Check out the frequently updated #chomskyreadinglist hashtag (sort by 'Latest' to see the entire list) which includes nearly two hundred books and articles by various authors that I found mentioned or recommended by #noamchomsky in his own interviews and articles.

Source: https://t.co/0AiHgRY9BH ("Socialism in an Age of Reaction", 2016)

But it hasn’t meant that for a hundred years. In fact, what were called the socialist countries were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the United States and England than they had in Russia, and it was somehow still called socialism. (2/2)

If you go back far enough, [socialism] meant basically control of production by producers, elimination of wage labor, democratization of all spheres of life; production, commerce, education, media, workers’ control in factories, community control of communities, and so on (1/2)

Source: https://t.co/f58eZ7k2MP (Excerpted from The Common Good, 1998)

Boards of directors are allowed to work together, so are banks and investors and corporations in alliances with one another and with powerful states. That’s just fine. It’s just the poor who aren’t supposed to cooperate.

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Ukraine is a traditional invasion route. Take a look at a map: flat terrain right to Moscow and St. Petersburg. I’m sure Germans went through there twice in the last century. No Russian leader is going to allow it to be part of a hostile military alliance.

#NotAChomskyQuote From the WSJ article: "[M]any startups and VCs have retooled companies that were focusing on climate and solutions to mitigate climate change into areas such as defense...pivot to rearm..." By defense, I'm sure they mean war. #WarMustBeMoreProfitable

Source: https://t.co/Ml2meJlXS3 "perceptions about [the nature of terrorism] differ rather sharply in the light of sharply differing experiences"

Pilger died on this day 2 years ago An immense legacy. His journalism changed the world - and inspired new generations of investigative reporters He was hated by establishment journalists because he exposed them as the servants of power they are Moral beacon who shines on

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The record reveals that, for instance, the threat of instant destruction by nuclear weapons has not ranked high among the concerns of planners. That much was demonstrated early on, and remains true to the present moment. (2/2)

According to received doctrine in scholarship and general intellectual discourse, the prime goal of state policy is “national security.” There is ample evidence, however, that the doctrine of national security does not encompass the security of the population. (1/2)

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#NotAChomskyQuote From the book "Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms" "...[T]he idea of an economy that reverts to known equilibria is important for modeling. Outside the world of academia, however, the economy continuously moves from one disequilibrium to another."

Today, NATO has become a global intervention force under US command, with the official task of controlling the international energy system, sea lanes, pipelines, and whatever else the hegemonic power determines. https://t.co/p6SD4fiNyX (2011)

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The postwar Wilson-Palmer, post-WWI “red scare” was the most vicious period of violent repression in U.S. history, apart from the two original sins [of genocide and slavery]. The shocking story is recounted in vivid detail in Adam Hochschild’s penetrating study American Midnight.

#NotAChomskyQuote Kenneth Rogoff interview in F&D Magazine (Dec 2025)

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