amy: in a special broadcast, an hour with noam chomsky. the world renowned political dissident, linguist, and author. we talk about the pandemic, the rise of proto-fascism in the united states, the climate emergency, and why he is concerned about biden's provocative actions towards china. >> the right measure is not increasing provocation, increasing the threa of an accidental development which could lead to devastating, terminal nuclear war. but that is the direction the biden administration is following. expansion the trump programs. that is the core of their foreign policy programs. amy: today, noam chomsky for the hour. all that and more, coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today, a special broadcast, an hour with noam chomsky. the renowned political dissident, linguist, and author just turned 93 years old. nermeen sheikh and i recently interviewed noam as part of democracy now!'s 25th anniversary celebration. noam chomsky joined us from his home in tucson, arizona, where he t

noam chomsky, angela davis, arundhati roy and winona laduke with others and musical performances. visit democracynow.org for details. we want to thank the thousands of people who have helped us over these 25 years, what an honor it has been to work with all of you and how many years more we look forward to. with my colleagues juan gonzalez and nermeen shaikh we thank you all for being with us for these 25 years. i'm amy goodman.

my name is isaac and we are joined now by our guest professor noam chomsky who's in arizona. so welcome professor chomsky. >> pleasure. >> we are grateful to have you here this evening for the special edition in the shoes of author talks and i should note to a point else that noam chomsky is just by the evidence an incredibly devoted person, devoted to service and has been doing tons of these talks and his been busy all day with these talks. so we'll try to keep you entertained. if you like change the subject and need to, please feel free to do so. there are a lot of people at this event and there are likely a lot of people streaming on facebook scientist but a lot of question and will try to get to those that we can in the time that we have. professor chomsky needs no introduction but for those who are unfamiliar he's widely considered the founder of modern linguistics. his contributions in that field have influenced departments and philosophy, cognitive science, computer science, psychology and beyond. he's among the most cited scholars in modern history and is also written

earlier this month, angela davis, noam chomsky, arundhati roy, martin espada, winona laduke, danny gloverd danny devito joined us for a special virtual anniversary celebration. you can watch the full special at democracynow.org. today we bring you our full conversation with angela davis, the world-renowned abolitionist, author, activist, and professor at the university of california, santa cruz. juan gonzalez and i interviewed her from her home in oakland, california. and make of this 20 fed anniversary, angela, it is such an honor to have you with us as you have done so many times in the last decades. >> well, thank you so much, amy. you know, it seems like it's been longer than 25 years. it seems like democracy now! has always been there. but i think i may also be thinking about i.f. stone's newsletter and some other progressive media in your lineage. amy: well, to be counted in that amazing pantheon, someone like i.f. stone, who said to journalism students, "if you can remember two words, remember 'governments lie.' if you can remember three words, remember 'all governments lie,'" it w

this is noam, one of our drivers from tel aviv, who i asked about the graffiti on this house near theing? >> noam: if something happens in the settlement or some attack towards jews, kids from the settlements would come and have a price tag for every activity. so they'll come to a palestinian village like this and they will destroy cars. they will write on walls like this. it says, "against arabs, the state of israel is alive and death to the arabs." >> anthony: intimidating. i mean you put, what, two targets on my house, i'm moving. >> anthony: this is eli, a settlement with a population of over 3,000. relatively isolated from the rest of israel. amind cohen is the chief executive of the eli settlement and its former head of security. >> amind: here you see from up above most of our town. you see the palestinian villages all around. >> anthony: i mean, it's an unusual situation. i mean a lot of your neighbors would very much like you not to be here. >> amind: i know most of them, and most of them they're happy that we're here. because actually, we gave them prosperity for the last 45

amy: in a special broadcast, an hour with noam chomsky. renowned political dissident, linguist, and author. we talk about the pandemic, the rise of proto-fascism in the united states,

and the world renowned political dissident, linguist, and author noam chomsky tur 93 years old today. i recently had a chance to speak to him from his home in tucson, arizona. i asked him about what gives him hope as he turns 93. >> i hope that the young people who are demonstrating in the streets of glasgow, e line workers in the united stateyou are agreeing to a transition program to sustainable energy, and minis -- many others like them, i hope they will be in the ascendancy and can take the measures that are fsible create a much better world than the one we have and the one that the people of the world deserve. amy: noam chomsky will join us tonight in a scial virtual event as we celebrate democracy now's 25th anniversary. we will speak with nome, along with angela davis, martÍn espada, winona laduke, and arundhati roy, plus the two dannys -- danny glover and danny devito. the event will also feature musical performances by lila downs and tom morello. the virtual celebration begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. go to democracynow.org for more details. and those are some of the headlines.

