this was great. thanks for sharing it. as an american, it makes me feel terrible that we're legally actual War Criminals but just too big of a bully to be held accountable.
@David Miles You will NEVER see any American tried in The Hague as a war criminal or a person who commits crimes against humanity, EVER, as long as the U.S. Empire continues. When the U.S. Empire dies though then you will see a nuclear war or "real accountability "finally. Power over International Law- The U.S. Empire. Power trumps all.
@@erictred4529 holy shit you are dumb. Isreal is practically an american mercenary state/ military colony. The master is the US but its easy to point the finger to Isreal if it shuts the population from critisizing the US government and corperations
It's worse than painful , from the right winger church goers who think America should support Israel because the Bible says so to the Pro Israeli Hasbara students paid to comment on the internet in support of genocide. It's unacceptable. Their version of reality(lied to since this all started) is threatened so they cling to shoddy justifications to break every moral rule in the book.
Never met a Chomsky hater that could ever make an attack on him or his readers without resorting to lies and distortions. At best you never read a single book of his; at worst you did, and still managed to completely avoid any understanding. Thanks for proving once again that the haters still have nothing to say.
Noam Chomsky is truly a great inspiration and I recommend his books. Those of you insinuating that he doesn't know what he's talking about or that his is misleading, I would ask you who's more likely to hold those properties - the world's leading intellectual who has given his life to demistifying some of the greatest issues facing civilisation who's widely recognised as one of the greatest contributions to modern political dissidence, linguistics and philosophy... or you. Much love for Chomsky!
This comment seems to be in contradiction to Chomsky's philosophy which is about the empowerment of ordinary people in the face of large institutions that are "widely recognized". The message of his books is to think critically and research, and not to shut up and bow down to a source of information just because it is said to be reputable, as you say.
@johnstamp7545 "Sowell argues that existing racial disparities are mostly due to accurate sorting based on underlying characteristics, such as education" - white people must love hearing this xD
@@asleepbydawn137 Could you clarify what he meant then? There's no reason for us to shirk back and accept what Chomsky says just because he's a "renowned academic" who has "devoted his life to study." That title applies to any number of bourgeois economists or imperialist historians too. The strength of Chomsky is however that, if we do attempt to refute his points with our own research, we come up short. Open debate is advantageous for everyone.
I love the real determination of this mans life long investigation of his own intellectual curiosity. He will stay in my thoughts forever as an Icon of political discussion.
Chomsky is truly a brave man that supercedes any labels those that disagree can place on him. He is a Historian by definition, and its easy to see he just wants to help people understand the significance of the past to help us deviate from the present.
Any country under occupation would react violently. Again, I never claimed to support Palestinian violence. What my position is is that Israel is violating international law, discriminating against Palestinians, and not willing to give back to the Palestinians what is rightfully theirs. I condemn Palestinian violence as much as the next, but would you expect anything less from a country under occupation? America needs to stop playing favorites with Israel. BOTH sides need to be held accountable.
If the USA somehow fell under foreign occupation you would see a measure of violent reaction, violent resistance that would make Palestinian (and maybe even Israeli) violence look like a picnic.
america is ruled by 1% rich and 90% of those rich are jews. so US is not going to stop spending americans tax money. you can forget that. it’s not gonna happen
Joshua Hveem . There is no occupation. The land of Israel belongs to Israel and it always has. There us also no people called Palestinians, they are Jordanians and have no rights to any land in Israel. Give your self a history lesson my friend.
For those of you criticising Noam Chomsky below - Most of what he says may sound somehow unjustified or redacted, but I don't think you can expect him to give the full detail during the lecture, though if you wish to understand the issues, read the massive plethora of books he has written which go into a huge amount of detail. What he says is based on a massive amount of knowledge. Noam Chomsky is recognised as one of the world's greatest intellectuals, if not the greatest.
Yes, this. He's said that it's hard to be as thorough as he'd like to be in lectures because he'd have to mention a ton of footnotes for everything. His books are a real gold mine.
This was an incredibly informative lecture and despite the enormously depressing nature of its subject-matter, Noam still provided a strong measure of hope and inspiration. As for Israel, it's foundation is based on an ugly sin committed on Nabka Day. It is inevitable that Israel will collapse from the weight of its own dichotomies. Most importantly, it cannot exist simultaneously as both a Jewish State and a fundtional democracy. JMHO
"Sorry to have gone on too long" Noam, you're adorable. I feel like this is the equivalent of when Gilmour apologized for playing "Wish you were here" during an interview. Like PLEASE go on.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD POLITICS IS NOTHING LESS OF AMAZING! AND SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOW PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF INFORMATION I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT ALL FIT TOGETHER! PRICELESS THANK YOU
This is still such a central and relevant talk. The end of Israel's apartheid will come when and only when the US stops its support for that. Here is where the end has to begin. Let's do it.
