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Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky (born 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political critic. His work on generative grammar, syntax, semantics, and the nature of language transformed modern linguistics and influenced cognitive science. Alongside his academic work, he has written and spoken extensively on war, imperialism, propaganda, media, human rights, capitalism, and anarchist political theory. He was a longtime professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later became laureate professor at the University of Arizona.

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Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge: An Algebraic Model for Generative Linguistics

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Syntactic Structures

The foundational and most accessible entry point to Chomsky's theory of syntax.

Cover of Language and Mind

Language and Mind

A concise introduction to Chomsky's views on language, cognition, and philosophy.

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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

A broad, accessible introduction to Chomsky's political analysis.

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

The major study of media, propaganda, and the political economy of mass communication.

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book-series · ongoing

American Empire Project

A Metropolitan Books series examining U.S. foreign policy, militarism, imperial power, and American exceptionalism.

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  1. 1 Cover of Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
    Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance

    Book 1 · political-nonfiction · 2003

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  2. 2 Cover of Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
    Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

    Book 2 · interview-collection · 2005

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  3. 3 Cover of Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
    Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

    Book 3 · political-nonfiction · 2006

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  4. 4 Cover of What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World
    What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World

    Book 4 · interview-collection · 2007

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  5. 5 Cover of Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
    Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

    Book 5 · interview-collection · 2013

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  6. 6 Cover of Who Rules the World?
    Who Rules the World?

    Book 6 · political-nonfiction · 2016

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  7. 7 Cover of Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy
    Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

    Book 7 · interview-collection · 2017

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The Political Economy of Human Rights

A two-volume co-authored study of human-rights policy, propaganda, and postwar Indochina.

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  1. 1
    The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume I: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism

    Book 1 · coauthored-book · 1979

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    The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume II: After the Cataclysm—Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology

    Book 2 · coauthored-book · 1979

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pamphlet-series · ongoing

Open Media Pamphlet Series

A pamphlet series publishing concise political analyses and critiques.

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    The Umbrella of U.S. Power: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy

    Book 1 · pamphlet · 1999

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Occupied Media Pamphlet Series

A pamphlet series associated with the Occupy movement.

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    Occupy

    Book 1 · pamphlet · 2012

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Outside the series

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Novels (19)
  1. The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians

    political-nonfiction · 1983

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  2. Cover of Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace
    Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace

    political-nonfiction · 1985

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  3. Cover of Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World
    Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World

    political-nonfiction · 1986

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  4. The Culture of Terrorism

    political-nonfiction · 1988

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  5. Cover of Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

    political-nonfiction · 1989

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  6. Cover of Deterring Democracy
    Deterring Democracy

    political-nonfiction · 1991

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  7. Terrorizing the Neighborhood: American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era

    political-nonfiction · 1991

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  8. Cover of Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture
    Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture

    political-nonfiction · 1993

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  9. Cover of Year 501: The Conquest Continues
    Year 501: The Conquest Continues

    political-nonfiction · 1993

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  10. World Orders, Old and New

    political-nonfiction · 1994

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  11. Cover of Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
    Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

    political-nonfiction · 1997

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  12. Cover of Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
    Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order

    political-nonfiction · 1999

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  13. Cover of The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo
    The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo

    political-nonfiction · 1999

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  14. Cover of A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West
    A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West

    political-nonfiction · 2000

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  15. Cover of Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs
    Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs

    political-nonfiction · 2000

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  16. Cover of 9-11
    9-11

    political-nonfiction · 2001

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  17. Cover of Hopes and Prospects
    Hopes and Prospects

    political-nonfiction · 2010

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  18. Cover of Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power
    Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power

    political-nonfiction · 2017

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  19. Internationalism or Extinction

    political-nonfiction · 2019

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Essays and speeches (32)
  1. Cover of Language and Mind
    Language and Mind

    essay-collection · 1968

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  2. Cover of American Power and the New Mandarins
    American Power and the New Mandarins

    essay-collection · 1969

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  3. At War with Asia

    essay-collection · 1970

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  4. Two Essays on Cambodia

    essay-collection · 1970

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  5. Cover of Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures
    Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures

    essay-collection · 1971

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  6. Cover of For Reasons of State
    For Reasons of State

    essay-collection · 1973

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  7. Cover of The Backroom Boys
    The Backroom Boys

    essay-collection · 1973

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  8. Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood

    essay-collection · 1974

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  9. Cover of Reflections on Language
    Reflections on Language

    essay-collection · 1975

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  10. Intellectuals and the State

    essay-collection · 1976

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  11. "Human Rights" and American Foreign Policy

    essay-collection · 1978

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  12. Cover of Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There
    Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There

    essay-collection · 1982

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  13. Language and the Study of Mind

    essay-collection · 1982

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  14. Modular Approaches to the Study of Mind

    essay-collection · 1984

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  15. Language in a Psychological Setting

    essay-collection · 1987

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  16. Cover of On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures
    On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures

    essay-collection · 1987

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  17. Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures

    essay-collection · 1988

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  18. What Uncle Sam Really Wants

    pamphlet · 1992

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  19. Cover of Language and Thought
    Language and Thought

