Internationally-recognized author, linguist, and activist Noam Chomsky will be speaking at Occupy Boston in Dewey Square on Saturday, October 22 at 6 pm as part of Free School University’s Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. Chomsky has already released statements of support for both Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street, and we are honored to be hosting him.
120 Responses to “Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston Saturday”
YAY!!!
Really looking forward to this…and I’ll be traveling up from the Cape to hear the man again after fifteen years, the last time being a lecture at the UMASS Boston campus science auditorium.
Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, every other type of -ism has a stigma. Why?
My own personal thoughts as a reflection on my studies of that beautiful man, Noam Chomsky.
It’s because as an -ism it is pitted directly against other -isms as an inherent function of its own personal nature. Communism cannot exist with capitalism though it can mildly exist with socialism. Capitalism is a true -ism in that it cannot exist with any other ideal. Might we then call socialism something else? Maybe “socialistic.”
Only then will we, within the context of the -ism paradigm, be able to explain the vulgar decadence of capitalism in its effort to block socialistic communism from becoming reality.
Sure, a stigma exists. Every system has its dark side of history. This is why we need socialistic communism, taking only the best parts of socialism and the best parts of communism, blending them together into a pristine form of society.
Capitalism has caused enough wreckage and suffering around the globe. It is time to start fresh. Socialistic communism for you and for me.
And all of this from simple -isms.
Obama 2012
Simply, “WE” must supercede “ME” for “US” to survive … given 7 bil. of “US” on a fixed planet with resources (water, oil, food) in rapid decline … PEACE.
I think a relatively healthy system already existed – which we call the social market economy – in some central european states in the second half of the 20th century.
But it seems that this system does not properly work anymore in those countries and more and more a form of capitalistic motivated economic system has been advancing since the shortfall of the soviet union.
La idea general es q el Capitalismo ya destruyo el mundo, y es obsoleto, no sirve por q solo sirve para unos cuantos q son los q tiene la plata y el poder, y el resto se caga de hambre, una mierda de sistema, el comunismo ya no existe por q no se puede cambiar frijoles por papas, y nadie esta dispuesto a hacer esto para vivir, y socialismo es lo unico q desde mas de dos siglos sigue y vivo y fuerte y es el modelo a seguir para la supervivencia de las colases y los paises.
A limited understanding of what you’re speaking about crowned with a call for a vote for Obama next year. Truly Chomsky has done his work here.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/apr2004/chom-a05.shtml
sounds awesome.
Will there be time for anyone to ask a question at the end of his talk?
My understanding is that it will be a Q&A and open discussion.
This is incredible. I think it’s a huge honor that Chomsky would make time to come address OB.
Can’t wait for his message of intolerance of Israel. It is like the Holocaust out here – wait, that did not happen.
Unless there is some bizarro Noam Chomsky doppelganger out there I’m pretty sure he’s a Jewish guy who isn’t a holocaust denier.
These guys are so cool. I love the way they just say stuff and it’s true. Even when it isn’t it still is anyway. And anything is wrong depends who’s doing it. If your right then your right cos you are and if your left then your fucked cos your not right. Can someone help me find out if I’m left or right? I don’t want to be fucked.
While the holocaust denier Chomsky impersonator would be bizzaro he couldn’t compete with these whacks. Told me I was a waste of carbon. Tried to tell him between roflz but I think I lost him.
Apparently, John Anderson (leaving aside the Matrix link) did not happen.
Ah, what’s the point?
Time to face the music armed with this great ifnormtioan.
His genius does not stretch beyond linguistics.
No matter how hard he tries.
Agree. I find he falls mostly short on specifics but he is a powerful teacher of critical thinking which is better sometimes more useful than him telling you. Like ziziek or Naomi Klein.
I agree. I wish Chomsky would spend more time (or MIT would force him to spend more time) on linguistics. What are the students in the MIT linguistics program paying for, after all? Professors who don’t teach much because they’re out pontificating on other topics, apparently. Linguistics is a field with no forward motion – it could use a smart guy like Chomsky.