And he's a genius linguist, humanitarian, too. Note: his parents were immigrants who'd run from Jew-killing czars- so I'd say he's got an interesting, and fair view re: Israel-Palestine.
@John Sinclair Well .... being say a WASP criticizing Israel has not generally gone well. Noam actually went over to Israel and lived on a kibbutz and did farm work and all that. He came from pretty humble beginnings, the Great Depression was in full swing, and he remembers one family member who was very lucky to be disabled because NYC had a program where disabled people got preference in operating news stands. I believe Noam often watched the news stand and got a lot of reading in as a kid this way. As humble as his beginnings were, he grew up in an era where upward mobility was a real thing in the US. Unless you were a total fuckup, you were up on the up escalator, socially and financially. Yes, up through the 1970s Jews were restricted in where they could live, where they could go, etc in the US but in NYC where Noam was, it was less of a problem. And he went to MIT because they were a lot less restrictive about allowing Jews in. In his time school and college were cheap! If your parents were janitors, anything, they could support you and you could go all the way up to PhD. And Jewish parents, like all non-WASP parents, help their kids. Noam was allowed to live at home instead of being kicked out at age 18 etc which is the hyper-individualistic "American way". Of course now the only social mobility in the US is downward, but I have gotten over the resentment I felt, of Noam the richie-rich college professor, because if I'd been born into his world I'd have risen up too - and I'm not Jewish. Also Noam has written a hell of a lot of books and extremely good ones too, and the royalties from those add up. It's simply that from 1935-1975 you didn't need to be born into riches to stay out of poverty; just be a decent person and you'd rise up!
God says in the quran " They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer], They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous, And whatever good they do - never will it be removed from them. And Allah is Knowing of the righteous."
Long live Chomsky, and may those who are moved by the fruits of his labor themselves labor to yield rich fruits. The bar has been raised. Who now will work to raise it higher?
Perhaps he would be more to your liking if instead of criticizing the atrocities committed by his own state and it's proxies, he mindlessly cheered them on, as most public intellectuals (the kind you no doubt, admire), do. But of course, for people that know and understand anything about the real world, that would be a monumental loss. You have plenty of cheerleaders of mass murder to admire. Those who prefer human decency over state worship will continue reading Chomsky.
actually the brits began the theft of palestine with the balfour declaration, which basically the british declaring a homeland for jews in palestine....when? 1917....now you must ask yourself 2 questions: 1.) under what authority did britain claim the right to partition arab homelands in this way without arab permission or consultation? and 2.) why should arabs consent to this?
Balfour was apparently anti-semitic and thought Zionism and Palestine a good way of ridding Europe of Jews. A disliked man. Lloyd George sympathised with Jews equating them similarly oppressed like the Welsh. Ever the Imperialist Pragmatist, however he thought a Europeanised people would provide a guard dog for the fear of ever present, of an Egyptian takeover of the Suez Canal. Stalin was the first to recognise Israel and supply them with Czech arms. Thinking that Zionism having a Utopian Socialist wing and being gratefull to the Red Army,preventing annihillation of all Europe's Jews. The Arabs were thought 2nd rate. Zionism sided with the USA. The Arabs were betrayed by everyone. The hideous Maelstrom continues with unending horror for the people of the near and middle east. Including Jewish Working Class. The Arab and Jewish workers are the key to a solution. They have little to lose!
Before Israel became a state weren't the palestinians and jewish folks living in harmony? What is the ratio of death to date between palestinians and Israelis? What role did palestine play in WW2? If god gave that land to the jewish folks why did he let them lose it?
I don't get why some people think Chomsky is a great US foreign policy thinker. What he does is really easy and simple: 1.) Look for atrocities committed by the US in other countries. (You can find all about COINTELPRO, Vietnam, East Timor, etc. even in Wikipedia, even when he claims that the US government doesn't want us to know about it, ironic) 2.) Write them down in a book, or say them in an interview or documentary, and then, the most important thing: 3.) Claim moral superiority over others and feel really good about yourself. Done.
Carlos Fdz maybe because wikipedia is citing him. Maybe because he was going through countless documents before internet existed so you can read read the short version on wikipedia today and come out as smart ass.
The articles regarding COINTELPRO, East Timor, Vietnam, etc. do not cite him in the least. Remember he is a linguist who in his free time bashes the US foreign policy, and he has plenty of free time, if you know what I mean. You are giving him too much credit. The fact that this information is easily found contradicts his claims that the US government doesn't want us to know about its atrocities. There are many websites which have the same information about US atrocities and that can be access freely by a click of a button.
