Noam Chomsky

Professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author, most recently, of Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance.

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War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel

by Noam Chomsky

New York (USA) | 17 November 2009

It is facts and actions that define the real temper of a politician, in this case Barack Obama. This is precisely what is bewildering many an intellectual or political analyst, considering that Obama has gone back on most of the promises formulated during his electoral campaign: Guantanamo’s (...)

The Persistence of Cynicism

by Noam Chomsky

31 March 2009

Barack Obama is recognised to be a person of acute intelligence, a legal scholar, careful with his choice of words. He deserves to be taken seriously — both what he says, and what he omits.

The Election, Economy, War, and Peace

by Noam Chomsky

21 December 2008

You thought that Barack Obama would bring about political change in the United States. Until now, everything would indicate that the opposite is true. We are seeing the same power groups reappearing behind the President, influential people who are guiding him from the wings and flanking him (...)

Afterword: Failed States

by Noam Chomsky

New York (USA) | 5 May 2006

We began by considering four critical issues that should rank high on the agenda of those concerned with the prospects for a decent future.

“Beyond the ballot”

by Noam Chomsky

30 January 2006

George W. Bush called December elections in Iraq a “major milestone in the march to democracy”. They are indeed a milestone, but not just the kind that London and Washington would welcome. When George W. Bush and Tony Blair invaded Iraq, the pretext was the weapons of mass destruction. Since (...)

Venezuela’s sovereignty must be respected

by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, José Saramago, Nadine Gordimer, Noam Chomsky, Salim Lamrani

12 January 2006

The legislative elections held on December 4, 2005, confirmed the term granted by the Venezuelan people to the party of president Hugo Chávez. The authenticity of the elections was certified by a pluralist group of international observers, among them, a special representative from Voltaire (...)

“Doctrine of Good Intentions”

by Noam Chomsky

19 September 2005

When it comes to human problems, one should understand how doctrinaire systems work. To make political marketing easier, such systems must present their enemies as wicked by nature. That was how Saddam Hussein – a defenseless target – was treated. Hussein was presented as a threat to our (...)

«An accident about to happen»

by Noam Chomsky

10 May 2005

This week, a UN conference will group 180 signatory nations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a treaty regarded as the only hope to avoid the disaster that is virtually guaranteed by the logics of nuclear weapons.
However, according to Thomas Graham, a former US special representative for (...)

Promoting Democracy

Double Standard Policy

by Noam Chomsky

22 April 2005

The United States justify their foreign policy by their concern of promoting democracy. Yet, they support this latter only when it fits in with their interests and fight it the rest of the time. Basing on the examples of Iraq, Iran and Palestine, the professor Noam Chomsky analyses this (...)

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