The community itself didn't support the union. Now that's kind of interesting about [Barack] Obama, because Obama was supposedly a community organizer in Chicago at that time. Now I'm sure he read the Chicago Tribune, so he knew about it, but when he went to show his solidarity with the workforce, the first place he went was Caterpillar. I don't think he's forgotten, and the labor movement didn't react. Even radical labor historians didn't remember. It was only 15 years ago, after all, but that's a real triumph of propaganda in many ways.
Noam ChomskyThe people who were really important are the ones whose names are forgotten. And that's true of every movement that ever existed.
Noam ChomskyIf something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false.
Noam ChomskyI don't know what it means to say that 'the internet should have a voice in Washington'.
Noam ChomskyThere are in fact many ways to combat the Trump project of creating a tiny America, isolated from the world, cowering in fear behind walls while pursuing the Paul Ryan-style domestic policies that represent the most savage wing of the Republican establishment.
Noam Chomsky