Carlos Fdz How many ppl "in the right mind" go and look or would care to look about these issues. I quote, "in the right mind" because the average American would have to presuppose there is something wrong in our policies. That there's something not right about wishing isolation rather than openly embrace other cultures. The average American would never imagine that we sponsor, manufacture and ship terrorism under the slogan, "war on terror" and that in fact we are a terror state. The average American would never learn about this in the local morning or evening news and as long as we think we are as righteous as our parents, teachers, espiritual lay leader and/or political figures ought us to be, then we would live in this blis unbeknown to what is happening at the global scale. Yes, he shines light and expose everything in black and white with enough detail, it makes anyone feel morally obligated to go out of their comfort zone and question what was previously forbidden to question, forbidden to ourselves due to ignorance. (Many ppl would rather live blissfully afraid the answers would force them to change their stand point). He deserves credit and more, no doubt about it.
@011jaffa Took potentially was a bad choice of word - I meant took control. They took the majority of the land and gave it to the minority of the population. I'm not saying that there weren't Jews there, but they were given a disproportionate level of land to control and assimilate into Israel. Do you understand this point?
Don't think Chomsky could be referred to as an anti-semite seeing as his entire family is Jewish, both of his parents being devout Jews and his father even being a professor of Hebrew. Noam Chomsky doesn't make any comment that criticises Jews - he makes analysis which criticises the crimes of Israel.
@011jaffa Israel could not continue committing its crimes without the US's support. It is his duty to speak out on his beliefs and put pressure on his government to bring justice to the region. If you disagree with him, then fine. I'd like to hear how and why you disagree. So far, I haven't heard any legitimate reasons for you to support Israeli occupation.
@011jaffa They are entitled to the West Bank, Gaza and the whole of the Arab part of Jerusalem. Not almost whole: the WHOLE. Israel is occupying their land illegally. You can't illegally take what is not yours, offer to give back part of it and then complain that the other side is unwilling to compromise.
@011jaffa I did see her comment. It wasn't the cleverest thing to say, but it wasn't anti-semitic, it was anti-zionist. The fact that her career was cut short shows the power of the Israeli lobby. I guarantee that if someone in the American media said that Palestinians should leave and go to the other Arab states, they wouldn't have the same problem.
Like I said there's no use debating someone who uses such an argument to justify taking another's land by force based on some vague 1440 years ago convenant. So, you win, but you will never really win.
@011jaffa I agree that there is a lot of anti-semitism in the Arab world. Some of the people in power are terrible individuals who are very racist. You also have to understand that the creation of Israel and the actions of the Israeli people have had a large part to play on the size and ferocity of their anti-semitism. This does not excuse Arab prejudice, but it also does not excuse Israel`s actions.
@011jaffa ...that their parents and grandparents have suffered through and finally they will not be able to renegotiate further for the land and compensation which if there was justice, they should have already received. For you to insinuate that because they did not accept the Israeli offer is absurdly unfair. One could easily say that if the Israelis truly wanted peace, then they would have offered more, such as the full return of the land that they are illegally occupying for a start.
read david ben-gurion and you will see the parallels between his colonialist rhetoric calling for ethnic cleansing of arabs from the holy land to that of the rhetoric of the british and americans against the american indians....
The conflict against the Palestinian people is reverberating violently in October 2023 and on... The consequences of WWII are tragically felt in the Palestine nation, thanks to Hitler & Co. There seems no end to the injustice.
@011jaffa If you're confused over why Palestinians seem unwilling to settle for less than what they believe they are entitled to - I'll explain it to you. For 60 years, they have suffered and fought for what they (and the majority of the world) believe that they are entitled to. If they make a deal that is insufficient, they will firstly not be getting what they deserve, secondly they will have legitimised Israeli actions...
@011jaffa The question that you keep asking is: what should have been done regarding the creation of Israel. There were three options that I can see: 1. the Jews could have stayed in the countries where they were (which millions have still done - in fact the US population of Jews is about equivalent to Israel) 2, Formed a Jewish state in a different location (but the Zionists did not want this) 3. Created Israel in a form that was accepted by the Palestinian people.
I simply do not know English, and I made a lot of mistakes because I wrote it in a hurry. But I know so well the history. A lot of italian people knows too. All my Respect to Moni Ovadia.
@011jaffa Yup the UN had a vote. All the countries surrounding Palestine, including the Palestinians weren't happy with it but they were over-ruled by the Western powers. Simply because there are other Arab states does not give justification for displacing a population from their homes and imposing another political power. If you're asking what would have happened to the Jewish people, well they would have stayed where they were before the moved to Israel.
@011jaffa If you want to disprove Chomsky's pretty much encyclopaedic knowledge of the issue, then by all means try. But I know that you can not and will not. Instead, you have resorted to petty name calling. I -as you can probably guess- have no respect for this type of argumentation.
