Articles by Noam Chomsky – TomDispatch
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The Doomsday Clock: Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival
Noam Chomsky – TomDispatch,
13 Jun 2016
12 Jun 2016 – In January 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday Clock to three minutes before midnight, a threat level that had not been reached for 30 years. The Bulletin’s statement explaining this advance toward catastrophe invoked the two major threats to survival: nuclear weapons and “unchecked climate change.” Prospects for decent long-term survival are not high unless there is a significant change of course. A large share of the responsibility is in our hands — the opportunities as well.
→ read full article“The Iranian Threat” – Who Is the Gravest Danger to World Peace?
Noam Chomsky – TomDispatch,
24 Aug 2015
“In the eyes of much of the world, in fact, the prime rogue state today is the United States.” As we have seen, global opinion supports this judgment by a substantial margin. Furthermore, the mantle is worn with pride. The Clinton Doctrine, for instance, confirmed that the U.S. was entitled to resort to the “unilateral use of military power” even to ensure “uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies, and strategic resources,” let alone alleged “security” or “humanitarian” concerns.
→ read full articleThe Imperial Way: American Decline in Perspective (Part 2)
Noam Chomsky – TomDispatch,
20 Feb 2012
In the past decade, for the first time in 500 years, South America has taken successful steps to free itself from western domination. The region has moved towards integration, and has begun to address some of the terrible internal problems of societies ruled by mostly Europeanized elites. They have also rid themselves of all U.S. military bases and of IMF controls. A newly formed organization, CELAC, includes all countries of the hemisphere apart from the U.S. and Canada. If it actually functions, that would be another step in American decline, in this case in what has always been regarded as “the backyard.”
→ read full articleIs the World Too Big to Fail?
Noam Chomsky – TomDispatch,
3 Oct 2011
Noam Chomsky explains how the global order of power has been created and describes the mechanisms behind its continuity.
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