Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of standardised assessment. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference - Jan 25th 2012- London (LWF 12) www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com credits Interviewed & directed by Graham Brown-Martin Filmed & edited by Kevin Grant at wildtraxtv (on.fb.me. + Informações

Further informations about Noam and topics addressed are available in favourites, play lists on my channel and complementary video responses. Mirrored and published with the permission of: www.youtube.com "Noam Chomsky talks of the longstanding hostility of the rich to truly educating the public so they don't realize they are victims of an economic system they need to replace with one that truly serves the public. March 16, 2012 Special thanks to Rev. Rhonda Rubinson of St. Philip's Church of Harlem for facilitating this production. Camera, Joe Friendly.". + Informações

MIT Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Noam Chomsky on the electoral process in America.. + Informações

DemocracyNow.org - During the most recent Republican presidential debate on Monday, September 12th, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas drew boos and jeers from the crowd and his fellow debaters for his views on the roots of 9/11 attacks. Dr. Paul criticized US foreign policy as the catalyst stating, "we're under great threat because we occupy so many countries... We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there?" For more, Democracy Now! spoke with Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky. Dr. Chomsky responded to Dr. Paul's comments by reciting the history of antagonism to US policy, concluding: "I think what he said is completely uncontroversial. You can read it in government documents." EXCERPT OF RUSH TRANSCRIPT: AARON MATÉ (DN! Co-Host): Well, Noam, you mentioned the changes in discourse between 10 years ago and today. And actually, this issue of the reasons behind 9/11 came up last night at the Republican presidential debate. Congress Member Ron Paul of Texas drew boos from the crowd and a rebuke from other candidates on the podium when he criticized US foreign policy in discussing the roots of 9/11. REP. RON PAUL: We're under great threat because we occupy so many countries. We're in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world. We're going broke. The purpose of al-Qaeda was to attack us, invite us over there, where they can .... + Informações

^^Push CC to get English captions - First question "Will the US or Israel attack Iran?" starts at :32. This is Part 1 of 2. Part 2: www.youtube.com On Feb. 14, 2012, I sat down with Dr. Noam Chomsky at MIT to ask him questions covering an array of topics. Part 1 Questions: ONE - Will the US or Israel attack Iran? TWO - What have been the affects of the US-lead sanctions against Iran? THREE - What makes Iran such a threat? Could Iran really attack the US? FOUR - Is there a 2012 Presidential candidate that you think would make a good world leader? Or is it just politics as usual? FIVE - What is your take on Anonymous' attacks on government and corporate websites and personnel? SIX - Do you think the internet has helped "level the playing field" between the powerful and the powerless? SEVEN - Has the internet, where anyone can be a publisher, as apposed to only a few distributors of information prior to the internet, changed the Propaganda Model that you wrote about in Manufacturing Consent? Part 2 Questions: EIGHT - In Bahrain, today is the one-year anniversary of the brutal suppression of peaceful protestors by both Bahrain and Saudia Arabia. Do you ever see successful democratic uprisings taking place in either country? NINE - You recently said that Turkey should be proud of its civil disobedience. But currently there are more than 400 university students in jail. Does this show the civil disobedience is not working? The government seems to be getting more totalitarian .... + Informações

Recorded at Professor Chomsky's office on Dec. 06, 2011.. + Informações

Everyone's favorite subversive intellectual cuts through the right-wing rhetoric. Language can be a minefield of evolving, ambiguous, and confusing definitions. This is why we have the study of semantics. Here are some of my favorite words, terms, and phrases that many of us on the Web are now dealing with: freedom, equality, liberty, liberalism, libertarianism, conservatism, socialism, communism, marxism, anarchism, individualism, mutualism, fascism, classical liberalism, neo-classical liberalism, neoliberalism, neoconservatism, (lots of "isms"), free will, determinism, democracy, workers' rights, labor value, natural law, natural rights, natural freedom, natural aristocracy, meritocracy, capitalism, state capitalism, the state, government, free markets, free trade, laissez-faire, etc, etc. If you're reading this then you are a member of a tiny minority of Americans who're curious about things like political science, political philosophy, history, and economics. Most Americans couldn't care less, because thinking about these things is difficult. And these concepts aren't taught in our public schools because not only are they difficult but they could pose a threat to the status quo. Should the electorate in even a limited democracy such as ours be knowledgable on these subjects? I would say, yes. But most say, no. Throughout American and world history our leaders have always referred to the majority of people as the "mob," the "rabble," or the "unwashed, uneducated masses .... + Informações