@011jaffa This resolution grants 22% of Palestine (a large decrease from the 45% originally declared in the creation of Israel) to return to the Palestinians and gives them political sovereignty. It would require Israel to return land that it has obtained illegally through wars and annexation. It refuses to do this. Instead, it systematically expands further into the occupied territories.
@nunswithguns33 Thanks for the input and of course you'd think you're not being biased (as would I), but with all due respect, I think I'll take Noam Chomsky's, Norman Finkelstein's and Amnesty International's word for it. Thank you!
@011jaffa They are neighbours. They will always be next to each other. If you look at the map, the walls cut deep into their land, often recapturing precious resources so that only Israelis can use them. In essence, it is being used as an excuse to deprive them of more territory and further subjugate them.
@rring88 Same i hear he tends to give almost anyone interviews for 30mins in a year i hope i can meet him in Boston i just really dread the day his time with us on earth is over.
The Arab states have repeatedly offered to recognize Israel, nomalize relations, even develope trade negotiations. However this is about Palestine, not other Arabs states. I don't believe any other Arab states are illegally occupying land and transferring their citizenry to the aforementioned land. One of the problems the UN faces is its inability to interfere in what's determined sovereign state of affairs within a country's own borders, without consensus of the Security Council.
Ya thats why right after they became "The State of Isreal" they were attacked by 5 Arab Countries and if the U.S didnt give them tanks and F-16's they would have gotten there ass handed to them.
@011jaffa There is a big difference between loving a country and hating their policies. I love the UK, but I think some of its foreign policy is disgusting. Trying to advocate change through criticism does not undermine how I feel about it. It is a necessary part of making the world a better place. If I do nothing, then I give implicit support for my governments actions. It is a point the Chomsky consistently states about the US. He is responsible for US foreign policy as all its citizens are.
@011jaffa Give me statistics. For some reason, you believe that your anecdotal evidence is an accurate portrayal of all people. IT IS NOT. It makes you sound ridiculous. Like your absurd comment about seeing Palestinian towns grow over large areas with your own eyes. Frankly I think all religions are absurd. Islam, Judaism and Christianity. All of them. Christianity was just as bad as Islam for 1800 years. Only relatively recently has it improved.
@011jaffa In terms of the rockets, once again, pay careful attention to what I am writing. I am not saying that there are not missiles from other places that have explosives - I mentioned home-made rockets which are in large supply.
Palestinian UN representative in the UNHRC Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi: “Each and every missile launched against Israel cities constitutes a crime against humanity” Published on July 13, 2014 in Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by Unwatch.
this was great. thanks for sharing it.
as an american, it makes me feel terrible that we're legally actual War Criminals but just too big of a bully to be held accountable.
I'll answer that. Because the U.S is not run by American's its run by Isreal and their central banking system. I thought this was common knowledge?
@David Miles You will NEVER see any American tried in The Hague as a war criminal or a person who commits crimes against humanity, EVER, as long as the U.S. Empire continues. When the U.S. Empire dies though then you will see a nuclear war or "real accountability "finally. Power over International Law- The U.S. Empire. Power trumps all.
the past 100 years of american imperialism can be described as " legally actual War Criminals but just too big of a bully to be held accountable"
@@erictred4529 holy shit you are dumb. Isreal is practically an american mercenary state/ military colony. The master is the US but its easy to point the finger to Isreal if it shuts the population from critisizing the US government and corperations
@@erictred4529"...and their banking system " so they make mistakes in our SSA payments, we have to pay back
Time has come to re watch this in 2023 !
truth is painful when your interest is on the wrong side.
It's worse than painful , from the right winger church goers who think America should support Israel because the Bible says so to the Pro Israeli Hasbara students paid to comment on the internet in support of genocide. It's unacceptable. Their version of reality(lied to since this all started) is threatened so they cling to shoddy justifications to break every moral rule in the book.
@Dragon Slayer ?
Never met a Chomsky hater that could ever make an attack on him or his readers without resorting to lies and distortions. At best you never read a single book of his; at worst you did, and still managed to completely avoid any understanding. Thanks for proving once again that the haters still have nothing to say.
Noam Chomsky is truly a great inspiration and I recommend his books. Those of you insinuating that he doesn't know what he's talking about or that his is misleading, I would ask you who's more likely to hold those properties - the world's leading intellectual who has given his life to demistifying some of the greatest issues facing civilisation who's widely recognised as one of the greatest contributions to modern political dissidence, linguistics and philosophy... or you. Much love for Chomsky!
To answer your question, that is why thinking was invented. Read what Thomas Sowell has to say about Chomsky. Youth is another word for inexperience.
This comment seems to be in contradiction to Chomsky's philosophy which is about the empowerment of ordinary people in the face of large institutions that are "widely recognized". The message of his books is to think critically and research, and not to shut up and bow down to a source of information just because it is said to be reputable, as you say.
