Noam Chomsky may be the world’s most widely-read super critic of American policy, but even his books got a boost in sales last month when Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez waved one on the floor of the UN General Assembly and implored gathered heads of state to read it. A boost as in Number One on Amazon.com.
Chomsky made his name as a brilliant scholar of linguistics, but for decades now he has been a brutal critic of American power and its uses. Admirers call him a hero. Critics call him a self-important ranter.
Chomsky just keeps writing. His latest message — America itself is a failed state.
Hear a conversation with the super-critic of American hyper power Noam Chomsky.
- Tom Ashbrook
Guests:
Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics at MIT, author of “Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy” (2006).
Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, criminal lawyer, and author of “Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways (2006).
Pat Kane, writer, journalist and author of “The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living.”
Tags: Noam Chomsky, politics
When I try to listen to this episode I instead get a conversation about the 10 year anniversary of Fox News – I’d really like to hear the Chomsky conversation, so if the audio link could be repaired that would be great, thanks!
Posted by William, on November 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm ESTWe have fixed the audio link. Thanks for the heads-up.
Posted by On Point Webmaster, on November 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm ESTWhere can I listen to this show? I can’t seem to find the link.
Posted by Ashish, on April 27th, 2009 at 9:21 am EDT