thousands of additional American troops to Afghanistan to fight in a war that has lasted most of the decade and has long since failed." Michael Moore - "With just one speech tomorrow ...6 days ago -
Chomsky on a Middle East that must revolve around Iran
Antony Loewenstein —
Authority: 147
Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali recently spoke at The Imperial College Political Philosophy Society in London in association with Palestine societies at UCL, SOAS, Goldsmiths, LSE, Imperial and Kings on Palestine and the region in the Obama era: the emerging framework : Chomsky: Palestine and the region in the Obama ...6 days ago -
World March for Peace: Monday and Tuesday events
OntheWilderSide —
Authority: 481
Monday: March over Brooklyn BridgeMonday afternoon: Delegation meets with Ban Ki Moon at the UNTuesday: Gather with “September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows” at Ground Zero___________________________For Long Island info (ie: taking a train or bus, meeting others) see: here.Bernard Lafayette to lead the ...1 week ago -
Noam Chomsky: Propaganda in a Democracy; The Threat of the Public Beast; Welfare State for the Rich; National Interest vs Special Interests
Dialogic —
Authority: 139
It’s not the case, as the naïve might think, that indoctrination is inconsistent with democracy. … The point is that in a military State or a feudal State or what we would nowadays call a totalitarian State, it doesn’t much matter what people think because you’ve got a bludgeon over their head and you can ...1 week ago -
Capitalism: a love story
Anti-German Translation —
Authority: 411
Last week, we did anti-capitalist students in Nikes and keffiyahs . This week, anti-capitalist warriors with stocks in the military-industrial complex. Warning: sources are right-wing, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. Michael Moore: According to Fortune Magazine , Moore’s films have grossed over ...1 week ago