@johnstamp7545 "Sowell argues that existing racial disparities are mostly due to accurate sorting based on underlying characteristics, such as education" - white people must love hearing this xD
@@joshbaino3087that's not remotely what he said. 🙄
@@asleepbydawn137 Could you clarify what he meant then? There's no reason for us to shirk back and accept what Chomsky says just because he's a "renowned academic" who has "devoted his life to study." That title applies to any number of bourgeois economists or imperialist historians too. The strength of Chomsky is however that, if we do attempt to refute his points with our own research, we come up short. Open debate is advantageous for everyone.
If you are a politician and you speak up about crimes in Palestine you will never see a Seat in the USA.
I love the real determination of this mans life long investigation of his own intellectual curiosity. He will stay in my thoughts forever as an Icon of political discussion.
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It's such a privilege to listen and watch Dr. Chomsky speak at Brown University. Thank you very much for uploading this video to You Tube.
Chomsky is truly a brave man that supercedes any labels those that disagree can place on him. He is a Historian by definition, and its easy to see he just wants to help people understand the significance of the past to help us deviate from the present.
A really high quality recording and great content. Thanks for the upload 5*.
They love him! ☺️🥰👏🏼
I love him too. How can you not?!
Any country under occupation would react violently. Again, I never claimed to support Palestinian violence. What my position is is that Israel is violating international law, discriminating against Palestinians, and not willing to give back to the Palestinians what is rightfully theirs. I condemn Palestinian violence as much as the next, but would you expect anything less from a country under occupation? America needs to stop playing favorites with Israel. BOTH sides need to be held accountable.
If the USA somehow fell under foreign occupation you would see a measure of violent reaction, violent resistance that would make Palestinian (and maybe even Israeli) violence look like a picnic.
america is ruled by 1% rich and 90% of those rich are jews. so US is not going to stop spending americans tax money. you can forget that. it’s not gonna happen
murgul morgul can you provide a source to prove that Jews are 90% of the 1% of Americans who rule our nation ?
Joshua Hveem
Joshua Hveem . There is no occupation. The land of Israel belongs to Israel and it always has. There us also no people called Palestinians, they are Jordanians and have no rights to any land in Israel. Give your self a history lesson my friend.
For those of you criticising Noam Chomsky below - Most of what he says may sound somehow unjustified or redacted, but I don't think you can expect him to give the full detail during the lecture, though if you wish to understand the issues, read the massive plethora of books he has written which go into a huge amount of detail. What he says is based on a massive amount of knowledge. Noam Chomsky is recognised as one of the world's greatest intellectuals, if not the greatest.
Yes, this. He's said that it's hard to be as thorough as he'd like to be in lectures because he'd have to mention a ton of footnotes for everything. His books are a real gold mine.
There are lots of people to admire in the world, but he's the closest person that comes close to being my hero. A truly beautiful mind.
always a pleasure to revisit. _JC
JHC - 13 years on and here we are...How depressing.
Will this USA question ever end...?
This was an incredibly informative lecture and despite the enormously depressing nature of its subject-matter, Noam still provided a strong measure of hope and inspiration. As for Israel, it's foundation is based on an ugly sin committed on Nabka Day. It is inevitable that Israel will collapse from the weight of its own dichotomies. Most importantly, it cannot exist simultaneously as both a Jewish State and a fundtional democracy. JMHO
To dislike Israel is not to dislike Jews. Just as disliking America isn't to dislike the American people.
Dret Drel According to the Zionists its called anti semitism.
"Sorry to have gone on too long" Noam, you're adorable. I feel like this is the equivalent of when Gilmour apologized for playing "Wish you were here" during an interview. Like PLEASE go on.
Noam Chomsky IS A HERO.
Chomsky is an American Hero!!!!
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD POLITICS IS NOTHING LESS OF AMAZING! AND SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOW PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF INFORMATION I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT ALL FIT TOGETHER! PRICELESS THANK YOU
an honorable man who saw the truth and is not afraid to say it...
FREE FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
Israel 100% does have nuclear weapons we know now.
approx 300
Angelo B They have half of USA nukes.
This is still such a central and relevant talk. The end of Israel's apartheid will come when and only when the US stops its support for that. Here is where the end has to begin. Let's do it.
FREE PALESTINE
And he's a genius linguist, humanitarian, too. Note: his parents were immigrants who'd run from Jew-killing czars- so I'd say he's got an interesting, and fair view re: Israel-Palestine.
I learned from this man so many things I didn't know about my own region, the USA and the world too...
@John Sinclair Well .... being say a WASP criticizing Israel has not generally gone well. Noam actually went over to Israel and lived on a kibbutz and did farm work and all that. He came from pretty humble beginnings, the Great Depression was in full swing, and he remembers one family member who was very lucky to be disabled because NYC had a program where disabled people got preference in operating news stands. I believe Noam often watched the news stand and got a lot of reading in as a kid this way.
