noam: herd immunity. well, there is unfortunately a powerful antivaccination movement in the united states. desantis has played a role in it in his not refusing vaccination but not following policies advised by serious health officials, not florida but elsewhere. and i think this is seriously prelonging a significant crisis. about a million americans have already died. the hospitals are overflowing with mostlien vaccinated -- mostly unvaccinated patients and at the provide a pool for future more mutations. we have the means to, if not eradio indicate -- eradio indicate greatly control and diminish the harm caused by the and limit the possible mutations which could be more harmful. the means exist but they have to be followed. if they are not followed there will be more suffering, more pain, more deaths, more crushing of hospitals, many hospitals have literally had to suspend normal operations just because of the overflow much -- of largely unvaccinated patients into are filling up the covid wards. in a ma

noam chomsky has appeared on c-span 28 times. national reputation sprang forth in 1967 when he wrote responsibility of intellectuals review for books and 1989 he gave a lecture on thought control in modern society. here is a portion of that. >> well, the title of this talk as i suppose you saw somewhere is necessary illusion, thought control in democratic society. the title is intended to be paradoxical, it should be. thought control and indoctrination are inconsistent with democracy, therefore, one can't have control in a democratic society. there is a standard view about this matter. the standard view is expressed, for example, by supreme court justice powell, who speaks of what he calls societal purpose of the first amendment, that is enabling the public to a certain meaningful control over the political process. now, he happens to be speaking about the media and their crucial role in affecting this societal purpose and similar remarks could be made and should be made about the educational system, about publishing, about intel

noam chomsky has appeared on c-span 28 times. national reputation, really sprang forth in 1967 when he wrote responsibility for intellectuals as they in the new york review of looks and it was in 1989 that he gave a lecture on control and american society. here's a portion of it. >> the title is necessary illusion in a democratic society. the title is intended to be itparadoxical. indoctrination are inconsistent with democracy and therefore one can't have it in a democratic society. there is a standard view about this matter. the standard view is expressed for example by supreme courtme justice powell who speaks of what he calls the societal purpose of the first amendment that is enabling the public to a meaningful control over the political process. i happen to be thinking about the media and their crucial role in affecting the societal purpose and similar remarks could be made or should be made about publishing and about intellectual life generally that the media is particularly important in providing free access to information

noam: actually, i did not say that. i quoted it. the quote was from a very important study, about 40 years ago, 50 years ago, 1975, it is the first study of the trilateral commission. the trilateral commission is an international commission of liberal internationalists. you get a rough idea of their political stances by the fact that the carter administration was drawn almost completely from within the ranks. so, that group of people in the united states, they -- their counterparts in europe and japan, liberal internationalists were the trilateral commission. they came out with a very important report called, the crisis of democracy. they were responding to the activism of the 1960's, which considerably civilized society. and led to the developments that i mentioned briefly before. the trilateral commission warned that there is a crisis of democracy. the crisis is what you quoted, an excess of democracy. there is too much democracy. what is happening, they described during the 1960's, is that segments of the population that are supp

>> i am not particularly agreeing to noam chomsky for one reason.hink international criminal justice is currently overestimated. i mean, on one hand, it is progress that people think of accountability when there is evidence that war crimes have been committed. that is definitely a progress. as i said, has to become the standard. on the other hand, we are far away that putin and his inner circle are really put on trial. that requires years long investigations. we had the examples of many other cases. if you look at the record of international criminal art, -- courts, we have to say it is poor. it is poor because they did not even reach the highest ranks. that is because international law, especially the international humanitarian law, allows too much. in this case, we have to first of all prove that war crimes have been committed. as i said, there is a lot of evidence. second, we have to prove that not only the soldiers or the officers on the ground are responsible for that, but we have to go up the chain of command to putin. although there is a lot

and that was noam chomsky who was our guest on this weekend's in depth program now if you missed any parts of this program visit our website booktv.org click on the in-depth tab at the top of the page and you can watch it in its entirety. and finally, here's a look at some current nonfiction best-selling books according to the harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts. topping the list is atomic habits. this is james clears advice on breaking bad habits in forming good ones. after that is michelle's honors memoir crying in h mart. this book has been on bestseller list for months. and then it's 4,000 weeks oliver berkman's guide to time and time management and that's followed by ryan norris exploration of science and technology through the lens of comic book villainy. his book how to take over the world. and wrapping up our look at harvard book stores best-selling nonfiction books. lessons from the edge this is former united states ambassador to ukraine marie. yvonovich's reflections on her career us russell relations and her congressional testimony during the first impeachment he

