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Chomsky’s Lectern: What’s Ahead for the U.S.? (mp3)

Posted: 5 October 2009 by Noam Chomsky in Af-Pak War, Chomsky's Lectern, International Affairs, Political Science
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Professor Noam Chomsky discusses his coming book—Hopes and Prospects, to be released 1 January 2010—the military coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, his meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, mainstream media’s “narrow criticism” of state power, U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, and the meetings between world “leaders” and Iran with Matt Martin and listeners at KALW 91.7 FM in San Fransisco (52:11):

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Chomsky’s Lectern: Coups, UNASUR and the U.S.

Posted: 5 October 2009 by Noam Chomsky in Chomsky's Lectern, International Affairs, Political Science
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A lecture given by Professor Noam Chomsky in Caracas, Venezuela 29 August 2009 (updated September 9) on the U.S. plundering of Latin America and the corporate State.