It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker as well as the target. And threats are now mounting, particularly at the Russian border, confirming the prediction of George Kennan and other prominent figures that NATO expansion, particularly the way it was undertaken, would prove to be a "tragic mistake," a "policy error of historic proportions."
Noam ChomskyThe entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.
Noam ChomskyWikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.
Noam ChomskyEither you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.
Noam ChomskyThe war against working people should be understood to be a real warโฆ. Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a highly class-conscious business classโฆ. And they have long seen themselves as fighting a bitter class war, except they donโt want anybody else to know about it.
Noam ChomskyIn the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
Noam ChomskyThere is a narrow class of uses of language where you intend to communicate. Communication refers to an effort to get people to understand what one means. And that, certainly, is one use of language and a social use of it. But I don't think it is the only social use of language. Nor are social uses the only uses of language.
Noam Chomsky