    essay-collection · 1993

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  20. Discurs polític: Tres conferències a Catalunya

    essay-collection · 1993

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  21. Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

    essay-collection · 1996

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  22. Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality

    pamphlet · 1997

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  23. New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind

    essay-collection · 2000

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  24. Peering into the Abyss of the Future

    pamphlet · 2002

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  25. On Nature and Language

    essay-collection · 2002

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  26. Cover of Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda
    Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda

    essay-collection · 2004

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  27. Government in the Future

    pamphlet · 2005

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  28. Cover of Interventions
    Interventions

    essay-collection · 2007

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  29. Cover of Making the Future: The Unipolar Imperial Moment
    Making the Future: The Unipolar Imperial Moment

    essay-collection · 2010

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  30. Democracy and Power: The Delhi Lectures

    essay-collection · 2014

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  31. Cover of Because We Say So
    Because We Say So

    essay-collection · 2015

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  32. Cover of What Kind of Creatures Are We?
    What Kind of Creatures Are We?

    essay-collection · 2015

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Collaborations (17)
  1. Cover of Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact and Propaganda
    Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact and Propaganda

    coauthored-book · 1973

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  2. Superpowers in Collision: The Cold War Now

    coauthored-book · 1982

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  3. Cover of Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue States"
    Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue States"

    coauthored-book · 1999

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  4. Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup

    coauthored-book · 2004

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  5. Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy: Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice

    coauthored-book · 2006

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  6. Cover of Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
    Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

    coauthored-book · 2010

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  7. Cover of On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
    On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare

    coauthored-book · 2013

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  8. Cover of Why Only Us: Language and Evolution
    Why Only Us: Language and Evolution

    coauthored-book · 2015

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  9. Cover of On Palestine
    On Palestine

    coauthored-book · 2015

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  10. Cover of Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
    Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

    coauthored-book · 2020

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  11. Cover of Chomsky for Activists
    Chomsky for Activists

    coauthored-book · 2020

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  12. Cover of Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
    Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance

    coauthored-book · 2021

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  13. Cover of The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power
    The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power

    coauthored-book · 2022

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  14. Cover of On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle
    On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle

    coauthored-book · 2024

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  15. Cover of The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
    The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

    coauthored-book · 2024

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  16. Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge: An Algebraic Model for Generative Linguistics

    coauthored-book · 2025

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Other (37)
  1. Cover of Syntactic Structures
    Syntactic Structures

    technical-monograph · 1957

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  2. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

    technical-monograph · 1964

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  3. Cover of Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
    Aspects of the Theory of Syntax

    technical-monograph · 1965

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  4. Cover of Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought
    Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought

    monograph · 1966

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  5. Cover of The Sound Pattern of English
    The Sound Pattern of English

    technical-monograph · 1968

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  6. Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar

    technical-monograph · 1972

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  7. Cover of Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar
    Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar

    technical-monograph · 1972

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  8. Cover of The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
    The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory

    technical-monograph · 1975

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  9. Essays on Form and Interpretation

    technical-monograph · 1977

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  10. Cover of Language and Responsibility: Based on Conversations with Mitsou Ronat
    Language and Responsibility: Based on Conversations with Mitsou Ronat

    interview-collection · 1979

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  11. Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew

    technical-monograph · 1979

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  12. Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky

    debate-volume · 1980

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  13. Cover of Rules and Representations
    Rules and Representations

    technical-monograph · 1980

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  14. Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures

    technical-monograph · 1981

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  15. The Generative Enterprise: A Discussion with Riny Huybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk

    interview-collection · 1982

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  16. Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding

    technical-monograph · 1982

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  17. Barriers

    technical-monograph · 1986

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  18. Cover of Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use
    Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use

    monograph · 1986

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  19. Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian

    interview-collection · 1992

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  20. The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many

    interview-collection · 1993

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  21. Secrets, Lies and Democracy

    interview-collection · 1994

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  22. Cover of Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David Barsamian
    Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David Barsamian

    interview-collection · 1994

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  23. Cover of The Minimalist Program
    The Minimalist Program

    technical-monograph · 1995

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  24. Cover of Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian
    Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian

    interview-collection · 1996

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  25. Cover of Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky
    Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky

    interview-collection · 2001

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  26. Cover of Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
    Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

    interview-collection · 2002

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  27. The Common Good: Interviews with David Barsamian

    interview-collection · 2002

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  28. Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews

    interview-collection · 2003

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  29. Cover of The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
    The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

    debate-volume · 2006

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  30. Of Minds and Language: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country

    dialogue-volume · 2009

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  31. The Science of Language: Interviews with James McGilvray

    interview-collection · 2012

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  32. Cover of Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change
    Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change

    interview-collection · 2017

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  33. The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Radical Change

    interview-collection · 2021

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  34. Cover of The Secrets of Words
    The Secrets of Words

    dialogue-volume · 2022

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  35. Cover of Notes on Resistance
    Notes on Resistance

    interview-collection · 2022

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  36. Cover of Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time
    Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

    interview-collection · 2023

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  37. Cover of A Livable Future Is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our Survival
    A Livable Future Is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our Survival

    interview-collection · 2024

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