http://anarchismtoday.org/ AnarchismToday.org en-us Noam Chomsky covers a range of topics centering around education. It basically comes down to whether education is designed to enhance the lives of the educated, or to make obedient workers. Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist, spoke at the University of Arizona on Feb. 8, 2012. His lecture, "Education: For Whom and For What?" featured a talk on the state of higher education, followed by a question-and-answer session. Chomsky, an Institute Professor and a Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked for more than 50 years, has been concerned with a range of education-related issues in recent years. Among them: How do we characterize the contemporary state of the American education system? What happens to the quality of education when public universities become more privatized? Are public universities in danger of being converted into facilities that produce graduates-as-commodities for the job market? What is the role of activism in education? With unprecedented tuition increases and budget struggles occurring across American campuses, these are questions that are more relevant than ever. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=59.html Howard Zinn's "The People Speak" - Trailer Get The People Speak Extended Edition DVD when it becomes available. ABOUT THE PEOPLE SPEAK Using dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, the documentary feature film THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice. Narrated by acclaimed historian Howard Zinn and based on his best-selling books, A People's History of the United States and, with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People's History, THE PEOPLE SPEAK illustrates the relevance of these passionate historical moments to our society today and reminds us never to take liberty for granted. THE PEOPLE SPEAK is produced by Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn, co-directed by Moore, Arnove and Zinn, and features and dramatic and musical performances by Brolin, Damon, Rosario Dawson, Bob Dylan, Michael Ealy, Lupe Fiasco, Morgan Freeman, Jasmine Guy, John Legend, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Sandra Oh, Viggo Mortensen, Bruce Springsteen, Marisa Tomei, Kerry Washington, and many others. For more information: AnarchismToday.org News: Howard Zinn's "The People Speak" to Air on History HowardZinn.org History.com: The People Speak http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=58.html Source: Democracy Now! Elliot Madison was arrested last month during the G-20 protests in Pittsburgh when police raided his hotel room. Police say Madison and a co-defendant used computers and a radio scanner to track police movements and then passed on that information to protesters using cell phones and the social networking site Twitter. Madison is being charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility, and possession of instruments of crime. Exactly one week later, Madison’s New York home was raided by FBI agents, who conducted a sixteen-hour search. We speak to Elliot Madison and his attorney, Martin Stolar. Read more at our News archive http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=57.html "Noam Chomsky spoke to a full capacity crowd at the Orpheum Theatre 4-7-09. Here is what he said about health care. " Video: Ogg Theora & Vorbis or Flash: http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=56.html Source: Democracy Now! - Noam Chomsky on "Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours" Noam Chomsky, speaking at Riverside Church in Harlem on June 12, 2009. Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor, author and dissident intellectual, just turned eighty years old this past December. He has written over 100 books, but despite being called “the most important intellectual alive” by the New York Times, he is rarely heard in the corporate media. We spend the hour with Noam Chomsky. He spoke recently here in New York at an event sponsored by the Brecht Forum. More than 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Harlem to hear his address, titled “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours.” In his talk, Chomsky discussed the global economic crisis, the environment, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, resistance to American empire and much more. Encoded in OGG Theora & Vorbis Transcripts and other downloading and streaming options http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=55.html Source: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: My next guest for the rest of the hour is Howard Zinn, one of the country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work, A People’s History of the United States, changed the way we look at history in America. First published a quarter of a century ago, the book has sold over a million copies and continues to sell more copies each successive year. Howard Zinn joins us to talk about war, torture and the teaching of history. Zinn says had Obama heeded the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he wouldn’t be escalating US attacks abroad and increasing the size of the US military budget. We also play excerpts of the forthcoming documentary, The People Speak, featuring dramatic readings based on Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Howard Zinn is in New York today to launch the new paperback edition of A Young People’s History of the United States, which is adapted by Rebecca Stefoff. Transcripts, audio and video are available at the source. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=50.html Source: Democracy Now! Part 1 Part 2 Originally aired on Democracy Now! on 4/3/2009 & 4/13/2009. Noam Chomsky is a prolific author and Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, just down the road from here, where he taught for over half a century. Among his many dozens of books are Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs; The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo; Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians; Manufacturing Consent; Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies; and Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy. There’s a great collection of his work, just out now, edited by Anthony Arnove, called The Essential Chomsky. Part 1: AMY GOODMAN: To talk about Afghanistan, NATO and the state of US economic and military power in the world today, we’re joined by one of the world’s most astute thinkers and most important intellectuals of our time: linguist, philosopher, social critic, political dissident, Noam Chomsky. Part 2: AMY GOODMAN: Today, a conversation with one of the most important dissident intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky, on the global economic crisis, healthcare, the media, US foreign policy, the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and resistance to American empire. Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguist, philosopher, social critic, and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Transcripts, audio, and additional video formats are available from the source. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=49.html http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=48.html http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=47.html Source: Democracy Now! In a visit to the State Department Thursday, President Obama made his first substantive comments on the Middle East conflict since Israel’s attack on Gaza. Obama first mentioned his commitment to Israel’s security, without affirming his commitment to Palestinian security. He condemned Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israeli towns, but didn’t criticize the US-backed Israeli bombings of densely populated Gaza. But in a departure from the Bush administration, Obama acknowledged Palestinian suffering and said Gaza’s borders should be opened to aid. We speak with MIT professor, Noam Chomsky. Guest: Noam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over a half-century and written over a hundred books. Transcript available here, other audio and videos options are available from the source. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=46.html Source: Z Net Noam Chomsky's recent address on the Israeli atrocities in Gaza. Recorded: Jan. 13th, 2009 Wong Auditorium, MIT Cambridge, MA Recorded by: Charngchi Way http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=45.html Source: Democracy Now! The Israeli assault on Gaza is entering its thirteenth day. Some 700 Palestinians have been killed, with many thousands more wounded, and a humanitarian crisis is mounting. Ten Israelis have died, four by “friendly fire.” A ceasefire has not been reached, and the offensive continues. We host a debate between Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton administration, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and author of, Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East, and Norman Finkelstein, author of several books, including The Holocaust Industry, Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict and Beyond Chutzpah. NormanFinkelstein.com http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=43.html Source: Z Magazine Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist and author, whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. There is a fascinating article about Norman Finkelstein written by Noam Chomsky, called "The Fate of an Honest Intellectual" NormanFinkelstein.com http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=42.html Source: Z Magazine Longtime activist and author Edward S. Herman was interviewed in Philadelphia on December 26, 2008. In this interview, Herman discusses the history of US influence in Latin America, and contextualizes this with what he says is an anti-democratic US policy throughout the Global South, designed to create a favorable investment climate for US corporations. Edward Herman co-wrote the book Manufacturing Consent with Noam Chomsky. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=41.html Howard Zinn on “War and Social Justice” Howard Zinn is one of this country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work A People’s History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. First published a quarter of a century ago, the book has sold over a million copies and is a phenomenon in the world of publishing—selling more copies each successive year. After serving as a bombardier in World War II, Howard Zinn went on to become a lifelong dissident and peace activist. He was active in the civil rights movement and many of the struggles for social justice over the past forty years. He taught at Spelman College, the historically black college for women, and was fired for insubordination for standing up for the students. He was recently invited back to give the commencement address. Howard Zinn has written numerous books and is professor emeritus at Boston University. He recently spoke at Binghamton University a few days after the 2008 presidential election. His speech was called “War and Social Justice.” Source: Democracy Now! http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=40.html Democracy Now! Exclusive (Part 1): Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn on the Weather Underground, the McCain Campaign Attacks, President-Elect Obama and the Antiwar Movement Today In the late stages of the presidential race, no other name was used more by the McCain-Palin campaign against Barack Obama than Bill Ayers. Ayers is a respected Chicago professor who was a member of the 1960s militant antiwar group the Weather Underground. In their first joint television interview, Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn discuss the McCain campaign attacks, President-elect Obama, the Weather Underground, the legacy of 1960s social justice movements, and more. Also an interview with Good Morning America http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=39.html Source: The Real News Network Chomsky: In swing states vote Obama People should vote against McCain and for Obama - but without illusions Chomsky says while it's true that the two parties are essentially like factions of one party - the party of business - the differences do matter to ordinary people. If you are living in a swing state, there is nothing wrong with picking the lesser of two evils. Related: Chomsky: "If I were in a swing state, I'd vote for Obama..." http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=37.html "There are no terrorists up here. There are no terrorist in the Ramsey County jail. There are terrorists in the Xcel Center. There are terrorists in the White House. And that's why we organize these protests." http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=35.html Amy Goodman discusses her arrest, the arrests of her colleagues, police response to demonstrators, and freedom of the press at the Republican National Convention. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=34.html Howard Zinn: The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism Transcript and Links http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=33.html http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=32.html http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=31.html Freedom by Rage Against the Machine This video tells the story of COINTELPRO and the U.S. Government's war on the American Indian Movement, culminating in a shoot-out and FBI man-hunt, that resulted in a contraversial trial and the jailing of Leonard Peltier. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=30.html From George Carlin's Life is Worth Losing. http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=29.html Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Art by Mike Konopacki Video editing by Eric Wold http://anarchismtoday.org/DF_Multimedia/page=watch/id=28.html