chomsky, for your amazing career. continuing with president eisenhower, his famous statement about the emergence of the military industrial complex. so we've all watched decades of grotesque spending on weapons, but now we see this conflict in ukraine where tiny munitions like stingers and javelins and switch blade drones and other kinds of drones, these tiny microweapons are able to take out the elephantine weapons of the banks, the jet fighters and naval ships. what do you make of this transition to microwarfare and its implications? thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> it heralds a new era of warfare, which is more dangerous, more they think, to everyone, but let me just ask a slightly different question, if you don't mind. i mentioned before that we should be concerned constantly with what we can do and what we should do. well, one thing we can do is send weapons and there's an argument for that. ukraine is under foreign attack from a brutal military force. which has no mercy and they have a right to defend themselv

noam chomsky has appeared on c-span many times. national reputation sprang forth in 1967 when he wrote a responsibility for intellectuals essay in the new york review of books and it was in 1989 that he gave a lecture on thought control in the modern society. here's a portion. >> the title of this talk i suppose you saw somewhere is necessary illusions, thought control in democratic societies. the title is intended to be paradoxical. thought control and indoctrination are inconsistent with democracy. you can't have thought control in a democratic society. there is a standard view about this matter, the standard view is expressed by supreme court justice powell who speaks what he calls the societal purpose of the first amendment. that is enabling the public to assert meaningful control over the political process. he happens to be speaking about the media and their crucial role in affecting this, similar remarks could be made and should be made about the educational system, publishing, intellectual life generally. but the media or pa

professor chomsky has two new books coming out this year when his chomsky, new world in our hearts and "notes on resistance" both coming out this year and noam chomsky has been her guests for the last two hours on "in depth." >> certainly johnson's secretary's new because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. in fact they were the ones who made sure that the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and theirs. >> i wonder reported the number of people assigned to kennedy the day he died and the numbers assigned to me now. i want them right quick. if i can ever go to the bathroom, i won't go. i promise you i won't go anywhere. i'll stay right behind these gates. >> host: welcome dr. birx. i'm going to call you daddy. i have known you for many decades in the public

and here is chomsky.chomsky is one of those pillars of philosophy, without which, in fact, no study is included in any faculty. and just there, there was, uh, a conversation connected with the fact that chomsky was just a philosopher who very often explained. why is russia in its current incarnation such a country, well, let's say it's anti-democratic, therefore, what chomsky said today is not melnik melnikov is unlikely, whoever hears it became chomsky for sure will, of course, produce a certain explosion in the minds of many. who today in germany understands or tries to understand something of the current situation echom for them. well, they'll see it. i think they will see it. at least i read this one. well , what about freedom of speech. well, you were on italian television. i was probably one of the very first who managed to visit at the very beginning of the operation on german television. but you know, there, they really wanted all these comments. as soon as i uttered the words that well, how are w

that was noam chomsky in 1989. 1 of 28 appearances. but he has made on c-span over the years.s us now from his home in tucson arizona. the next call for him is from michael in miami. please go ahead and asksk your question.er >> yes, hello. and thank you for your humanity and scholarship. if you answer, yes, i believe the reason you're doing so is because in the south, and i'm calling you from broward county which is probably the school district that is under the most attack by a governor and a lot of the forces you've described. .. >> period unfortunately andte anti- vaccination movement in the united states and it is refusing vaccination those policies advised by serious healthth officials and elsewhere which is seriously prolonging the significant crisis 1 million americans have already died the hospitals are overflowing with mostly and vaccinated patients so of course the pool for more mutations be have the means not to eradicate but greatly control and diminish the harm caused by the coronavirus infections and also to prevent or at least limit which could be much more har

leninsky district court of samara begins sound into the void, while moving his eyebrows, it seems that chomskynderstands, he will remain behind bars for a long time in march of the eleventh year. vyacheslav kholmskikh, the future deputy head of the operational search unit, met in a restaurant with the leaders of the most influential criminal group. samara 's legal police chief offered the ocg patronage in exchange for a fee of 150,000 rubles. a month later, a few weeks later, law enforcement officers were presented with a new niva as a gift. in total, over the years of such cooperation, kholmsky received 22 million rubles. received systematically. as bribes, money from representatives of the criminal procedure code of the legal name is a group of murderers of extortionists. received from the leader alexander the law at the turn of the nineties and zero, he took control of the car market, samara shops, parking lots, shopping centers, multimillion-dollar contracts for housing and communal services in the fourth, after the destruction of authority, bodyguard alexei ryzhov became his successor, th

