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The broad range and brilliance of Chomsky's thought and analysis is on full display in this collection of interviews with his long-time collaborator/interlocuter David Barsamian.
$1,500 marketing and publicity budget Features and excerpts in The Nation, Truthout, In These Times, Jacobin, Mother Jones, Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagement Will utilize Noam Chomsky's enormous reach on social mediaΒ
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Noam Chomsky dissects the multiple crises facing humankind and the planet and provides a roadmap for resistance.
In this completely original set of interviews between the legendary duo of Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, they confront topics such as the pandemic, the wealth gap (made worse because of the pandemic), climate destruction, the increasing power of the corporate-owned media, systematic racism, Big Tech, and more.
Notes on Resistance will inspire all those struggling for human liberation.
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ISBN: 9781642596984
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 September 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics.Chomsky is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of countries worldwide. Recent books includeWhat Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well asOptimism and Despair, andInternationalism of Extinction.
He lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media, the economic crisis and global rebellions.
David Barsamian is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. In 2017 the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. He has collaborated with the world-renowned Kronos Quartet in events in New York, London, Vienna and elsewhere.
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