DemocracyNow.org - As the United States carries out another deadly drone strike in Yemen, Noam Chomsky compares the counterterrorism policies of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. "If the Bush administration didn't like somebody, they'd kidnap them and send them to torture chambers," Chomsky says. "If the Obama administration decides they don't like somebody, they murder them." Chomsky also praises the whistleblowing activities of WikiLeaks, as well as the ongoing Latin American shift away from Washington's long-running political and economic dominance. See many other Democracy Now! interviews with Noam Chomsky in our playlist: bit.ly For additional reports on this case, or to watch the complete independent, weekday news hour, please visit www.democracynow.org. FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org. + Informações

Professor Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "The machine, the ghost, and the limits of understanding: Newton's contributions to the study of mind" at the University of Oslo, September 2011. Q&A at 45:33. + Informações

In this sixth video in the series "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate" from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky talks about the Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and other business lobbies enthusiastically carrying out campaigns "to try and convince the population that global warming is a liberal hoax." According to Chomsky, this massive public relations campaign has succeeded in leading a good portion of the population into doubting the human causes of global warming. Known for his criticism of the media, Chomsky doesn't hold back in this clip, laying blame on mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times, which will run frontpage articles on what meteorologists think about global warming. "Meteorologists are pretty faces reading scripts telling you whether it's going to rain tomorrow," Chomsky says. "What do they have to say any more than your barber?" All this is part of the media's pursuit of "fabled objectivity." Of particular concern for Chomsky is the atmosphere of anger, fear and hostility that currently reigns in America. The public's hatred of Democrats, Republicans, big business and banks and the public's distrust of scientists all lead to general disregard for the findings of "pointy-headed elitists." The 2010 elections could be interpreted as a "death knell for the species" because most of the new Republicans in Congress are global warming deniers. "If this was happening in .... + Informações

Noam Chomsky, Retired Professor of Linguistics at MIT - the system in which we are locked in causes maximal harm to human survival. "Greedy Lying Bastards" presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry. From the Gulf Coast to the tiny nation of Tuvalu, from Nigeria and Uganda to Peru and Alaska, filmmaker and political activist Craig Rosebraugh documents the impact of an industry that continually puts profits before people, wages a campaign of lies designed to thwart measures to combat climate change, uses its clout to minimize infringing regulations and undermines the political process in the US and abroad. For more updates, including film release date please like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/greedylyingbastards Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/greedylyingbast. + Informações

September 22, 2011 - Wong Auditorium, MIT - In 1967, as the Vietnam War escalated, Noam Chomsky penned The Responsibility of Intellectuals, a stunning rebuke to scientists and scholars for their subservience to political power. Today we face a similar array of crises, from wars to escalating debt. What are the obligations of intellectuals in this day and age? Introduction by Joshua Cohen. Ideas Matter, a joint project of Boston Review and MIT's Political Science Department, is a lecture series that brings our writers together with other experts and practitioners for substantive debate on the challenges of our times. The series, free and open to the public, will offer four events in the 2011--12 academic year. bostonreview.net/ideasmatter. + Informações

Was the Cold War a battle between capitalism and socialism?. + Informações

The Arab dictators may be in America's pocket but, says Noam Chomsky, polls show repeatedly that it is the United States and Israel that are viewed as the greatest threat to the vast majority of the Arab populations. This is why when asked they say they would feel safer if Iran did have nuclear weapons.. + Informações

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) within the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Chomsky is considered among the most important intellectual contributors to the study of language and mind. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, and intellectual history. His seminal works include Aspects of the Theory of Syntax; Cartesian Linguistics; Language and Mind; Reflections on Language; Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origins, and Use; Language and Problems of Knowledge; and The Minimalist Program. Dr. Howard Gardner is one of the most influential intellectuals in the world. He is the author of over 20 books including: Extraordinary Minds, Five Minds For The Future, Changing Minds and Multiple Intelligences, widely published and translated throughout the world. In this series, Dr. Howard Gardner, world-renowned author, explores the most extraordinary minds of our time, revolutionary individuals who have used their brilliance to shape the world. Please visit www.kultur.com for more information on this program. + Informações

