Because We Say So

Product Description <br/>MP3 CD Format<br/>Because We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky's arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative to official accounts of U.S. 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.<br/><br/><br/>Because We Say So is the third in a series of books by Chomsky published by City Lights Publishers that includes<br/>Making the Future (2012) and<br/>Interventions (2007), a book banned by U.S. military censors. Taken together, the three books present a complete collection of the articles Chomsky writes regularly for the<br/>New York Times Syndicate, and are largely ignored by newspapers in the United States.<br/>Because We Say So offers fierce, accessible, timely, gloves-off political writing by America's foremost public intellectual and political dissident.<br/> Review <br/>Cronin's conversational style captures the political dissident at his best.-- "AudioFile"<br/> About the Author <br/>Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his political and philosophical writings as well as for his groundbreaking linguistics work. He is the author of over one hundred books on such topics as war, politics, dissent, and mass media, and his work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. His numerous bestselling political works have been translated into scores of languages worldwide. He is a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.