well, weekend on our monthly call-in program "in depth" author and professor noam chomsky rejoins ustalk and take calls about capitalism, u.s. foreign policy and social change. we recently covered a book program with professor chomsky. here's a portion. major poll just came out from pew research, major polling agency, and it gave people a choice of 15 serious problems, asked them to rank hem in terms of urgency -- them in terms of urgency. republicans, the very last one at the bottom was global warming. at the top was illegal immigrant s andnd the debt. the debt, incidentally, became a problem last november 4th. up until then the debt was fine. republicans were creating it and very rich people, so of it was no problem. november 4th biden took it over, might use it to help others, poor people, major problem. it's not that the people with who say that actually believe it, it's that's what they hear in the bubble this which they're contained. you listen to the tv station, fox news, read the press, that's what you hear. and when you're stuck in that bubble, that's what you believe. so th

in two thousand three, professor noam chomsky was the first author on book tv's in depth. some of the most recent books includes hopes and prospects, consequence is of capitalism and his forthcoming notes on resistance. and jason riley with his book in which he argues that some policies during the trump administration improve the economic lives of african-americans. he is interviewed by thomas phillipson. watch this every sunday on c-span2 and find a low schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime on book tv.org. >> now, back on the comments on russian troop movement. he stresses they continue to see a small number of russian troops repositioning away from ukraine's capital city. as for a 40 mile long russian convoy that was headed toward the city, mr. kirby says he does not know if it still exists because he never accomplished its mission. the briefing is about 45 minutes. . [laughter]

quote was a deliberate attack on a civilian object and as such, constitutes a war crime and quote noam chomsky called the bombing of art. yes, an act of terrorism made a commander wesley clark tried to downplay what they had done. there were actually 6 people who were killed as i recall. i recall certain i retired, feminine know the families. i mean think about it. this wasn't an attack on some tv tower in the middle of nowhere with nobody working there. this was the bombing of the state television headquarters in a heavily populated urban area in serbia's capital belgrade, the killing of innocent people who are working the night shift. if that's not a war crime, what is clearly the goal was to instigate terror because artist resumed this programming less than 24 hours later from a secret location. can you imagine what it was like for the people working there, knowing what had happened to their colleagues knowing they? i'd be next, isn't that the goal of terrorism? this wasn't a one off thing. any people don't know that the state television building in the major, serbian city of novi s

noam: well, there are lots of things going on in the world. right now, one of the major ones is, of course, the war in ukraine. there's many others. there are background issues. we are, like it or not, the human species, racing to imminent disaster. there are two huge problems. one is the growing threat of nuclear war. which would, basically, end modern civilization as we know it. the other is the destruction of the environment. inexorable. we know it has to be done, we are not doing it.

in 2003, professor noam chomsky was the first author on "in-depth." he has written dozens of books.r conversation with mr. chomsky as he rejoins us to talk about capitalism, foreign policy and social exchange. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, wall street journal columnist jason riley with his book "the black boom," where he argues some policies under the trump administration improved the lives of african-americans. he is interviewed by thomas philipson. watch book tv on c-span 2 and find a full schedule on your program line or watch online at opv.org. -- book tv a.o -- booktv.org. >> benjamin franklin left 1000 pounds sterling to boston and philadelphia to be loaned out in small increments and set low interest rates the tradesman who wanted to start their own businesses. sunday on q&a, professor michael meyer talks about franklin's micro-lending schemes and assesses is legacy. >> he says it is my opinion that good apprentices make good citizens. he made a point of saying early on in order for our republic to survive we need people who have their ear to the ground, who understand the effect of

for all of the conservatives playing this shadow primary, whether it kristy noam in south dakota, gregon immigration, all of them are going to run into the same thing, which is you can't outtrump trump. if he doesn't run, it's an open field for that mantle but if he does, i don't think they're going to get to the outside of him. >> is there a safe space for a democrat on a battleground state on immigration right now? >> i think there is. nothing has really changed. people have thought for decades our immigration system is broken. democrats have been saying that and have tried for decades without any support from republicans, you have to go back to 2013 when they were able to pass a bipartisan bill in the senate, that now all of the republicans, because the party has pivoted to a very different party now. none of them are going to touch this issue. i think democrats have common sense solutions that involve securing the border, mushing more resources and finding a pat to citizenship. >> 2013 drove a wedge inside the republican party. i'd ard there's no divide. that seems to be pretty ups