Chomsky’s ideas about linguistics are kind of old school and it’s not exactly a stagnant field. He’s also a professor emeritus, which means he’s retired.
Ludicrous the arrogance here. We’re here lecturing an eminent social critic about what to do with his knowledge?
Get thee to the book store. Add, don’t take away from the constructive criticism.
Um. Chomsky actually RETIRED almost a decade ago, while I was a student there. Yet he still continued to come in to lecture and teach. Not a bad deal for the students, I’d say. As should be standard practice for everyone, please check your facts, especially before ranting.
Indeed, you are both fundamentally wrong. However, don’t let anyone tell you different. Wait, what did I just say?
As much as I like and appreciate Mr. Chomsky, he should be received with circumspection. Remember that he is part of the entrenched self-appointed aristocracy. He is a tenured MIT professor, an academic sinecure that has given him a comfortable income and allowed him to comment on the last thirty years of decay without acting.
I reject these type of comments with passion. You’re going to turn a suspicious eye on anyone who has garnered any type of success? Don’t blast “99%” if a professor can’t join your side.
Many of us in Occupy are not anti-capitalism, and therefore we DO support a system in which people can succeed. The main point is economic reform so that we actually MAINTAIN the fair CHANCE to do so. We’ve all been “commenting on decay without acting.” The point of this movement is that we’re not going to take it anymore. So, then, why can’t someone like Noam Chomsky (of all people) be trusted to stand with us?
*this type of comment, rather
Yes, Noam is a good guy, but I thought he was too cagey. I guess it’s better to have him on the side of the movement than not. Still, I am wary of the tenured academic left.
Amen
I’m not sure how we would expect Chomsky to “act,” in response to the last comment. No doubt he has the comfortable life of a tenured professor, but I can say that I have seen Chomsky at protests and demonstrations throughout my political lifetime, and this includes such things as tiny protests in early eighties against US aid to the El Salvadorian regime that my mom took me to when I was an adolescent. Chomsky has always balanced his intellectual work with a dedication to on-the-ground politics, it seems to me, and before he became an old man in frail health he was actually known as a fairly easy “get” for local people with a cause, if you called him he would try to turn up. I know this having gotten him to speak at UMass Boston for some small Politics Society undergrad event I helped organize a few too many years ago..
I agree with the impulse expressed to not treat notable people with too much deference. I agree that it is healthy to maintain circumspection, and to refrain from appointing people as saviors. However, I think taht it is also important to respect people who have experience and wisdom to offer. (Cf. the Occupy Atlanta/John Lewis moment, which I found vary sad.)
Chris Hedges in his latest book “The Death of the Liberal Class” puts forward a good case about how brave Chomsky’s scholarship has been over the course iof his professional life and how he represents the antithesis of a hiding, lip-servicing comfortable academic.
— my 2 cents.
That’s the point of tenure, so you can say unpopular things without being fired. He’s not a tenured professor, he’s retired.
Good to inject some degree of sanity. At what point do we begin discussing the merits of the social criticism the man has built a raft of–upon which the entire world of activism (save for the reductionists) has floated in part for quite some time?
Yep
He should be received with circumspection when he’s been calling for this movements ideals since long before most of it’s participants were born? and how is what he has done over the last 40 some odd years “not acting”?
Fully agree. However, that would be sixty, nor forty years if one looks to the back pages.
Good point, I’ve heard other people say the same. You do need thinkers though,but when things have been as bad as they have, the absence of any action is questionable. I think it speaks as much to a lack of leaders like MLK to get behind and also the zeitgeist as to Mr.Chomsky legitimacy.
