The Islamic State is the echo of the last war the U.S. waged in Iraq, the so-called “Shock and Awe” bombing and invasion. The emergency is not the Islamic State but war

Interview on the threat of nuclear war, the recent escalation of violence in Gaza, and the growth of ISIS in Iraq

Noam Chomsky speaks with Stefan Molyneux about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how United States involvement has impacted peace talks

While the US-led coalition can indeed inflect much damage on IS and eventually claim some sort of victory, they will ultimately exasperate the sectarian tension that will spill over to other Middle Eastern nations

Noam Chomsky at UN

Rather than a letter about ‘genocide denial’, the authors would have been more honest to write a manifesto of unconditional support for Rwanda’s dictator

No single review or interview can do justice to “Pay Any Price”

Labor can lead the struggle for a more just and sustainable economy and put itself back on the right side of history

Interview on a general overview of the state of the Middle East, and the role that Turkey has played in it

interview on the Walmartization of higher education

The untold story is that of the crimes committed by the winners in the Rwandan civil war

Interview on education and indoctrination, the 1960s, the Powell memorandum, democracy, the creation of ISIS, the media and the way “capitalism” actually works in the United States.

Founded in 1944 to finance war-torn Europe’s reconstruction, the Bank is now suffering one of its most severe credibility crises

If we don’t decide to act on our imaginations now, when will be a better time?

Rally Support For East Bay Progs

The exclusion of a real Palestinian narrative is cemented by those who are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause

“I feel we’re compelled by our conscience“

In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything…

Workers can think and act like trade unionists even if they don’t have a union contract

Let the “dead generations” rest in peace. Awake from “nightmarish” mimicry

Afghanistan is another example of how US invasions don’t bring democracy, even more than a decade later

For those concerned with the rights of the brutalized Palestinians, there can be no higher priority than working to change U.S. policies

An Interview With Noam Chomsky

In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines

We know that social exclusion is bad for people’s mental health. It follows therefore, that an economic system that is inclusive will help remove this social determinant of mental illness

A private conversation between you and your kids is exactly that – private. Racism is not private at all. It often plays out interpersonally

Parecon’s institutions instead not only get the allocative tasks accomplished justly, they also facilitate desirable personal and social commitments and habits

The world’s largest-ever march against climate change on Sunday brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York

It is helpful to review the record of Europe’s response to Washington’s imperial overtures

Scottish Independence: Statehood and Power

45% evidenced substantial opposition not just to UK rule, but to austerity and top down rule period

During all the years I have been reporting and filming Indigenous Australia, one “need” has struck me as paramount. A treaty

Modi came to power by gaming an electoral system, not through democracy

Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East

The following is a short excerpt from a classic, The Chomsky Reader, which offers a unique insight on a question worth asking

The coming week’s events in New York City raise the hope of taking that project to a whole new level

Looking at Palestine from this side of the Atlantic, the Israeli expansion seems to parallel the US experience with the idea of nation-building and progress

In our post-Citizens United era, the nation’s second largest oil producer is now free to spend $1.6 million (or more, if necessary) on direct mail and phone alerts

The Pentagon has announced it will soon start flying bombing missions out of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of an expanded U.S.-led military campaign against militants from the Islamic State

There are many things which need to be done if we are to break the hold of the oil, gas and coal industries over government

Those once intimidated into silence can’t look away now

The problem is broadly Info Glut versus Info Shortage

The editorial board of the New York Times has an Orwellian knack for war

Ceasefires in Which Violations Never Cease

Imaginary Lines host Chris Spannos interviews Norman Solomon, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy

Futile fatalism thrives when people think there is no alternative to capitalist business as usual

On Scottish Independence, Statehood and Power

On Victory and False Victory

Sanders is reaching out to local, state, and national affiliates of the AFL-CIO with an appeal for a labor-backed “political revolution that will get millions of people involved in the political process”

He should probably just stay out of the way