Chomsky on the Web
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky's MIT Homepage. Includes, among other useful
information, a snail mail address for contacting the professor as well
as his email address.
- ZNet Blogger: Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky's blog, hosted by ZNet. New entries every few
days or so, and ZNet
Sustainers can (and do) enter comments on any entry.
During his years in office, Reagan was not particularly
popular. Gallup just published poll figures comparing him during
office with other presidents. His average ratings during his years in
office were below Kennedy, Johnson, Bush I, and Clinton; above Nixon,
Ford, Carter. This is averages during their terms in office. By 1992
he was ranked just next to Nixon as the most unpopular living
ex-president. Since then there has been an immense PR campaign to
convert him into a revered and historic figure, if not semi-divine,
and it's doubtless had an effect,
- -- Noam Chomsky, June 10, 2004
Wikipedia :: Noam Chomsky
- The Wikipedia Free
Encyclopedia is an exquisite result of the internet. Another very
good, balanced Wikipedia page. Includes discussion of his linguistics
contributions, his criticism of post-modernism and his political
dissidence and theory.
Chomsky is one of the most well-known figures of the American
left. His traditional definition of himself is a anarchist, a
political philosophy he summarizes as seeking out all forms of
hierarchy and attempting to eliminate them if they are unjustified.
Unlike many anarchists, Chomsky does not always object to electoral
politics; he has even endorsed candidates for office. Chomsky has also
stated that he considers himself to be a conservative (Chomsky's
Politics, p. 188, note Ch.6 #24), presumably of the Classical liberal
variety. He has further defined himself as a Zionist; although, he
notes that his definition of Zionism is considered by most to be
anti-Zionism these days; the result of what he perceives to have been
a shift (since the 1940s) in the meaning of Zionism (Chomsky
Reader)
- -- Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky: a Life of Dissent
- The MIT Bookstore's e-book online biography.
"I was very active in all sorts of left Zionist (what would
now be called "anti-Zionist") mostly Hebrew-speaking "groups," but the
groups scarcely merited the name, and I was pretty much a loner even
in them. Later, I was part of a lot of movement activities (like
Resist), and took part in tons of things, but usually in my own way.
I've often been close to radical Christians, for example, and have
found much of what they did inspiring all right (even stayed in the
Jesuit house when I visited Managua). But it would be absurd to say I
was part of such communities." -- Noam Chomsky
- ZPedia - Noam
Chomsky
- An enormous bibliography of Chomsky's work, including texts, audio
and video. Many entries include links to online versions, extracts,
etc.
"I was very active in all sorts of left Zionist (what would
now be called "anti-Zionist") mostly Hebrew-speaking "groups," but the
groups scarcely merited the name, and I was pretty much a loner even
in them. Later, I was part of a lot of movement activities (like
Resist), and took part in tons of things, but usually in my own way.
I've often been close to radical Christians, for example, and have
found much of what they did inspiring all right (even stayed in the
Jesuit house when I visited Managua). But it would be absurd to say I
was part of such communities." -- Noam Chomsky
- About "Manufacturing Consent."
- A promotional 'cover letter' for the documentary film, by Mark
Achbar and Peter Wintonick. This page comes from a fairly exhaustive
listing of Prominent
Anarchists and Left-Libertarians on the Blackened Flag site, a
resourceful anarchist site supporting a number of Chomsky pages and
links. EG: Noam Chomsky
on Anarchism, Marxism & Hope for the Future
Though Chomsky was once described in The New York Times Book
Review as "arguably the most important intellectual alive," in the
film, he is quick to deflate the pomposity of that claim. He is simply
a man with the moral courage to state his beliefs openly, aligning his
values and visions with the so-called "ordinary" person. Now, more
than ever, these are qualities necessary to preserve a civil
society-of which public broadcasting is a major component. --
Achbar/Wintonick
- Bad
News: The Noam Chomsky Archive
- The Bad News: Noam Chomsky Archive is a grassroots, unofficial
supplement to the larger, older Noam Chomsky Archive.
