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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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We must commend Noam Chomsky for his extraordinary vitality, courage, wisdom and vision that keeps getting stronger. He is a majestic inspiration to all of us like a violet bougainvillea. For example, he has eloquently articulated to us the need to recognize the growing looming ominous existential threat of global nuclear and environmental destruction that we have miraculously avoided through skill, luck, and divine intervention, probably mostly on the latter one and that it is existentially imperative that we do something individually and collectively to eradicate the two threats as soon as possible since we don’t have much time. Also, he has stated eloquently that it is existentially imperative for us to to put an end collectively and individually to the security of of state power and security of concentrated private corporate power through replacing them with the of the security of public power; and we can do this through various movements like environmental movements, the indigenous movements, labor movements, civil rights movements. human rights movements, women’s movements, and so forth in which in doing this is existentially related in eliminating the two dire existential global threats of environmental and nuclear destruction that are hanging over us like the Sword of Damocles. Moreover, he pointed out cogently that there is a gap between scientific knowledge and public perception, concerning the ominous threat of global environmental destruction. He explained wisely that we must use knowledge to liberate ourselves, concerning this threat and all other forms of bondage, exploitation, and oppression. He added also astutely that the internet is one of the ways to liberate ourselves through knowledge, including how it can be used to counter concentrated economic power. In conclusion, he provides us hope, guidance, and inspiration with his magnificent vision like a starry violet.