As humble as his beginnings were, he grew up in an era where upward mobility was a real thing in the US. Unless you were a total fuckup, you were up on the up escalator, socially and financially. Yes, up through the 1970s Jews were restricted in where they could live, where they could go, etc in the US but in NYC where Noam was, it was less of a problem. And he went to MIT because they were a lot less restrictive about allowing Jews in.
In his time school and college were cheap! If your parents were janitors, anything, they could support you and you could go all the way up to PhD. And Jewish parents, like all non-WASP parents, help their kids. Noam was allowed to live at home instead of being kicked out at age 18 etc which is the hyper-individualistic "American way".
Of course now the only social mobility in the US is downward, but I have gotten over the resentment I felt, of Noam the richie-rich college professor, because if I'd been born into his world I'd have risen up too - and I'm not Jewish. Also Noam has written a hell of a lot of books and extremely good ones too, and the royalties from those add up.
It's simply that from 1935-1975 you didn't need to be born into riches to stay out of poverty; just be a decent person and you'd rise up!
New Zealand is a nuclear free country. I'm surprised Noam hasn't mentioned this.
MUCH ♥, HONOR & RESPECT TO PROF CHOMPSKY FOR HIS INTEGRITY/ BRAVERY TO SPEAK
T R U T H. HOD LIVE HIM & ERASE ALL HIS SINS Amein 🙏
God says in the quran " They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer], They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous, And whatever good they do - never will it be removed from them. And Allah is Knowing of the righteous."
Long live Chomsky, and may those who are moved by the fruits of his labor themselves labor to yield rich fruits.
The bar has been raised. Who now will work to raise it higher?
If you Americans feel bad for the government actions than start giving back all the land you took from Mexico 😅
12:25 you can hear the audible gasp of the audience with the words, "terror states like Britain"...
GOD ♥ HIM
Excellent, as usual.
This man is an absolute treasure.
The mood of Israel is similar to the White Nationalists in South Africa - Noam Chomsky
A very good video that helps us understand the background of recent events. The Gaza Flotilla only shows how right Chomsky is.
Nice job recording this.
thanks for sharing these videos. Take care
Perhaps he would be more to your liking if instead of criticizing the atrocities committed by his own state and it's proxies, he mindlessly cheered them on, as most public intellectuals (the kind you no doubt, admire), do. But of course, for people that know and understand anything about the real world, that would be a monumental loss. You have plenty of cheerleaders of mass murder to admire. Those who prefer human decency over state worship will continue reading Chomsky.
why isnt Mr Chomsky in charge of policy, and more heard of in open media ? such a great human being
actually the brits began the theft of palestine with the balfour declaration, which basically the british declaring a homeland for jews in palestine....when? 1917....now you must ask yourself 2 questions: 1.) under what authority did britain claim the right to partition arab homelands in this way without arab permission or consultation? and 2.) why should arabs consent to this?
Balfour was apparently anti-semitic and thought Zionism and Palestine a good way of ridding Europe of Jews. A disliked man. Lloyd George sympathised with Jews equating them similarly oppressed like the Welsh.
Ever the Imperialist Pragmatist, however he thought a Europeanised people would provide a guard dog for the fear of ever present, of an Egyptian takeover of the Suez Canal. Stalin was the first to recognise Israel and supply them with Czech arms. Thinking that Zionism having a Utopian Socialist wing and being gratefull to the Red Army,preventing annihillation of all Europe's Jews.
The Arabs were thought 2nd rate. Zionism sided with the USA. The Arabs were betrayed by everyone. The hideous Maelstrom continues with unending horror for the people of the near and middle east. Including Jewish Working Class.
The Arab and Jewish workers are the key to a solution. They have little to lose!
you forgot the territory was occupied for the English empire.
But that's not my argument. It's one you made up because it was easy to knock down. Now do you understand what a straw man is?
Before Israel became a state weren't the palestinians and jewish folks living in harmony?
What is the ratio of death to date between palestinians and Israelis?
What role did palestine play in WW2?
If god gave that land to the jewish folks why did he let them lose it?
He's rock star! He is legendary! He loved the acknowledgement of the girls and the audience!
Godskingdomwithin gave him a "woodie" did it??
I don't get why some people think Chomsky is a great US foreign policy thinker. What he does is really easy and simple: 1.) Look for atrocities committed by the US in other countries. (You can find all about COINTELPRO, Vietnam, East Timor, etc. even in Wikipedia, even when he claims that the US government doesn't want us to know about it, ironic) 2.) Write them down in a book, or say them in an interview or documentary, and then, the most important thing: 3.) Claim moral superiority over others and feel really good about yourself. Done.
