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EXCLUSIVE...Noam Chomsky on Failed States: The Abuse of Power
and the Assault on Democracy
EXCLUSIVE...Noam Chomsky on Failed States: The Abuse
of Power and the Assault on Democracy
The New York Times calls him "arguably the most important
intellectual alive."
The Boston Globe calls him "America's most useful citizen"
He was recently voted the world's number one intellectual
in a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines.
We're talking about Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the
foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy. Professor Chomsky
has just released a new book titled "Failed States: The
Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy." [includes
rush transcript]
It examines how the United States is beginning to resemble
a failed state that cannot protect its citizens from violence
and has a government that regards itself as beyond the reach
of domestic or international law.
In the book, Professor Noam Chomsky presents a series of
solutions to help rescue the nation from turning into a failed
state.
They include: Accept the jurisdiction of the International
Criminal Court and the World Court; Sign the Kyoto protocols
on global warming; Let the United Nations take the lead in
international crises; Rely on diplomatic and economic measures
rather than military ones in confronting terror; and Sharply
reduce military spending and sharply increase social spending
In his first broadcast interview upon the publication of
his book, Professor Noam Chomsky joins us today from Boston
for the hour.
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