Noam Chomsky: Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars
Noam Chomsky talks to Jacobin about why the US withdrawal from Afghanistan won’t change US imperialism, the many war crimes of George W. Bush, and why he still believes in average people’s ability to push back against the war machine.
Noam Chomsky speaking at the University of Toronto in 2011. (Andrew Rusk / Wikimedia Commons)
Noam Chomsky needs no introduction — he is widely regarded as the world’s foremost public intellectual. He’s professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT and the author of many books on politics and US foreign policy. He also has a piece forthcoming in Jacobin’s sister publication Catalyst on Israel and Palestine titled “An Era of Impunity is Over.”
Chomsky recently joined Jen Pan and Ariella Thornhill on the Jacobin Show to discuss American empire, 9/11, Afghanistan, and the antiwar movement. You can watch the full interview on YouTube.
Jennifer C. Pan
We just passed the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. There are adults in the United States who were not yet born when 9/11 happened. Joe Biden has now officially ended the War in Afghanistan by withdrawing all troops.
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