Carlos Fdz maybe because wikipedia is citing him. Maybe because he was going through countless documents before internet existed so you can read read the short version on wikipedia today and come out as smart ass.
The articles regarding COINTELPRO, East Timor, Vietnam, etc. do not cite him in the least. Remember he is a linguist who in his free time bashes the US foreign policy, and he has plenty of free time, if you know what I mean. You are giving him too much credit. The fact that this information is easily found contradicts his claims that the US government doesn't want us to know about its atrocities. There are many websites which have the same information about US atrocities and that can be access freely by a click of a button.
Carlos Fdz How many ppl "in the right mind" go and look or would care to look about these issues. I quote, "in the right mind" because the average American would have to presuppose there is something wrong in our policies. That there's something not right about wishing isolation rather than openly embrace other cultures. The average American would never imagine that we sponsor, manufacture and ship terrorism under the slogan, "war on terror" and that in fact we are a terror state. The average American would never learn about this in the local morning or evening news and as long as we think we are as righteous as our parents, teachers, espiritual lay leader and/or political figures ought us to be, then we would live in this blis unbeknown to what is happening at the global scale. Yes, he shines light and expose everything in black and white with enough detail, it makes anyone feel morally obligated to go out of their comfort zone and question what was previously forbidden to question, forbidden to ourselves due to ignorance. (Many ppl would rather live blissfully afraid the answers would force them to change their stand point). He deserves credit and more, no doubt about it.
Noam Chomsky an idiot? No matter how much you may disagree with him, you cannot call him an idiot.
@011jaffa Took potentially was a bad choice of word - I meant took control. They took the majority of the land and gave it to the minority of the population. I'm not saying that there weren't Jews there, but they were given a disproportionate level of land to control and assimilate into Israel. Do you understand this point?
All the negative comments about Chomsky..is uncalled for..he speaks the truth...
Don't think Chomsky could be referred to as an anti-semite seeing as his entire family is Jewish, both of his parents being devout Jews and his father even being a professor of Hebrew. Noam Chomsky doesn't make any comment that criticises Jews - he makes analysis which criticises the crimes of Israel.
Great opening riff!
@011jaffa Israel could not continue committing its crimes without the US's support. It is his duty to speak out on his beliefs and put pressure on his government to bring justice to the region. If you disagree with him, then fine. I'd like to hear how and why you disagree. So far, I haven't heard any legitimate reasons for you to support Israeli occupation.
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39:00 Voting the wrong way
@011jaffa They are entitled to the West Bank, Gaza and the whole of the Arab part of Jerusalem. Not almost whole: the WHOLE. Israel is occupying their land illegally. You can't illegally take what is not yours, offer to give back part of it and then complain that the other side is unwilling to compromise.
@011jaffa I did see her comment. It wasn't the cleverest thing to say, but it wasn't anti-semitic, it was anti-zionist. The fact that her career was cut short shows the power of the Israeli lobby. I guarantee that if someone in the American media said that Palestinians should leave and go to the other Arab states, they wouldn't have the same problem.
Like I said there's no use debating someone who uses such an argument to justify taking another's land by force based on some vague 1440 years ago convenant. So, you win, but you will never really win.
@011jaffa I agree that there is a lot of anti-semitism in the Arab world. Some of the people in power are terrible individuals who are very racist. You also have to understand that the creation of Israel and the actions of the Israeli people have had a large part to play on the size and ferocity of their anti-semitism. This does not excuse Arab prejudice, but it also does not excuse Israel`s actions.
@011jaffa ...that their parents and grandparents have suffered through and finally they will not be able to renegotiate further for the land and compensation which if there was justice, they should have already received.
For you to insinuate that because they did not accept the Israeli offer is absurdly unfair. One could easily say that if the Israelis truly wanted peace, then they would have offered more, such as the full return of the land that they are illegally occupying for a start.
read david ben-gurion and you will see the parallels between his colonialist rhetoric calling for ethnic cleansing of arabs from the holy land to that of the rhetoric of the british and americans against the american indians....
If there’s an abundance of information like this, just think of what the US and these governments do that we don’t know about.
The conflict against the Palestinian people is reverberating violently in October 2023 and on... The consequences of WWII are tragically felt in the Palestine nation, thanks to Hitler & Co. There seems no end to the injustice.
@011jaffa If you're confused over why Palestinians seem unwilling to settle for less than what they believe they are entitled to - I'll explain it to you. For 60 years, they have suffered and fought for what they (and the majority of the world) believe that they are entitled to. If they make a deal that is insufficient, they will firstly not be getting what they deserve, secondly they will have legitimised Israeli actions...
