DAVID BARSAMIAN

O experto economista Richard Wolff e o xornalista David Barsamian conversan sobre a crise do sistema capitalista e fan unha análise fonda e amena sobre as auténticas orixes da desigualdade económica,

Nueva presentación y cuarto título de la serie Imperdibles. Dos de las voces estadounidenses más críticas debaten sobre la acción revolucionaria hoy día. Este libro recoge las entrevistas que David

In his latest interview collection, Chomsky offers insights into the institutions that shape the public mind in the service of power and profit. Renowned interviewer Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomsky''s thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomky''s thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. In an interview conducted after the important November 1999 "Battle in Seattle," Chomsky discusses prospects for building a movement to challenge corporate domination of the media, the environment, and even our private lives. Chomsky also engages in a discussion of his ideas on language and mind, making his important linguistic insights accessible to the lay reader. Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a world-renowned linguist, philosopher, and political analyst. He writes extensively and lectures around the world on international affairs, U.S. foreign policy, and human rights. Chomsky has published 15 books with South End Press, including "Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs." David Barsamian lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is the producer of the award-winning syndicated radio program, Alternative Radio. His interview books with luminaries such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Edward W. Said have sold in the hundreds of thousands of copies.

La política exterior de EE. UU. tiene demasiados frentes abiertos. Las últimas administraciones, ligadas a grupos de presión y al complejo tecnológico-militar, han llevado al mundo al caos. Irán, Corea del Norte, el conflicto de Oriente Medio, el Libano, las guerras en Afganistan e Irak y el ascenso imparable de China son los temas que el profesor Chomsky aborda en este libro.La profusa documentacion y su probada capacidad de analisis hacen fundamental su lectura. Nos encontramos con un libro critico, cuya atenta lectura solo puede provocar indignacion.

If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn] - Noam Chomsky, 2017Global Discontents is an essential guide to geopolitics and how to fight back, from the worlds leading public intellectualWhat kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren? How are the discontents kindled today likely to blaze and explode tomorrow?From escalating climate change to the devastation in Syria, pandemic state surveillance to looming nuclear war, Noam Chomsky takes stock of the world today. Over the course of ten conversations with long-time collaborator David Barsamian, spanning 2013-2016, Chomsky argues in favour of radical changes to a system that cannot possibly cope with what awaits tomorrow.Interwoven with personal reflections spanning from childhood to his eighth decade of life, Global Discontents also marks out Chomskys own intellectual journey, mapping his progress to revolutionary ideas and global prominence.

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan received a group of bearded turban-wearing men who looked like they came from another century. After receiving them in the White House, Reagan spoke to the press, referring to his foreign guests as "freedom fighters." These were the Afghan mujahideen. In August 1998, another American president ordered missile strikes from the American navy based in the Indian Ocean to kill Osama bin Laden and his men in the camps in Afghanistan. The terrorist of yesterday is the hero of today, and the hero of yesterday becomes the terrorist of today. In Terrorism: Theirs and Ours, Eqbal Ahmad holds up the concepts of "terrorist" and "freedom fighter" to U.S. foreign policy. What do these terms mean? Where do they apply? How can the roots of political violence be stemmed? An invaluable primer.