Category Archives: Noam Chomsky

Understanding the Vietnam War Machine

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

NARMIC’s top 100 defense contractors list, which continued after the war. Here is a 1977 edition. “Diana Roose was a longtime staffer with National Action/Research on the Military-Industrial Complex, or NARMIC, as it was commonly known. NARMIC was a group … Continue reading →

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Clash of the Titans: Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault Debate Human Nature & Power on Dutch TV, 1971

Posted on June 8, 2018 by

“Today, we’re revisiting the clash of two intellectual titans, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, the American linguist and the French theorist/historian of ideas appeared on Dutch TV to debate a fundamental question: Is there … Continue reading →

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Flyer for a joint Chomsky-Pauling presentation, Montreal, 1967

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

“As the 1960s moved forward, Linus Pauling’s interest in contributing to an academic circle that resolutely rejected the Vietnam War continued to strengthen. A participant in several past petitions, Pauling co-authored another such document in June 1967, a ‘Scientists’ Appeal … Continue reading →

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Post-Scarcity Anarchism – Murray Bookchin

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

“Post-Scarcity Anarchism is a collection of essays by Murray Bookchin, first published in 1971 by Ramparts Press. In it, Bookchin outlines the possible form anarchism might take under conditions of post-scarcity. One of Bookchin’s major works, its author’s radical thesis … Continue reading →

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Ramparts

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

“Ramparts was a glossy illustrated American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 to 1975 and closely associated with the New Left political movement. Unlike most of the radical magazines of the day, Ramparts was expensively produced and graphically sophisticated. … Continue reading →

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Liberation Magazine (1956–77)

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

“Liberation Magazine (1956–77) was a bimonthly, later a monthly, magazine identified in the 1960s with the New Left. Liberation was founded, published, and edited by David Dellinger, Bayard Rustin, Sidney Lens, Roy Finch, and A. J. Muste out of New … Continue reading →

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American Power and the New Mandarins – Noam Chomsky (1969)

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

“American Power and the New Mandarins is a book by the US academic Noam Chomsky, largely written in 1968, published in 1969. It was his first political book and sets out in detail his opposition to the Vietnam War. He … Continue reading →

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