Anarchism www.youtube.com Chomsky talks about the core issues for a workers' movement, and the disconnect between "Left Intellectuals" and the working class. He reviews the old tradition of working class culture and the destruction of it, and the tendency of "Left Intellectuals" to focus on "Post-Materialist issues" while ignoring fundamental problems that confront working people. Enlightenment, Classical Liberalism, Anarchism. www.youtube.com Chomsky reviews the Enlightenment tradition, classical liberalism and how anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist thought and action is connected to this tradition. French Intellectual Culture, Post-Modernism. www.youtube.com Chomsky talks about the unique history of the French intellectual culture. He also airs his concerns about the influence of irrational currents of thought on Third World intellectuals, which has severe consequences (as compared to some irrational talks in a Western Literature faculty). Nazi Collaboration and Resistance in France, Italy and Greece and the Netherlands. www.youtube.com Chomsky reviews the Resistance/Collaboration in Western and Southern Europe, pointing out the huge differences and the consequences for the decades that followed. He also talks about how this history has been falsified by propaganda. The Right Freedom of Speech and Anti-Fascism www.youtube.com Chomsky discusses freedom of speech, its history, and how to deal with the rise of racist right-wing movements. The Left, Class, Racism, Xenophobia .... + Informações

Occupy Boston Student Summit Feb. 12th, 2012 Harvard University Sam Roberts Christiansen, Instructor, Northeastern University Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, Mass. Institute of Technology Video produced by Charngchi Way, Boston IWW. + Informações

This is a short snippet from an extended conversation with Noam Chomsky, available here - studiooccupy.org The full interview is about: -The Occupy Movement -Economic democracy and cooperatives -Limiting the accumulation of wealth -Consciousness raising -Latin America Information about the interviewer: Dada Maheshvarananda is an activist, writer and monk of Ananda Marga Yoga Society. He is the director of the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela and author of the forthcoming book, After Capitalism: Economic Democracy and the Progressive Utilization Theory (Prout). For more info, visit: www.priven.org. + Informações

The ESML is AFOPA's showpiece event. This year's guest speaker, Noam Chomsky, is a world renowned linguist, philosopher, and human rights activist. date: Nov. 5, 2011? The Edward Said Memorial Lecutre organisers, the University of Adelaide and the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA), celebrate Chomsky's recognition as a recipient of the 2011 Sydney Peace Prize. AFOPA is also honoured to present this unique event to our supporters, and hoped you enjoyed a spectacular evening with Prof. Chomsky. Edward Said Memorial Lecture - A History Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and one of the most articulate and visible advocates of the Palestinian cause. He taught English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Before his death in 2003, Professor Said was seen as one of the leading literary critics of the 20th century, and described by many as an 'Intellectual Superstar' in the United States.. + Informações

For the past forty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual and as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, since the 1960s Chomsky has also secured a place as perhaps the leading dissident voice in the United States. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT and the author of numerous books including Chomsky vs. Foucault: A Debate on Human Nature, On Language, Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship, and Towards a New Cold War (all published by The New Press). He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This event took place on April 22, 2008 at the Google Cambridge office, as a part of the Authors@Google series.. + Informações

In response to an audience member's question, Noam Chomsky explains the relevance of Gar Alperovitz's book "America Beyond Capitalism", and how Occupy can take up the cause of worker-ownership to help build a cooperative economy. Full video, and transcript of remarks on "America Beyond Capitalism" here: www.garalperovitz.com. + Informações

Taken from Bill Moyers program "A World of Ideas" aired on PBS back in 1988.. + Informações

Chomsky discusses the history of Racism in the United States, and dealing with xenophobia and the right. Historically these tendencies have been overcome by "common activities ... on the basis of their class interests." The interview was conducted in Leiden, the Netherlands, in March 2011. View the whole interview: youtu.be. + Informações

Activists and scholar Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston. Noam Chomsky is one of the many speakers as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series at Occupy Boston.. + Informações

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