in total, over the years of such cooperation, chomsky received 22 million rubles. received systematicallyepresentatives, he showed the legal name of a group of killer extortionists. received from the leader alexander the law at the turn of the nineties and zero, he took control of the car market , samara shops, parking lots, shopping centers. millions of contracts for housing and communal services in 2004, after the destruction of his authority, he became his successor bodyguard alexei ryzhov, then a respected businessman sergei gafurov , who was arrested on october 17 on suspicion of attempted murder, while he did not stop joking, gafurov died of a heart attack in the twentieth. however, he managed to name the names of security forces patrons, among those who covered up the law enforcement officers turned out to be former district prosecutors. samara andrey pavlov and former deputy head of the samara national guard dmitry sazonov he was detained red-handed in one of the restaurants, as for the deputy head of the samara police, then charges were brought against him. based on, among other

now that says to city, lucy chomsky is this is the city of several minutes where the fighting has been centered now for some time that city is more or less on the russian control, although not entirely, we do know of course that there are some ukrainian fighters and civilians hiding in the as a chemical plant there in that city. we've had some new figures as over 500 civilians hiding there, including 38 children in that plant. but people saying now is absolutely no way for escape. there are no bridges, there are no roots out of that city. and so in nothing short of a sci fi will will mean that those people can get out of the city. we've also seen overnight some shelling and how to keep region. and we've seen an attack on the city of mich elia, which is kill 2 people and injured at least 20 others on the ukrainian side. they claim to have bombed a tugboat for russian tugboat that had weapons and soldiers on board. so the fighting continues, but as we know, this is a slow war of attrition. that is taking a huge dec talk about moving slowly in terms of territory. rebecca, the u. n. is sha

this conflict, this point of view is supported by the famous american historian and philosopher noam chomsky, the conflicts in ukraine could have been avoided if washington had not violated the agreement reached 30 years ago with moscow , the president. i was waiting for an unambiguous and clear promise to mikhail gorbachev that if moscow allowed germany to reunite within nato, the alliance would not approach russian borders an inch, you easily. find this information on the internet in 2 minutes and the entire american establishment. i was always aware of these agreements, the independent newspaper and other media in the united kingdom , in turn, mourn the british mercenary who died in ukraine. he fought near severodonetsk. as part of the foreign legion of the armed forces, official london confirmed the information about the death, but for obvious reasons refused to comment further, while western diplomacy is stalling and engaging in double standards, the us strategic partners are suffering colossal losses in south korea for a week now, a strike of truckers has been going on, for whom it has

a fighting is very intense in dom boss, especially around the city of lazy chomsky the russian troops are trying to come to take possession of the highway leading to the nearby city of baltimore. but indeed, as indiscriminate selling all over ukraine even last night here, you know, they thought they were to alerts and ukrainian defense forces reported seeks me sized dots, fell on the region while being intercepted just here above the city of odessa. d w's emmanuel shows in the ukrainian portion of odessa many facts. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. chinese president choosing ping has arrived in hong kong for celebrations, marking the 25th anniversary of the former british colonies, hand over to china. it's. she's 1st trip outside mainland china. since the start of the pandemic, security is tight to keep both cope with 19 and any signs of political descent in check is ready. lawmakers are voted to dissolve parliament. the move triggers the 5th national election in less than 4 years and makes a foreign minister at yahoo la pete interim prime minister. he's ta

field english had done of sent this report the position of the ukrainian forces in the town of lucy chomsky as di, according to the russian defense ministry, the russian forces they have managed to overcome and well capture and overwhelm some very well fortified positions of the key of troops outside of the town. of least chance can essentially the russians. they have blocked the town from the south, further down from the same direction and not the group of the russian forces and the low guns republics militia. they have managed to deal with a so called cattle. there were 2 remaining strongholds of the ukrainian forces that and now more than 2000 people that were there, they are no more. some are killed, some will, they have managed to escape and others while they are prisoners of war. now i've had a chance to interview a bunch of them and here's what they told me about how they were fighting and essentially the position they were left in by the commanders. and i had no idea where to go, where the russians are or where the ukrainians are. i was so thirsty as we had been moving on foot for t

troops are now in control of most of the city and are close to surrounding its sister city. lucy chomsky many of the ukrainian forces in severe and in that scar hold up inside the as a chemical plant where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering from russian air strikes. charles stratford reports from keefe. this is the adult chemical plant and silver done that's gone. ukraine's eastern front line, hundreds of civilians including women and children, are reportedly sheltering in its bunkers after suffering some of the heavier spiting and most intense artillery bombardment since the war began. 4 months ago, ukrainian forces have begun retreating, city to the lender, and fortunately our boys will have to be withdraw her. but there is no need to talk about so called betrayal law as nobody's going to abandon the watch on. no one will let the russian forces surround them what? nearly every building in several minutes is partially or completely destroyed. it's a similar situation in neighboring lucy chanced. as the shilling gets heavier, the relocation of remaining civilians who wants to lee