@011jaffa The question that you keep asking is: what should have been done regarding the creation of Israel. There were three options that I can see: 1. the Jews could have stayed in the countries where they were (which millions have still done - in fact the US population of Jews is about equivalent to Israel) 2, Formed a Jewish state in a different location (but the Zionists did not want this) 3. Created Israel in a form that was accepted by the Palestinian people.
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I simply do not know English, and I made a lot of mistakes because I wrote it in a hurry. But I know so well the history. A lot of italian people knows too. All my Respect to Moni Ovadia.
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Time to re watch this masterpiece
@011jaffa Yup the UN had a vote. All the countries surrounding Palestine, including the Palestinians weren't happy with it but they were over-ruled by the Western powers. Simply because there are other Arab states does not give justification for displacing a population from their homes and imposing another political power.
If you're asking what would have happened to the Jewish people, well they would have stayed where they were before the moved to Israel.
@011jaffa If you want to disprove Chomsky's pretty much encyclopaedic knowledge of the issue, then by all means try. But I know that you can not and will not. Instead, you have resorted to petty name calling. I -as you can probably guess- have no respect for this type of argumentation.
@011jaffa This resolution grants 22% of Palestine (a large decrease from the 45% originally declared in the creation of Israel) to return to the Palestinians and gives them political sovereignty. It would require Israel to return land that it has obtained illegally through wars and annexation. It refuses to do this. Instead, it systematically expands further into the occupied territories.
@nunswithguns33 Thanks for the input and of course you'd think you're not being biased (as would I), but with all due respect, I think I'll take Noam Chomsky's, Norman Finkelstein's and Amnesty International's word for it. Thank you!
We got to solve this problem,for the love of GOD!
@011jaffa They are neighbours. They will always be next to each other. If you look at the map, the walls cut deep into their land, often recapturing precious resources so that only Israelis can use them. In essence, it is being used as an excuse to deprive them of more territory and further subjugate them.
Great mind.
God bless Palestine
@rring88 Same i hear he tends to give almost anyone interviews for 30mins in a year i hope i can meet him in Boston i just really dread the day his time with us on earth is over.
you are hilarious. if you occupy a people, they will fight. you would to.
Yes. Tyranny often breeds extremism.
Thank you for this video
That's the task of people who care about the world--to let people know
Chomsky is great. The audience does not get his subtle humor.
The Arab states have repeatedly offered to recognize Israel, nomalize relations, even develope trade negotiations. However this is about Palestine, not other Arabs states. I don't believe any other Arab states are illegally occupying land and transferring their citizenry to the aforementioned land. One of the problems the UN faces is its inability to interfere in what's determined sovereign state of affairs within a country's own borders, without consensus of the Security Council.
Ya thats why right after they became "The State of Isreal" they were attacked by 5 Arab Countries and if the U.S didnt give them tanks and F-16's they would have gotten there ass handed to them.
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Noam Chomsky - US/ Israeli Crimes Against Palestine
@011jaffa There is a big difference between loving a country and hating their policies. I love the UK, but I think some of its foreign policy is disgusting. Trying to advocate change through criticism does not undermine how I feel about it. It is a necessary part of making the world a better place. If I do nothing, then I give implicit support for my governments actions. It is a point the Chomsky consistently states about the US. He is responsible for US foreign policy as all its citizens are.
@011jaffa Give me statistics. For some reason, you believe that your anecdotal evidence is an accurate portrayal of all people. IT IS NOT. It makes you sound ridiculous. Like your absurd comment about seeing Palestinian towns grow over large areas with your own eyes.
Frankly I think all religions are absurd. Islam, Judaism and Christianity. All of them. Christianity was just as bad as Islam for 1800 years. Only relatively recently has it improved.
Naturally, your succinct analysis comes from a thorough examination of his writings, no doubt.
Karl-Heinz Realitätsprinzip loves this guy
Well said.
Palestinas - The Real Victims .
They may actually be descendants of Ishmael the first born of Abraham and the womb of Hagar.
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Girl: *whispers in ear* I think we're being watched....
Guy: *looks at camera*
Girl: *speaking with eyes* YOU SEE??
“He begins as a preacher to the world and ends as an intellectual crook.”
- Arthur Schlesinger
"Defend themselves" relies on the idea of self defense. Criminals are not entitled to claim self defense.
@011jaffa In terms of the rockets, once again, pay careful attention to what I am writing. I am not saying that there are not missiles from other places that have explosives - I mentioned home-made rockets which are in large supply.
@011jaffa I did not quite understand your last point on 'Israel is the land of the Jewish people', could you explain that more?
Don't ever die Noam!
@011jaffa You have just claimed that 'the laws on Sharia are already implemented' - what laws, in which country and when?
Everyone there is so lucky to hear him live
Palestinian UN representative in the UNHRC Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi: “Each and every missile launched against Israel cities constitutes a crime against humanity” Published on July 13, 2014 in Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by Unwatch.