with Noam Chomsky
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docdissent May 8, 2013
Recorded May 7 2013 in Denver, Colorado at an event organized by community radio station KGNU (http://kgnu.org). Noted social critic Noam Chomsky talks about the willful and reckless destruction of the environment by the US and other Western nations. Corporate-run governments have abdicated their responsibility toward protecting the welfare of their citizens and are rushing the world toward climate catastrophe.
More from this event at KGNU.org Free Speech TV (freespeech.org)
Tech: Panasonic GH3, adapted Sigma 70-210mm f2.8 lens & Sony URX-P2/UTX-B2 wireless. Available light. Venue: Central Presbyterian Church, Denver.
From the archives:
We Are All Aboard the Pequod by Chris Hedges
Spinning Out Of Control by Lesley Docksey
The Last Possible Refuge by Tristan A. Shaw
Robert Jensen: We Are All Apocalyptic Now: Moral Responsibilities in Crisis Times
Capitalism Stands As A Death Sentinel Over Planetary Life by Chris Williams
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Master of political irony.
We do well to remember the rabbinical maxim: What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world but forfeits/loses his own soul…?
Excellent excerpt, thank you for adding this Lo. Magna Carta? Bring it on, Professor. A timely reminder for us to reflect upon the secular foundations of liberty.
As for those Disney lemmings, we know the White Wilderness sequence was most cruelly faked ~ a classic precedent exemplifying the iniquities of corporate disinformation.
If you want freedom, don’t believe the slogans, educate yourself!
Question “authority.”