he says he met with troops and listen chomsky and presented some with awards. the city is just a few kilometers from so that i don't ask where one of the was biggest battles is taking place. the frontline trips a ref, as the landscape is barely left the capital keep. since russia invaded al jazeera zane bas ravi is monitoring developments from keith. he did meet with soldiers, he presented them with awards, as well as taking them some sort of support that he says maintain, that he says must remain classified at this time. and certainly it is being seen as this precedent leading from the front very literally. and it's happening at a time when this war is really coming to sort of a constant grind, a constant series of stalemate going back and forth on these frontline battlefields . so certainly very significant for the troops they're to be visited by their president who is leading from the front. this is a country that has become a country of citizen soldiers since the conscription of, of men began at the start of this war being led by a former comedian backed by

to know how they make the sausage, we want to know how they manufacture the concept, to quote noam chomsky and say hello to jeff zucker. and tell him that i had been recordingg him for the two months. [laughter] and my colleague live streamed this. you're about to watch it. -a live stream moment, unplanned, unmuted, diagnosing into the conference call, here we go. hey, jeff zucker, you there? this is james o'keefe. we've been listening to your cnn calls for basically two months, recording everything. just wanted to ask you some questions, if you have a minute. do you still feel you're the most trusted name in news? because i have to say from what i've been hearing on these phone calls, i don't know about that. we've got a lot of recordings to case not really that independent of a journalist. thank you for tr comments. so everybody in light of that. i think what we'll do is we'll we'll set up a new system. i was kind [laughter] >> i was kind of shocked that he actually talkedded to me for a minute. thank you for your comments. we'll set up a n new system. and i always say to my staff, we'll

we want to know how they manufacture the consent to quote noam chomsky. so on the 61st day. i said i decided to dial into the conference call. and say hello to jeff sucker. and tell him that i have been recording him for the last two months. and my colleague live streamed this you're about to watch it. this was live stream moment unplanned unmuted dialing of the conference call. here we go. hey, jeff, sucker you there? hey, this is james o'keefe. we've been listening to your cnn calls for basically two months recording everything. just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute, you still feel you're the most trusted name and news because i have to say from what i've been hearing on these phone calls. i don't know about that and we got a lot of recordings that indicate. you're not really that independent of a journalist. okay. thank you for thank you for your comments. so everybody in light of that. i think what we'll do is we'll we'll set up a new system. i was kind of shocked that he that he actually talked to me for a minute. thank you for your comments. we'll

the united states is accused of hushing up inconvenient information on ukraine by philosopher noam chomsky repression as they block russian statements today. it 's crazy, why shouldn't we know what the russians say? why should i go to the al-jazeera site to read the statement of the head of the russian foreign ministry if you start a conversation about it right away the us treasury is also calling a putin supporter a communist rat in the spirit of the ministry of truth . the american government encourages the delivery of grain and fertilizers from russia to increase purchases, according to bloomberg, americans are forced due to american sanctions, food prices are rising and washington is working together with the un in order to withdraw from ukraine stocks of grains of sunflower oil, the eu is not going to clear the ports. and the biden is forced to work out other routes. according to the us president, 25 million tons of wheat will be transported to rail transport through transshipment points on the border with poland, but you know what the problem is in ukraine, the same railway system as

. >> it was in 2003 that philosopher and author, linguist noam chomsky first appeared on this program in depth. h

. >> host: it was in 2003 that philosopher and author in linguist noam chomsky first appeared on this program, "in depth." and we've invited him back to take your calls and talk to you one more time. since 2003 he three he has written dozens of books, one of those books was "consequences of capitalism" ." 's

uh, chomsky complains to us that he cannot find alternative information, it has had the opposite effectr country is not suffering from these stations, that it is developing on the fronts, and that my special military operation is obsessed victory for victory. yes, forbidden anton vladimirovich e. well, it is clear that you will also develop this topic, which we are now discussing at the table. and here's another question correctly it is said that we have a brilliant mathematical school, a school of programming, but there was a problem that the outflow of specialists from the country was quite serious. here's how this problem is now being solved and how much it really is astra and how solvable. yes, i wanted, firstly, to supplement my colleague with the most important structural decision was the adoption of a law in nineteenth year, and the sovereign runet. uh, some of the agents and then we were accused of wanting to isolate the russian internet there, nothing like the russian segment of the network, as it was an important part of the global internet, and so it remains. they just didn't