Among its many useful articles, interviews, etc.
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more
urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of
indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian
societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing under freedom'
to which we are subjected and which all too often we serve as willing
or unwitting instruments.
The
Official Noam Chomsky Website
- This site is authorised by Noam to be the official online archive
of his work.
This site was originally created by Pablo Stafforini, with the
purpose of celebrating Chomsky's work and encouraging activism
worldwide.
In December 2003, chomsky.info became Noam Chomsky's
official website.
- -- Pablo Stafforini
- Left Watch: Noam Chomsky
- This page provides an alternative (though often not balanced) view
of Professor Chomsky's prodigious passion. Given the volume of facts
forming the basis of his deductions and inferences, he's not going to
be right 100% of the time. And I've often wondered whether Chomsky's
strident passion sometimes draws him away from the primary intent for
his dissidence: a better world. Or, as the site itself puts it...
There is plenty of material on the web about Chomsky, but
unfortunately almost all of it is bland hero worship which ignores the
fact that while Chomsky is certainly right about many things, he is
wrong about numerous others and is ultimately not all that far from
those he subjects to intense scrutiny and criticism.
This page contains original essays pointing out some of Chomsky’s
factual errors and his tendency to not apply the same standards to the
Left that he applies (for the most part correctly) to the
Right.
- About Noam Chomsky...Criticism
- Talene.net's link directory
to sites critical of Chomsky's dissident works and views. An example:
"I'm certainly not a distinguished intellectual, I'm
just a computer programmer. I'd also describe myself as neither left
wing nor right wing (although I have friends across the political
spectrum, and of course the Canadian political spectrum is somewhat to
the left of the American political spectrum). But I have read pretty
extensively about 20th-century history, and from what I can tell -- in
particular, from having read The Chomsky Reader and Deterring
Democracy -- I'd say that Chomsky is not a reliable source of
historical information." -- Russil
Wvong
- Chomsky for Philosophers
- A site dedicated to the philosophical ramifications of Chomsky's
linguistic theories. :
"Many people, philosophers included (4), tend to think that
linguistic activities are instances of the use of a common language or
publicly accessible set of well-formed sentences, like English,
Chinese and German, etc. It is contended that members of different
communities inherit different systems of language, and that such a
shared language is passed on to the next generation with a "common
treasure of thoughts". The main reason is that without the same
language and thought, communication is impossible.
Chomsky is sceptical about this view. Above all, he queries whether
the pre-theoretical notions of common language and of common thought
are useful or coherent."
- Hot Type Transcript: Noam Chomsky "9-11" Interview April 16,
2002
- From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with programming both
in radio and on television. Another CBC Chomsky interview: CBC News
- Indepth: East Timor.
CBC: It's no great secret that we function by self-interest.
Self-interest is part of foreign policy. We're here to protect our
policy, protect the interests of our policy, in this case of the
Americans.
NC: Was the self-interest the American people served by slaughters
in Southeastern Turkey, or by destroying Vietnam, or by turning El
Salvador and Guatemala into cemeteries? Was the self-interest of the
American people served by that? No.The self-interest served by that is
foreign policy elites and the power-centers they represent, which are
not protecting the American people, they're protecting their own
power, profit, dominance and hegemony, like others around the
world.
- Radio Free Maine
- Audio and Video tapes of Chomsky lectures, etc., for sale. You'll
find some Real Audio clips and text transcripts as well, and some
reviews such as the one below for "Third
World Conditions at Home, Nobody to Blame but Ourselves"
Chomsky's phrase "from containment to rollback" is borrowed
from the terminology of the Cold War which ordained that the United
States is free to go "beyond the containment of the threat to market
democracies" to the "enlargement of their reach." Chomsky argues that
during the past 25 years the ruling class has moved from the
"containment of the threat of democracy and human rights to rollback
of the despised social contract." In other words, let profits soar and
remain in the hands of a few and destroy any form of democracy among
the "rabble" or, as one historian put it, the "great beast," that is,
the general public. Let's "rollback" all the gains labor has made and
insert a sort of "tough love" program for the American people,
especially the poor. -- Randall G. Shelden, Ph.D.
