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Turning Point, Part 2: Initial Moves and the Coming Crisis / Elite Planning—Slipping Out of Hand / Disturbed Populations Stirring / The Verge of Fascism / The Future of History
Noam Chomsky et al., narrated by Robin Bloodworth
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky · 2014
Turning Point, Part 1: Bringing the Third World Home / Welfare: The Pea and the Mountain / Crime Control and “Superfluous” People / Violence and Repression / International Capital: The New Imperial Age / The Fairy Tale Economy / Building International Unions
Movement Organizing, Part 2: Boycotts / “A Praxis” / The War on Unions / Inner-City Schools / Defending the Welfare State / Pension Funds and the Law / Conspiracy Theories / The Decision to Get Involved / “Human Nature Is Corrupt” / Discovering Morality / Abortion / Moral Values
Movement Organizing, Part 1: The Movie “Manufacturing Consent” / Media Activism / Self-Destruction of the U.S. Left / Popular Education / Third-Party Politics
Popular Struggle, Part 2: Indonesia’s Killing Fields: U.S.-Backed Genocide in East Timor / Mass Murderers at Harvard / Changes in Indonesia / Nuclear Proliferation and North Korea / The Samson Option / The Lot of the Palestinians / P.L.O. Ambitions / The Nation-State System
Popular Struggle, Part 1: Discovering New Forms of Oppression / Freedom of Speech / Negative and Positive Freedoms / Cyberspace and Activism / “Free Trade” Agreements / Defense Department Funding and “Clean Money” / The Favored State and Enemy States / Canada’s Media / Should Quebec Separate From Canada? / Deciphering “China”
Intellectuals and Social Change, Part 2: Forging Working-Class Culture / The Fraud of Modern Economics / The Real Market / Automation / A Revolutionary Change in Moral Values
Intellectuals and Social Change, Part 1: The Leninist/Capitalist Intelligentsia / Marxist “Theory” and Intellectual Fakery / Ideological Control in the Sciences and Humanities / The Function of the Schools / Subtler Methods of Control / Cruder Methods of Control / The Fate of an Honest Intellectual
Community Activists, Part 2: “Want” Creation / Dissidents: Ignored or Vilified / Teaching About Resistance / Isolation / Science and Human Nature / Charlatans in the Sciences / Adam Smith: Real and Fake / The Computer and the Crowbar
Community Activists, Part 1: Discussion Circle / The Early Peace Movement and a Change in the 1970s / The Nuclear Freeze Movement / Awareness and Actions / Leaders and Movements / Levels of Change / Non-Violence / Transcending Capitalism / The Kibbutz Experiment / “Anarchism” and “Libertarianism” / Articulating Visions
Ruling the World, Part 2: Texaco and the Spanish Revolution / Averting Democracy in Italy / P.R. In Somalia / The Gulf War / Bosnia: Intervention Questions / Toying With India / The Oslo Agreement and Imperialist Revival
Ruling the World, Part 1: Soviet Versus Western Economic Development / Supporting Terror / “People’s Democratic Socialist Republics” / The Organ Trade / The Real Crime of Cuba / Panama and Popular Invasions / Muslims and U.S. Foreign Policy / Haiti: Disturbance at an Export Platform
Colloquy: The Totalitarian Strain / A Lithuania Hypothetical / Perpetuating Brainwashing Under Freedom / Journalism Lemoyne-Style: A Sample of the Cynical Aspect / Rethinking Watergate / Escaping Indoctrination / Understanding the Middle East Conflict / The Threat of Peace / Water and the Occupied Territories / Imperial Ambitions and the Arab Threat / Prospects for the Palestinians / Legitimacy in History / Qualifications to Speak on World Affairs; A Presidential Campaign
Teach-In, Evening: The Military-Industrial Complex / The Permanent War Economy / The U.S. And the U.N. / Business, Apartheid, and Racism / Winning the Vietnam War / “Genocide”: The United States and Pol Pot / Heroes and Anti-Heroes / “Anti-Intellectualism” / Spectator Sports / Western European Activism and Canada / Dispelling Illusions
Teach-In Over Coffee: “Containing” the Soviet Union in the Cold War / Orwell’s World and Ours / Contemporary Poverty / Religious Fanaticism / “The Real Anti-Semitism” / Ronald Reagan and the Future of Democracy / Two New Factors in World Affairs / Democracy Under Capitalism / The Empire / Change and the Future
Weekend Teach-In, Part 2: The Media and Elite Opinion / Filters on Reporting / Honest Subordination / “Fight It Better”: The Media and the Vietnam War
Weekend Teach-In, Part 1: Opening Session: The Achievements of Domestic Dissidence / The U.S. Network of Terrorist Mercenary States / Overthrowing Third World Governments / Government Secrecy / The Media: An Institutional Analysis / Testing the “Propaganda Model”
A Note on the Events of September 11, 2001
Peter R. Mitchell & John Schoeffel narrated by Robin Bloodworth
Editors' Preface
Editors’ Preface / A Note on the Events of September 11, 2001 / Chapters 1–10 / Colophon
Noam Chomsky, Peter R. Mitchell & John Schoeffel narrated by Robin Bloodworth