And another thing, when first interviewed about Occupy Boston, he was asked when he was coming out to visit us and he answered he had a busy schedule. It was a lame dodge and fell flat when he said it, like he was waiting to see whether to support us. Not following his heart, it was a cagey decision to wait while he figured if Occupy Boston was important enough for him. Now that there’s national attention, he can engage in the usual self-aggrandizing Noam Chomsky personality extravaganza.
Again, you’re only hurting yourself. We need to practice forgiveness of initial skepticism or hesitancy. Just because people take their time here does not make them the enemy once they have embraced these values. My goodness, Kevin, choose your battles.
You’re right. PS Use your real name and be counted.
So true. Occupy Boston allowed the brother of an alleged al Quaeda supporter, Tarek Mehanna, to speak at the rally last Sat. I didn’t notice any objections even though this man is going on trial next week. At least give Chompsky will give this movement even more credibility.
PS sorry for being negative. I have long hung on to his writings as proof that that millions of people in this country understood how we were being disenfranchised. I will cheer him, but in my mind I will remember how words are not action.
He has his part to play just like everyone else. I fully agree with you but I would want his critical thinking skills on my side. Maybe not his judgement or his balls.
Hi Kevin, here I am in full name! Was not trying to hide anything, but often use my letter as a nickname since it’s unusual.
I do hear your concerns, and also appreciate your open-mindedness. I’ll offer an apology as well, for becoming defensive. It’s just that I’m so enthusiastically in favor of embracing support and dialogue from all directions. Words are not actions, but effective words are indeed powerful and something we could use more of among occupiers. Let’s hear Chomsky’s lessons. You, and all of us, have the right to formulate our own opinions, to challenge his stance, to implore him to apply his philosophy to something concrete.
(In fact, thank you for reminding me to do so.)
Uhmm, what’s with the “name” thingy? Kevin accuses Noam Chomsky of
“self-aggrandizement and personality extravaganza” while yet demanding people give out their “names”. Make up your mind.
What’s next, you demanding “Anonymous” to give out their “names”?
You seem stuck into this personality issue with Chomsky, why don’t you just let him speak, then ask questions, it’s the proper, correct thing to do, he’s taken the time and trouble to visit.
I’m sorry, but sometimes words ARE actions. Chomsky has written what must be over 100 books in his lifetime, exposing the lies and deceit of the power elite. He has waged what at times has been a one man battle against a massive campaign of corporate and government propaganda designed to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people. Research is hard work. Writing a book is hard work. Travelling from one place to another constantly in order to set the record straight on critical issues is hard work. If this isn’t action I don’t know what is. And remember we all have a part to play in this. Chomsky is good at what he does so his natural form of action will be spreading the message– which is an absolutely critical piece of this struggle. Your action can be something else, depending on where you think your talents are best directed.
He is an extremely busy 80 year old guy, and yet IS showing up in the rain to talk to a bunch of kids in tents (in Boston no less, not NYC where all the big name people like him have been speaking), and you really want to slam this guy?
agree. and meanwhile no one is being forced to attend. Yet, some here bash anyone who doesn’t show up in dreadlocks. o_O C’mon people no need to alienate just about everyone. The movement need numbers, in the millions to show up in protests, marches actually, and we’re not even close!
Now if Dick Cheney came up to visit, I’d protest, in fact, i’d be so revolted at just the thought. :
Noam Chomsky is a brilliant man but is one of the 1%
that’s right. let’s alienate everyone!! Woot!!
when does the movement shift to Occupying caves?? o_O
And the problem is? They are few and far between, but there ARE members of the 1% who understand the inequity in this country and support the Occupy movement. I’m not against every ultra rich person in this country – merely those who see nothing wrong with taking and taking and never giving anything back.
Even if he was in the top 1% of rich people in the population (which i doubt), shouldn’t there be a discernment between somebody like him who has done so much for society, through education and criticism, and somebody else who has gotten rich to the detriment of others? I’m surprised that there are so many negative comments in this thread, when this man has done more for peoples movements and social injustice in America, and the world in our time than arguably anyone alive.