- Extending
U.S. Dominance By Any Means Possible
- Chomsky in conversation with Michael Albert, on Znet.
"The U.S. leadership is committed to “unilateral use of
military power” to defend its interests, as the Clinton administration
repeatedly insisted, echoing predecessors, both in word and in
practice. That’s a very natural stand among those who have
overwhelming power and feel—for the moment rightly—that they can use
it with impunity." -- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky on
Microsoft and Corporate Control of the Internet
- An interview by Corporate
Watch.
"As long as the Internet was under control of the Pentagon, it
was free. People could use it freely [for] information sharing. That
remained true when it stayed within the state sector of the National
Science Foundation.
As late as about 1994, people like say, Bill Gates, had no interest
in the Internet. He wouldn't even go to conferences about it, because
he didn't see a way to make a profit from it. Now it's being handed
over to private corporations, and they tell you pretty much what they
want to do. They want to take large parts of the Internet and cut it
out of the public domain altogether, turn it into intranets, which are
fenced off with firewalls, and used simply for internal corporate
operations.
They want to control access, and that's a large part of Microsoft's
efforts: control access in such a way that people who access the
Internet will be guided to things that *they* want, like home
marketing service, or diversion, or something or other. If you really
know exactly what you want to find, and have enough information and
energy, you may be able to find what you want. But they want to make
that as difficult as possible. And that's perfectly natural. If you
were on the board of directors of Microsoft, sure, that's what you'd
try to do.
Well, you know, these things don't *have* to happen. The public
institution created a public entity which can be kept under public
control. But that's going to mean a lot of hard work at every level,
from Congress down to local organizations, unions, other citizens'
groups which will struggle against it in all the usual ways."
-- Noam Chomsky
- Third World Traveler: Noam Chomsky Page
- The Third World Traveler site is a great general resource for
progressive thinking. Abundant content is hosted on the site along
with an exemplary set of links to offsite resources. In addition, the
Noam Chomsky page includes numerous quotes from Chomsky's prolific
books, articles, interviews and talks, including
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience
of the (U.S.) media.
- ~ Noam Chomsky
- South End
Press, AK
Press, Common
Courage/Odonian Press
- Three of Noam Chomsky's principle publishers and distributors.
Excellent resources for those interested in dissent and clear-headed
analysis.
"AK Press Distribution is a worker's owned collective with the
goal of making available radical books and other materials published
independently, not by the corporate giants, with which you can make a
positive change in the world."
- Critical Thinkers :: Noam Chomsky
Forum
- A message forum managed on this site. A place to discuss things
Chomskian, post additional web links. Here's a list of the most recent
topics.
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- The alt.fan.noam-chomsky News
Group
- Rendered somewhat ineffectual by constant flame wars. Kind of
ironic. Somehow the term 'fan' just doesn't fit a discussion newsgroup
for a dissenter such as Chomsky. Perhaps that explains the flaming?
- Critical Events :: Noam
Chomsky Event Calendar
- Part of the Critical
Events Calendar. An online event schedule for finding and posting
events such as speaking engagements, forums, political rallies, film
and video screenings, etc.
- Professor Chomsky now asks that his personal appearances
not be advertised online. If you wish to be kept up
to date on Chomsky's appearance schedule, please query his MIT office
directly. Contact information is available on his MIT
homepage.
- Fueling the Bonfire.
- Sideline references within a deeper Foucaultian exploration of
feminism
- Land of the. . .
- The beautiful people, the restless people, a little Chomsky and a
trailing quote.
- FW: How the Gingrinch Stole Christmas
- A quote
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