Noam Chomsky: Democracy Uprising in the USA and more

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Democracy Now!
Feb. 17, 2011

“Democracy Uprising” in the U.S.A.?: Noam Chomsky on Wisconsin’s Resistance to Assault on Public Sector, the Obama-Sanctioned Crackdown on Activists, and the Distorted Legacy of Ronald Reagan

World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in Wisconsin, how the U.S. deification of former President Ronald Reagan resembles North Korea, and the crackdown on political activists with anti-terror laws and FBI raids. [includes rush transcript]

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Noam Chomsky on Reagan’s Distorted Legacy, Wisconsin Protests & Obama’s Activist Crackdown

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Noam Chomsky on Civil Rights, Obama, Latin America, and the History of the U.S. in the Middle East

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“The Genie Is Out of the Bottle”: Assessing a Changing Arab World with Noam Chomsky and Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara

Massive public protests continue to sweep the Middle East and North Africa in countries including Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Iran—many being met with violent government crackdowns. We speak to Marwan Bishara, senior political analyst at Al Jazeera English, and MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky. “Perhaps the Arab moment has come,” Bishara says, “It’s clear that the genie is out of the bottle. I think change is coming to the Middle East, to the Arab world.” Bishara also discusses the “Palestine Papers,” the more than 1,600 secret documents that recorded Middle East peace talks between Israel, the Palestinian leadership and the United States, which were leaked to Al Jazeera and published in January. [includes rush transcript]

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“The Genie Is Out of the Bottle”: Assessing a Changing Arab World with Noam Chomsky and Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara

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Wisconsin Corporations Skate as Governor Targets Public Employees by Billy Wharton

Reagan: Killer, Coward, Con-man by Greg Palast

Bahrain: The Social Roots of Revolt Against Another US Ally By Finian Cunningham + Protesters killed as police storm protest camp

Terrorist by Association by Jeremy Gantz

Discussing The Palestine Papers