I have written occasionally on links between my scientific work and political thinking, but not much, because the links seem to me abstract and speculative.
Noam ChomskyThe Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues and that's not their concern.
Noam ChomskyThe United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.
Noam ChomskyThe main mineral in your cellphone, coltan [a black metallic ore], comes from the Eastern Congo. Multinational corporations are there exploiting the very rich mineral resources of the region. A lot of them are backing militias which are fighting one other to gain control of the resources or a piece of the resources.
Noam ChomskyThe communists basically acted as the police force of the security system of the [Spain] Republic and were very much opposed to the anarchists, partially because [Joseph] Stalin still hoped at that time to have some kind of pact with Western countries against [Adolf] Hitler. That, of course, failed and Stalin withdrew the support to the Republic. They even withdrew the Spanish gold reserves.
Noam Chomsky