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Paying Tribute to Yet Another Petro-Tyrant
January 28, 2015
It’s been a rough week in Middle East policy for the Obama administration, though they don’t seem to realize it. Consider recent events: Iranian nuclear negotiations are threatened by Republicans and Democrats who want to force through new sanctions, with Israeli prime ...

Noam Chomsky on American Sniper
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on American Sniper Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark ...

Noam Chomsky on Global Terrorists
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark Steele and Annie Shreffler.

Noam Chomsky on Drone Attacks
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on Drone Attacks Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark Steele and ...

Noam Chomsky on Cuba and Paris
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark Steele and Annie Shreffler.

Noam Chomsky on Living Memory
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on Living Memory Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark Steele and ...

Noam Chomsky on Boston’s Hospital Shooting
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on Boston’s Hospital Shooting Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, 22, 2015. Video by Mark ...

Noam Chomsky on Torture
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on Torture Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark Steele and ...

The Utopian Vision of Pawnee, Indiana
January 27, 2015
Parks and Recreation, now entering its final season on NBC, has always represented a very particular, very liberal fantasy about how government should work. Though the city of Pawnee, Indiana is broadly drawn to the point of caricature—every branch of government seems to have ...

Noam Chomsky on Wealth and Privilege
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on Wealth and Privilege Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark ...

Noam Chomsky on the Legacy of Selma
January 27, 2015
Noam Chomsky on the Legacy of Selma Noam Chomsky and the ACLU Massachusetts’s Kade Crockford spoke at The Baffler’s talk “The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us” at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Video by Mark ...