‘Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.’—New York Times Book Review
‘Unwavering political contrarian Noam Chomsky smart-bombs the US military’s global Interventions. Shock and awe!’—Vanity Fair
Because We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky’s arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative to official accounts of US politics and policies during global crisis. Find here classic Chomsky on the increasing urgency of climate change, the ongoing impact of Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, nuclear politics, cyberwar, terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, and the Middle East, security and state power, as well as deeper reflections on the Obama doctrine, political philosophy, the Magna Carta, and the importance of a commons to democracy.
Because We Say So is the third in a series of books by Chomsky published by City Lights Publishers that includes Making the Future (2012) and Interventions (2007), a book banned by US military censors. Taken together, the three books present a complete collection of the articles Chomsky writes regularly for the New York Times Syndicate, and are largely ignored by newspapers in the United States. Because We Say So offers fierce, accessible, timely, gloves-off political writing by America’s foremost public intellectual and political dissident.
Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most well-known critics of US policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking and best-selling books on global politics, history, and linguistics.
Table of Content
Contents
Introduction (TK)
1. Marching off the Cliff
December 5, 2011
2. Recognizing the “Unpeople”
January 5, 2012
3. Anniversaries from “Unhistory”
February 4, 2012
4. What Are Iran’s Intentions?
March 3, 2012
5. The Assault on Public Education
April 3, 2012
6. Cartegena: Beyond the Secret Service Scandal
May 1, 2012
7. Somebody Else’s Atrocities
June 1, 2012
8. The Great Charter: Its Fate, Our Fate
July 3, 2012
9. In Hiroshima’s Shadow
August 1, 2012
10. When Travesty Borders on Tragedy
August 30, 2012
11. Issues that Obama and Romney Avoid
October 4, 2012
12. Gaza, the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison
November 7, 2012
13. Gaza Under Assault
December 1, 2012
14. The Gravest Threat to World Peace
January 3, 2013
15. Who Owns the World?
February 5, 2013
16. Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?
March 4, 2013
17. In Palestine, Dignity and Violence
April 1, 2013
18. Boston and Beyond
May 1, 2013
19. Guilty in Guatamala
June 3, 2013
20. Who Owns the Earth?
July 4, 2013
21. Is Edward J. Snowden Aboard this Plane?
July 31, 2013
22. The “Honest Broker” Is Crooked
August 30, 2013
23. The Obama Doctrine
October 4, 2013
24. De-Americanizing the World
November 4, 2013
25. The “Axis of Evil” Revisited
December 3, 2013
26. What Is the Common Good?
January 1, 2014
27. Prerogatives of Power
February 4, 2014
28. Security and State Policy
March 3, 2014
29. The Prospects for Survival
March 31, 2014
Notes
Index
About Noam Chomsky
About the author
Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his groundbreaking work in linguistics and for his relentless advocacy for democracy, freedom and self-determination. He is author of dozens of books, many of which have become international best sellers. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs, and writes a monthly column for The New York Times Syndicate which is the basis for a series of books published in the Open Media Series by City Lights books:
Interventions,
Making the Future, and
Because We Say So.
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