Category Archives: Noam Chomsky

The March on the Pentagon: An Oral History

Posted on October 22, 2017 by

Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators run up against military police as they attempt to penetrate security lines at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 1967. “The Vietnam War is the only American conflict remembered as much for the opposition it … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Vietnam – Noam Chomsky (The New York Review of Books, June 12, 1975)

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

“The US government was defeated in Indochina, but only bruised at home. No outside power will compel us to face the record honestly or to offer reparations. On the contrary, efforts will be devoted to obscuring the history of the … Continue reading →

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“The Responsibility of Intellectuals” – Noam Chomsky (1967)

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

“‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ is an essay by the American academic Noam Chomsky which was published as a special supplement by The New York Review of Books on the 23 February 1967. The article was written during the then-ongoing Vietnam … Continue reading →

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