Conducted from 1984 to 1996, these interviews first appeared in the books Chronicles of Dissent, Keeping the Rabble in Line, and Class Warfare, all published by the independent publisher Common Courage Press in Monroe, Maine.
This omnibus collection includes a new introduction by David Barsamian, looking back on conversations and engagement with Chomsky’s ideas that now spans decades, as well as a classic essay by Alexander Cockburn on Chomsky that served as the introduction to one of the original volumes.
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"These interviews with Chomsky, conducted between 1984 and 1991, focus almost exclusively on the noted linguist's controversial political views. This volume is thus a good introduction to his political thought for those who are intimidated by his densely argued, exhaustively footnoted essays and books. The discussions range all over world history, from Columbus to the Gulf War, but they return repeatedly to certain pet topics--Israel as U.S. client-state, the perversion of language by propaganda, the pervasiveness of American imperialist designs and the complicity of a large sector of the intelligentsia and media in those machinations.... What sets this book apart from Chomsky's other writings are the passages in which he relates his political ideas to his childhood and youth in New York and Philadelphia—a refreshing dip into autobiography by an otherwise impersonal observer." —Publishers Weekly
Other books by David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky
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A Livable Future is Possible
by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou -
The Architecture of Modern Empire
by David Barsamian and Arundhati Roy -
Deterring Democracy
by Noam Chomsky -
What We Say Goes
by Noam Chomsky -
Imperial Ambitions
by David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky
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Power Systems
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Failed States
by Noam Chomsky -
Global Discontents
by Noam Chomsky -
Hegemony or Survival
by Noam Chomsky -
Illegitimate Authority
by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou
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Notes on Resistance
by David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky -
Chronicles of Dissent
by David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky -
The Precipice
by Noam Chomsky and C. J. Polychroniou -
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky and Marv Waterstone -
Culture and Resistance
by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said
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Optimism over Despair
by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou -
Confronting Empire
by Eqbal Ahmad and David Barsamian -
Turning the Tide
by Noam Chomsky -
Powers and Prospects
by Noam Chomsky -
Rogue States
by Noam Chomsky
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Culture of Terrorism
by Noam Chomsky -
On Power and Ideology
by Noam Chomsky -
Year 501
by Noam Chomsky -
Propaganda and the Public Mind
by David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky -
Rethinking Camelot
by Noam Chomsky
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On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé -
Pirates and Emperors, Old and New
by Noam Chomsky -
Fateful Triangle
by Noam Chomsky -
After the Cataclysm
by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman -
The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
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Masters of Mankind
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Gaza in Crisis
by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé -
Hopes and Prospects
by Noam Chomsky -
The Pen and the Sword
by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said -
Intervenciones
by Noam Chomsky