Yeah, cause Chomsky is raking in millions. Read a book.
Dear Ursula, I really like Noam Chomsky. That last time I heard him speak was at Trinity at the beginning of the ’03 Iraq invasion. He was talking about the US Department of defense being the World Oil Protection Service and the US presidential elections being a Quadrennial Personality Extravaganza, phrases I use all the time and cannot forget. He has been a lone voice at times and should be credited for that. Probably my criticism of his hesitancy is a little unfair since he is conscious that his position as a spokesman for the disenfranchised carries some responsibility not to look silly. K
When did he claim to be the ‘spokesman’ for the Occupy movement, or the disenfranchised? Compared to whom? compared to the Rothschilds wealth? Chomsky is hardly a comparison.
Noam Chomsky has a net worth of over $2million. Are we ok with treating a 1%er as a revered authority figure?
Would you prefer Milton Freedman?
I would prefer we foster an attitude of inclusion but was confused by some the comments about gov. patrick on a previous post. its seems as if we will be able to find faults in just about anyone so perhaps we should just accept everyone who is willing to listen or contribute. i think it ok to listen to 1%ers because in order to create change we will probably need some of them to cooperate or at least concede. perhaps a policy of listening to everyone and attacking no one would serve us well.
Milton Friedman is unavailable, what with being dead and all.
lets get patri
Not everybody who has a lot of money is an evil person. The ‘99%’ thing, for me, has always been just a discriptor siginifying that very few people control most of the wealth. That means that there are structural, systemic things that have to change but I absolutely reject classifying and demonizing people based on their bank accounts.
Reminds me of the 60’s when the slogan was that nobody over 30 could be trusted.
Exactly, Paul! And there are plenty of people with wealth who are practicly BEGGING to be taxed. Look at Warren Buffet and the like. We should not condemn someone solely for succeeding without hearing their stance on these systematic problems. Many of them recognize that they got where they are based on a system that does not provide equal opportunity (while many do not recognize this, of course).
We — most of us, anyway — are not advocating for a completely equal distribution of wealth. Becoming rich is not necessarily a crime; failing to play by fair rules is, as is a government that does not protect its people. Dunster, take a look at Noam’s politics and try to tell me he is our enemy. In other words, give me a friggin’ break.
i agree that is why i phrased it as a question. i feel that some people in the financial sector feel alienated from this cause because of their income even though some although not all of their beliefs align well with some of the ideas presented. perhaps we should push ourselves not to judge people by their income or the job, i.e. BPD or financial professional, since there are problem some people trying to do it the right way within these flawed organisations.
I think I misunderstood you then, dunster. It sounds like we arein fact saying/feeling the same thing. In either case, thank you for voicing your opinion.
Respectfully, are you seriously seeking to institute some kind of litmus test? I’m poorer than you are, and I’ve got the bed bug bites to prove it? Whoah nellie!
dunster, 2 million is sucess. any more than 25 million is greed FYI
i agree, i was just curious where the majority of 99ers see the cutoff point. it would make for an interesting poll question
I totally reject that too. There is no ‘cut-off’ point. That’s an absolutely arbitrary and unsupportable stance to take.
You know who has been speaking directly to the issues of Occupy for a long time? David Simon. Here he is on Bill Moyer’s Journal back in 2009.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10022009/watch.html
Jimmy Breslin, too. He wrote a good editorial on OWS in Sunday’s Daily News.
But you’d give people like that the cold shoulder (or worse) because they’re very wealthy men?
I see the cut off point having nothing to do with one’s assetts and more to do with the content of one’s character. I know more than a few close minded biggots who make < 40k a year. We can benefit from anyone's input, even – dare I say especially – when they are different from Our own. Sometimes recognizing a "bad" idea helps the process of refining a "good idea."
