Noam Chomsky Quotes (Year 534)
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Collection of Noam Chomsky quotes (***unofficial***). This account is not maintained by Noam Chomsky or his office. This is more of a broadcast than an interactive account. I highly recommend diving into the mentioned sources for more context.
Source: znetwork.org/zvideo/noam-... (Noam Chomsky On How To Stop Planetary Destruction And Move Past Capitalism, 2023)
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Source: znetwork.org/zvideo/noam-... (Noam Chomsky On How To Stop Planetary Destruction And Move Past Capitalism, 2023)
What happened to the book? Well, you tell me how often it was reviewed in Canada. I can tell you in the United States, it was zero. England was participating in the sanctions too. Reviews in England? Zero. (3/3)
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
What happened to the book? Well, you tell me how often it was reviewed in Canada. I can tell you in the United States, it was zero. England was participating in the sanctions too. Reviews in England? Zero. (3/3)
He had inspectors all over the place. It’s called A Different Kind of War. It’s a discussion of how the sanctions were vicious, brutal, destroying the civilian population while strengthening that dictator. (2/3)
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
He had inspectors all over the place. It’s called A Different Kind of War. It’s a discussion of how the sanctions were vicious, brutal, destroying the civilian population while strengthening that dictator. (2/3)
Source: Source: chomsky.info/20140402/ (Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism. Noam Chomsky interviewed by Javier Sethness. Truthout, April 4, 2014)
Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism
The Noam Chomsky Website.
chomsky.info
January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Source: Source: chomsky.info/20140402/ (Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism. Noam Chomsky interviewed by Javier Sethness. Truthout, April 4, 2014)
If I want to go home today, the market does offer me a choice between a Ford and a Toyota, but not between a car and a subway. That’s just not one of the choices available in market systems, and this is not a small point. (2/2)
January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If I want to go home today, the market does offer me a choice between a Ford and a Toyota, but not between a car and a subway. That’s just not one of the choices available in market systems, and this is not a small point. (2/2)
Source: lithub.com/noam-chomsky...
Noam Chomsky: A Green New Deal Can Create Jobs and Livelihoods
This essay is based on interviews with Chomsky conducted by C.J. Polychroniou, Amy Goodman, and Harrison Samphir. * History is all too rich in records of horrendous wars, indescribable torture, mas…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Source: chomsky.info/20020208/ (On the War on Drugs, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Week Online DRCNet, February 8, 2002)
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Source: chomsky.info/20020208/ (On the War on Drugs, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Week Online DRCNet, February 8, 2002)
The drug war not only gets rid of the superfluous population, it frightens everybody else. Drugs play a role similar to communism or terrorism, people huddle beneath the umbrella of authority for protection from the menace. (2/2)
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The drug war not only gets rid of the superfluous population, it frightens everybody else. Drugs play a role similar to communism or terrorism, people huddle beneath the umbrella of authority for protection from the menace. (2/2)
Source: chomsky.info/commongood01/ (Excerpted from The Common Good, 1998)
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Source: chomsky.info/commongood01/ (Excerpted from The Common Good, 1998)
Source: chomsky.info/20161213-2/ ("Socialism in an Age of Reaction", 2016)
Socialism in an Age of Reaction
The Noam Chomsky Website.
chomsky.info
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Source: chomsky.info/20161213-2/ ("Socialism in an Age of Reaction", 2016)
But it hasn’t meant that for a hundred years. In fact, what were called the socialist countries were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the United States and England than they had in Russia, and it was somehow still called socialism. (2/2)
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
But it hasn’t meant that for a hundred years. In fact, what were called the socialist countries were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the United States and England than they had in Russia, and it was somehow still called socialism. (2/2)