Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, author of No FEAR: A Whistleblower's Triumph over Corruption and Retaliation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) interviews Professor Noam Chomsky. Dr. Coleman-Adebayo was a student of Noam Chomsky at MIT. While at the EPA, Dr. Coleman-Adebayo reported that a US multinational corporation was endangering the lives of South African vanadium mine workers and was ordered to "shut-up" by supervisors. She was called racial and sexual names and received death and rape threats while at the Agency.
This was broadcasted May 2012 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Noam Chomsky (born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and an Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, and particularly international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Chomsky has been a writer for Z projects since their earliest inception, and is a tireless supporter of our operations.
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