In general, I think this whole us vs. them, 99 vs 1 thing is a bad paradign to fall into. Say We win and develope a super-awesome-utopian-everyonewinsdreamworld, what do we do with the 1. Are we really going to eat them, I'm a proud carnivore but long pork isn't on my menu – and I'm sure the vegans would be against this in principle.
+1 for we are all in this together
-1 for us against them
Does he have soft hands?
(The old “metric” for ferreting out counter-revolutionaries, a quick inspection of the palms.)
Or, one could look at a lifetime of printed ideas, and focus less on the romanticism of it all…
Chomsky has probably done more to turn liberals into radicals than any other person living.
Paul, i never said i think there should be a cutoff point. I did say i am curious to know if and where the community feels one should be. thank you for stating your belief that there should not be one. that being said do you think the us and then vocabulary of 99% and 1% is problematic?
Not at all problematic, unless it starts to be used to lump all individuals with some arbitrary amount of money onto an ‘enemys list’. The reason that’s so dangerous is because it de-humanizes people and all sort of atrocities have followed from that.
But so long as we’re talking about the huge seperation of wealth in this country, and the systemic changes that have to occur to fix it, ‘99%’ is the perfect rallying cry.
And how could have I forgotten to mention Kurt Vonnegut in my earlier response!?
Just about everything THAT very wealthy guy wrote dealt with injustice of some kind and often about the very things that are at issue here today.
Hell, “A Man Without A Country” should be required reading. I’ll see if I can find a copy to donate to the Dewey Sq. library.
them*
I’ll be sure to occupy the toilet during his visit
Interesting discussion going on here. I think these questions will quickly become increasingly significant as time goes on.
On a side note, I hope to see individual transformation threw the “Occupy” process. It is a blessing to have the chance to make a statement on a large scale in the way the occupy movements have allowed, but I think political change in general, no matter how revolutionary, do not replace the necessity for all of us to be aware of, and inspect our daily habits, patterns and goals. I know there are extremely (insert most egregious word) people in the world, and some do happen to be ultra-rich and powerful and deserve no sympathy but, this is not a new issue (and they will all eventually be dead). I predict/hope to see this movement as an experiment, or a chance to really reconsider what we as human beings want out of life, personally and for those around us, because jobs/money/opportunities are only means to an end: food/clothing/shelter.
Or do we just want a fun game to play? (open question)
Parallel to the anger against institutions, government, corporations, banks, racism, you name it, etc, lets discuss what we would do differently with our lives as if the end goal(s) of the protests have already been reached.
That’s a good thing to keep in mind, and one of the more positive things I’ve read here since the whole thing began. (All the Dalai Lamas, particularly the current one, have been reminding us of this for a long time.)
Violence is never an answer, Us vs.Them is not an answer. Raising awareness of social inequities and settling for nothing but justice and fairness is, to me, what the Occupy movements are about. And that requires knowlege of out own motives while we fight the battle.
Somebody better be live-streaming that scheet.
on October 18th, 2011 at 7:56 pm #
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At the risk of interrupting a perfectly good internet foodfight, have folks looked at the weather forecast for tomorrow night?
Good for us!
Ah, good ole Noam. What a wonderful man.
If he was at the helm of the Soviet Union, I do not believe it would have been vilified in the manner it was.
He has much to teach us. My ears are perked up already!
Well said and I concur, there exists a grand opportunity….my greatest wish is that they make the best use of it in directing social change for the better. finding a focal and primary demand may keep them from freezing to death…Thanks to “I live in Boston” for the mulligan…I’m pegged
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Reminds me of the Stephen Hawking comment where he stated alien life would probably be hostile.. as if being a genius in physics makes you an expert in Extraterrestrial Psychology as well?
This hero worship is getting ridiculous. If we want to stop being treated as slaves, we have to stop acting like them.
Great, add another pseudo anarchist/socialist to the occupod mix. Another lost soul in Dewey Square. By the way, why is everyone that is having stuff stolen from them complaining. You all want handouts and believe that you are “owed” something. So did the guy that has been stealing your laptops and ipods.
