Noam Chomsky on Obama, the financial crisis, the Middle East and more

Noam Chomsky at the World Social Forum in 2003...

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by Frank Barat
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On Thursday, 10th March 2011, Hicham Yezza, editor-in-chief of Ceasefire Magazine, conducted an interview with world-renowned linguist, philosopher and political analyst Noam Chomsky.

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Is Israel preparing a new war on Gaza? by Eric Ruder

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by Eric Ruder
SocialistWorker.org
April 4, 2011

Eric Ruder reports on Israel’s new attacks on Gaza–and the threat of worse.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE marched in Gaza in a funeral procession for three Hamas members killed by Israeli air strikes while driving in a car near Khan Younis on April 1. Ten days earlier on March 22, Israeli air strikes and shelling killed four members of Islamic Jihad east of Gaza City and four civilians–including three youth aged 12, 16 and 17–in two separate attacks. The day before that, 19 Palestinians were wounded in air strikes throughout Gaza.

These are some of the casualties in a sharp escalation in Israel’s pounding of the people of Gaza–with the threat of worse to come.

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Noam Chomsky: Democracy Uprising in the USA and more

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Wisconsin Teachers Protest

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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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Norman Finkelstein: “Israel used an insane amount of firepower in Gaza”

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Note: replaced video Mar. 30, 2012

on Jan 28, 2011

Norman Finkelstein speaks at the University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 25, 2011

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Discussing The Palestine Papers

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AlJazeeraEnglish | January 23, 2011

Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Foreign Minister, Daud Abdullah, director of Middle east monitor UK and Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada make up the panel of analysts who discuss the Palestine Papers.

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