i've certainly the word delusion is often used by noam chomsky to, to describe the weatherman that we were deluded. and part of it was our believes that the country was right for revolution. then also associated with that and with it with no particular evidence, that was the case, just get more and more freshmen at columbia university where because we're a, we're radical coming in to a school. so s t s was growing and that was somehow proves in our minds that revolution was great, was, was on the agenda. it was wishful thinking. and i think it was a self delusion of intellectuals. now, coupled with that, there was a theory we were followers of che guevara, we believe, the chaise model or chain fidel in the cuban revolution of a small band beginning. what we call arm struggle beginning guerrilla warfare against the repressive apparatus of the state, would then lead to a mass movement which would overthrow the model of cuba, the dictator. and in the model of the united states, the militarism that was in power. so it was, it was, it was the the delusion of intellectuals, young intellectu

thursday we will spend the hour with noam chomsky and on friday, we look back at 25 years of democracyour interview with edward snowden, go to democracynow.org. ■■■■■■■ (sophie fouron) this is japan. but people here don't call themselves japanese. it's okinawa, an island closer to taiwan than tokyo. there's something like a million and a half people here, and they're known to live longer than anyone else on the planet. there's a very strong american presence in okinawa. not only did the americans occupy the island after the second world war, they stayed. there's a very big military presence. the fact that these old enemies coexist on this tiny island, but coexist peacefully, says a lot about the people of okinawa.

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i think angela davis and noam chomsky, for example, are very known by the chilean people and latin americannd it would be very interesting to join forces to fight political prisoners just imprisoned in chile. amy: pablo abufom, member of an anti-capitalist and feminist organization. we turn now to javiera manzi, activist with chile's largest feminist advocacy group, coordinadora feminista 8m. can you talk about the significance of this being a grassroots movement victory and how people organize? >> hi, amy. the first thing to say, it is a popular victory. it is a victory of the people. from the far right agenda in the alternative they were offering us was a demonstration of how the extent -- or the alternatives the agenda continuing -- and necessity for us as women, feminists to put a step forward for alternative for a different life. the first election, the very second day, we made a public statement that we were going to do a campaign for gabriel boric and as many other grassroots organizations play a protagonist role in this moment. this is very different because we knew it was not enoug

precare kwlous situation as the governor was saying, and some of the video people took on their february noam was the fact that we saw them ducking from debris and ash raining on them, and when they got into their cars it was very difficult to see. there was no visibility. it was hazy, like an orange sky real hindering their ability to get out of their safely, so as he said, as you mentioned. if there really is no loss of life that is going to be a miracle. the good news is what you're seeing right in front of me right now. it is snowing, and that's what the authorities were talking about, bring some of that much-need a moisture and hoping to make the situation a lot better very quickly. phil? >> yeah. natasha chen. people had mere minutes to get out. loss of life, a mere miracle indeed. president joe biden had called him and given verbal approval to a major disaster declaration on the ground, thanks for that reporting and please keep us posted. >> coming, the omicron surge collides with new year's. the big ball drop is still happening against doctors' advice. we're live in times square comin

we will be joined by the birthday boy noam chomsky. that will be has 93rd birthday. also be joined by angela davis, arundhati roy, the national book award-winning poet , winona laduke, danita vito, danny glover, and more. you can go to democracynow.org for details. that is december 7 at 8:00 p. ... [crowd clapping] crowd: nina, nina! nina, nina! nina, nina! nina! eric campbell: nina baginskaya is a 74-year-old great-grandmother who's become the icon of a revolution.

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my name is isaac and we are joined now by our guest professor noam chomsky who's in arizona.so welcome professor chomsky. >> pleasure. >> we are grateful to have you here this evening for the special edition in the shoes of author talks and i should note to a point else that