Right…..
on October 19th, 2011 at 6:16 pm #
[…] CORRECTION: Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston Saturday […]
Chomsky is just playing his role in the Council on Foreign Relations Hegelian Dialectic http://t.co/Z6LmVjS . How can Chomsky think critically if he doesn’t acknowledge the role this group plays in government. http://t.co/PvNMvocm http://t.co/eYIlolu Chomsky made his $2m by being a CFR lackey and a rat who sold out his country. http://t.co/sf7pP2n
I’m not sure if your comment is serious or meant to be a parody of conspiracy thinking.
In any case, Chomsky has written and talked about the Council on Foreign Relations for decades.
See the beginning of this recently published interview: http://www.zcommunications.org/chomsky-sessions-ii-science-religion-and-human-nature-part-ii-by-noam-chomsky
Read Chomsky’s book Detering Democracy (1990) for a lenghty discussion of CFR.
I just read all three of your articles which you link as proof. Noam Chomsky is not mentioned in any one of them, not even implied indirectly. You are going to have to do much better then that to try and slander the man.
Where is the next Chompsky? Who will be the voice of this generation inspiring critical thinking and change? Or are we all too busy flinging snark and general negativity?
I agree that wealth, in and of itself, particularly if acquired through talent, diligence, decency (another word for ‘with integrity’)and with playing by the rules that are set up for everybody, is unobjectionable to me. The rules must be the same for all people. What I abhor, and what has to be changed, is the dishonest, rapacious, greedy and corrupt system that fuels a false sense of entitlement among some who really believe that they are better than average, somehow different and more deserving than most other people. This is what I see on Wall St., and in countless board rooms of major corporations. It is a boys club of entitlement. They have completely lost touch with any sense of values. They ooze their corrupt natures over government in order to continue their primacy at everybody else’s expense. The have become our masters behind closed doors and our government is entirely complicit. This is what must be torn down.
Herein lies the problem with great wealth.
Censored by the hippies. Wow. What have you become.
Chomsky, you need to book a flight to NYC soon!!!
Btw #OccupyMontreal supports you guys, we’ve had showings of over 1000-1500 people on weekends.
Do people really think Chomsky will hijack this movement? Lol, that’s ridiculous. The guy has been educating kids for decades on the hypocrisy as well as the injustices that world governments and corporations have been involved with. He has educated millions upon millions of people through his books all while being ridiculed by the academic community as they have tried to paint him as some far left crazy who is an anti- Semite. I’m sure most of his wealth has come from those books that I’m sure a lot of us own and have learned a great deal from. He has also partaken in numerous movements that give him the credibility of being an activist. At his age I think it’s remarkable that he still is so devoted to the same causes he has been talking about for over 50 years. Sure it’s not healthy and not wise to put people on pedestals but when someone comes along with much to give I think it’s wise to give that person your time and attention.
I don’t think he will hijack the movement. But the parade of leftist celebrities suggests that the movement is less about taking back our democracy than about taking it in a particular direction.
Real Jews don’t deny their people the right to self determination in their historical homeland.
Oy.
you mean in the spot of land the u.s.a. gave them in 1948 to carry out globalization? NOT HISTORICAL HOMELAND.
Here we go …
May have been uk who gave it but your right. Chomsky dared to speak about the subhuman treatment of palestinians in their actual homeland. Guy getting called holocaust denier and allsorts because he won’t denie the new holocaust going on in the homeland
this is getttig good…
@Shaun and Ger, Jews are INDIGENOUS Middle Eastern people. Take a look at this Web site: http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2011/04/with-thanks-april-hebrew-inscriptions.html
Erm, I didn’t say they weren’t and palestinians are also indigenous. It is only religion that separates them. I believe American Indians are indiginous to USA but it doesn’t give them the right to slaughter and torture anyone.
