Noam Chomsky on U.S. Politics and Economy

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New World Notes News
Vol. 5, No. 4 -- January 28, 2012

This week in New World Notes, radio program #204, January 31, 2012

Noam Chomsky on U.S.
Politics and Economy

In brief

These recent remarks by Noam Chomsky are both insightful and easy to follow.

He focuses on how the government serves the rich elite. We see this clearly in the gap between what the public wants (jobs, safety net) and the public policies we get (deficit reduction).

Relatedly, he also discusses how the West and the USSR--for different reasons--endlessly proclaimed the same lie: that Soviet totalitarianism was "socialism." With the same false propaganda being cranked out by both sides, socialism never had a chance.

Chomsky offers shrewd and interesting reflections on America today.

Introductory comments by K.D.

Notes, credits, & links

Chomsky's remarks are taken from several sources. Audio courtesy of the podcast Federal Legislative, Virtual Renderings' audiocollage Thought Crimes: OWS Memos 11-11, and the film Human Resources.

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