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Because We Say So

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"Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet."—New York Times Book Review

"Unwavering political contrarian Noam Chomsky smart-bombs the US military's global Interventions. Shock and awe!"—Vanity Fair

Because We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky's arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative to official accounts of US politics and policies during global crisis. Find here classic Chomsky on the increasing urgency of climate change, the ongoing impact of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing, nuclear politics, cyberwar, terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, and the Middle East, security and state power, as well as deeper reflections on the Obama doctrine, political philosophy, the Magna Carta, and the importance of a commons to democracy.

Because We Say So is the third in a series of books by Chomsky published by City Lights Publishers that includes Making the Future (2012) and Interventions (2007), a book banned by US military censors. Taken together, the three books present a complete collection of the articles Chomsky writes regularly for the New York Times Syndicate, and are largely ignored by newspapers in the United States. Because We Say So offers fierce, accessible, timely, gloves-off political writing by America's foremost public intellectual and political dissident.

Noam Chomsky is one of the world's most well-known critics of US policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking and best-selling books on global politics, history, and linguistics.

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      June 1, 2015
      Chomsky's (Making the Future, 2012, etc.) latest collection of brief essays, written between 2011 and 2015, proves that he hasn't lost his talent for screaming at Americans to wake up. Essentially, the author examines what makes a real democracy, how it comes into being, and, more importantly, what subverts it. As we complain about big business running our country, Chomsky reminds us that, while framing our Constitution, James Madison followed Aristotle's lead in worrying that the poor would use their votes to undermine property-owning aristocrats. Thus, today's libertarians struggle to dismantle the aristocratic guardianship of the 1 percent; elsewhere, Chomsky notes how "crazy is the new norm among Tea Party members and a host of others beyond the mainstream." In addition to concerns about the coming climate disaster, Chomsky also explores the United States' rejection of multilateral agreements. As a world power, what we do and say is always legitimate "because we say so." One of the more frightening essays deals with public education, showing how it discourages independent thought and trains our children to obedience while enslaving them to the enormous debt incurred to achieve that education. At the same time, the public-relations firms running our elections create uninformed voters who continue to make irrational choices. The author saves his sharpest barbs for Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. The world condemns settlements and demands a nuclear-free zone and human rights for the Palestinians, to no avail. As a Jew, only he can attack the state of Israel safely because anyone else would be accused of anti-Semitism. Most importantly, the author shows us the feelings of the rest of the world, those who see the greatest enemies of Middle East peace as Israel and the United States. These writings will cause anger and outrage. However, though Chomsky raises our hackles, he doesn't really tell us what to do.

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