Hi Ger, Yes, religion separates them. And the Jews should have freedom of religion in their homeland. Israel guarantees this for all religions. The PA has said their new state will have no Jews. BTW, do you think that the Palestinians have a right to slaughter and torture Jews? They believe that they do. You might want to protest against them.
You implied it when you said that “Chomsky dared to speak about the subhuman treatment of palestinians in their actual homeland”. The use of “actual” here implies that the Jews don’t have a real homeland in Israel, ie–the are not indigenous.
BTW, there is no holocaust perpetuated by Israel going on in Israel or the disputed territories. Populations of Arab Palestinians are growing all the time. No one is being rounded up and killed and tortured for BEING anything, as Jews were in the Holocaust because they were Jews. There is a wall, yes, to prevent suicide attackers from slaughtering civilians in Israel. There is protection against weapons which will be used to slaughter innocent civilians being transported into Gaza by ship. There are prisons holding people who have been convicted of crimes and the prisoners are treated very well–they eat a lot, exercise, and can get university degrees (compare the appearance of the over 1000 released Palestinan prisoners (healthy, well muscled, tanned) to Gilad Shalit (malnourished thin and weak). There is slaughter and torture, yes, but it is not perpetuated by Jews or Israel.
Here is a better link. http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/
It is interesting reading. Open your hearts and your minds.
To big to fail??? Does anyone really believe if a few big banks who made bad bets failed that other banks wouldn’t fill there void? The crime here is that Obama made us and our children pay their tab with our now 15 Trillion dollar debt! We borrow 40 cents on the dollar of all we spend! What we need is freedom!!! Freedom from the Federal government taking our money on April 15th! Let the States pay their own way, Imagine if there was no income tax. The Feds should only pay for Defence and border protection!!! Soc Sec for those 55 and older. People younger get to keep their SSI contribution and make their own plans. No more Solindras! I don’t want the feds betting with my money do you! Socialism requires competant government and there has never been such a thing because they lie and are corrupt! Let’s all keep our money and slash government spending! We can spend it better! If a road needs repair in MA let MA pay for it. Don’t send it to Washington first cause they will lose it before your road gets fixed! Wall street should never get bailed out again! If what I say makes sense than lets change the Republican party with Tea Party candidates and take that party over! A third party will lose. We are the 99 and freedom from the government is the answer not more government ( socialism/communism)
Will there be a (low-bandwidth) audio-stream live broadcast available?
Red line train and buses were shut down from harvard to broadway (hmmm) so i couldn’t make it. Can anyone give a good summery of his points?
It was recorded (I believe) on the livestream… hopefully, if that’s not up already, it will be soon. I left about half an hour after the talk and the red line was just opening up again. I wonder why that happened…
on October 23rd, 2011 at 10:09 pm #
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You can watch the speech here:
http://www.zcommunications.org/occupy-boston-by-noam-chomsky
Chomsky has long been an opponent of Marxism, with his attack focusing above all on the struggle to build an independent political party of the working class. Elsewhere, he has praised the “no leadership” position of some of those involved in the protests. Chomsky’s opposition to politics invariably translates into an adaptation to the politics of the political establishment.
http://wsws.org/articles/2011/oct2011/bost-o25.shtml
on November 3rd, 2011 at 2:44 pm #
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Dear Mr. Chomsky, I wish you would take on the evangelicals.They have been brainwashed into apostacy. jesus, himself said the two most important comandments were. 1. put no other Gods before me .2. Love one anouther as you love yourselves. This means not favoring the rich over the poor.Their is a natural curse on countries that do this . Poor starving people cause untreated diseases to turn into epademics. People who have nothing to lose start revolutions. When people are unwilling to pay taxes that educate other peoples children, we become an uneducated nation. Worst of all the rich put their money in off shore accounts then move to countries when we fall into chaos. The pawns were the large prejudiced vote of the evangelical churches who have no possible way to admit they were wrong without self distructing. Thank you