Dismantling Empire, Building Democracy

Featuring Noam Chomsky
03/20/2006

Professor Noam Chomsky

Position(s) nominated for:
Peace, Defense, State 

Summary:
Transcription of Conversation can be found on:

http://readingchomsky.blogspot.com/2006/07/dismantling-empire-building-democracy.html

For more than four decades, MIT Professor Emeritus of linguistics Noam Chomsky has been an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, rigorously and incisively challenging governmental and corporate abuse of citizens and communities worldwide. A renowned scholar, philosopher, political/social analyst and media critic, Professor Chomsky is the recipient of honorary degrees from prestigious universities around the globe, and recently was voted the ıleading/living public intellectualı in the 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll conducted by the British magazine Prospect.

Chomsky has also written scores of compelling, candid articles and over 70 books on U.S. foreign policy and mass media/propaganda. His latest book, relevant to our forthcoming Conversation, is entitled Imperial Ambitions: Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the Post-9/11 World. About this book, Publisher's Weekly said, "... it's hard to dismiss Chomsky's indictment of the damage done by U.S. policies abroad, his scornful dissection of the lies and hypocrisies of those who defend them, his insistence that wealth and class interests dominate American politics, or his uncompromising attack on the thoughtless presumption of America's right to impose its will by force on other countries. A sardonic, meticulous and always bracing critic of the powers that be, Chomsky remains a must-read for any thoughtful citizen."

Listen to our conversation with one of America's most knowledgeable and eloquent dissidents.


Talking Points:
Public opinion polls to which Professor Chomsky refers in the Conversation, which indicate that a majority of Americans desire a shift to progressive domestic and foreign policy initiatives from the national government:

1. www.PIPA.org (Program on International Policy Attitudes, which also covers domestic policy)

2. Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

3. Gallup, Pew, and news organizations

4. For further details about reliable public opinion sources, see Prof. Chomsky's book "Failed States."

--Diane Wittner, CoProducer


Transcript:
Conversation transcription can be found at:

http://readingchomsky.blogspot.com/2006/07/dismantling-empire-building-democracy.html