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Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky and the Media

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1992′s “Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky and the Media” was put together by Mark Achbar (Co-Produced and co-Directed) who also brought us “The Corporation” in 2005. In fact he makes specific reference to his previous work in the Commentary and the “Making of… The Corporation” as featured on the DVD presentation of the later work. This is recommendation enough as “The Corporation” is one best made movies in this category you will ever see. Sadly “Manufacturing Consent” is as dull as the 1988 book (of the same name as co-authored with Ed Herman) is fascinating. Continue reading →

Noam Chomsky “Distorted Morality”

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“Distorted Morality” is a three Hour film of Noam Chomsky delivering a couple of talks on themes similar to those found on “Imperial Grand Strategy”. Indeed the second feature on the DVD is “Washington’s Imperial Grand Strategy” as delivered on April 15th 2003 at MIT. Much of the comments made for “Imperial Grand Strategy” apply to this release although the quality of the filming is somewhat better. The first feature is from a talk given at Harvard University on February the 6th in 2002. Chomsky kicks off with his familiar, and authoritative, interpretation of recent events that goes a little like this: there is no war on terror. Continue reading →

Noam Chomsky “Imperial Grand Strategy”

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(Noam Chomsky – AK Press 2005) Not bad value this – a 220 minute DVD packed with Noam Chomsky. Of course, if you are not a Chomsky fan you will probably find this unwatchable. It is, without doubt, probably the least entertaining DVD you will ever watch but, at the same time it is fantastic. If you really can’t be bothered to read a Noam Chomsky book then THIS is the DVD for you! There are three sections, the first from a speech at the University of Manchester (England) deals with the main title of the DVD, the second is a speech delivered at Merrimack College on the assault on freedom and democracy, whilst the third is an interview on anarchism. Continue reading →

Noam Chomsky “Rogue States”

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ISBN 0 7453 1708 1 Noam Chomsky’s “Rogue States” – (The Rule of Force in World Affairs) was written in 2000 some nine years after his “Deterring Democracy”. In effect he is updating this work by bring it into the modern Globalised and Internet-enabled world. As such, he does repeat a lot of what he has said before – but it is always a refreshing read. His work seems to become more accessible by the average reader over the years. In this book he does pursue slightly different themes this time around. He analyses in detail the actual US record on Human Rights and exposes the truth behind the rhetoric. Continue reading →