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intellectuals that i admire, cornell west, noam chomsky. it was erased for its content.ause it was russian propaganda -- it wasn't -- but because there's been such a marginalization of critics of anti-imperialism come into capitalism. i'm a very strong supporter, public supporter of the boycott, to investment, sanction movement which i think was that key issue. i great friend cornell west denied tenure at harvard. the walls have closed and since i began as a reporter in central america in the 1980's. there is less and less space for those who are willing to seriously cllenge in question entrenched power. you do it. allan nairn does that. it has become a pretty lonely profession. bob scheer does not have any money come does not have any advertisers -- also tr when you ran rampart -- so it is becoming harder and harder. matt taibi, glenn greenwald, and if i can get enough subscribers on chrishedges.substack.com, i will find it myself. >> if you are on rt america right now, if it existed, in directv had not canceled, taken rt america off, what would you be saying about russ

. >> professor noam chomsky was the first author on in-depth.ive this afternoon, join us for our discussion with noam chomsky as he joins us to talk about policy. his most recent books deal -- join in the conversation with your facebook comments, texts and tweets today live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> there are a lot of places to get political information, but only at c-span do you get it straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where you stand on the issues c-span is america's network. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word as it happens here, or here, here, or anywhere that manners -- matters. america watches c-span, powered by cable. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are in our open forum segment. that means our viewers can call in and talk about your most important political topic of the day. we are opening our regular lines. that means republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. independents, you can call (202) 748-8002. we are always reading on twitter and face

we speak with author and professor noam chomsky about capitalism us foreign policy and social change and on our author interview program afterwards wall street journal columnist, jason riley argues that the trump administration improved the economic lives of black people. find a full schedule of everything airing today on your program guide or visit booktv.org. now historians andrew pedigree and arthur durvadevan a history of libraries. hello out there whenever and wherever you may be watching this. my name is aidan flax clark and i work at the new york public library, and i am here to welcome you into today's conversation, which is with authors andrew pedigree and arthur darwin. they are the authors of a new book called library fragile history. they'll be speaking with historian gene kaminsky about it. andrew pedigree is a professor of modern history at the university of saint andrews and director of the universal short title catalog and arthur darwin is british academy postdoctoral fellow at the university of saint andrews and the deputy director at the universal short title catalo

. >> professor noam chomsky was the first author on in-depth.ive this afternoon, join us for our discussion with noam chomsky as he joins us to talk about policy. his most recent books deal -- join in the conversation with your facebook comments, texts and tweets today live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> there are a lot of places to get political information, but only at c-span do you get it straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where you stand on the issues c-span is america's network. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word as it happens here, or here, here, or anywhere that manners -- matters. america watches c-span, powered by cable. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are in our open forum segment. that means our viewers can call in and talk about your most important political topic of the day. we are opening our regular lines. that means republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. independents, you can call (202) 748-8002. we are always reading on twitter and face

noam chomsky made an essay about the true tax cut american beggar billionaires pay. it is 94%.pay nothing in tax. 94%. i'm no moderate. i have been there, done that with every group in society. american society. 94% pay nothing in tax, mega billionaires. that is sick. host: ok, james. there is news about jen psaki, the white house press secretary leaving to go to msnbc. axios is reporting she is likely leaving the white house soon for a new job at msnbc. she was asked about it yesterday at the press briefing about a potential conflict of interest in negotiating for a new job with a media outlet while still serving as the white house press secretary. here she is. [video clip] >> given the reports confirmed, how can you continue to be an effective [indiscernible] if you have lands to join a media outlet? >> i have nothing to announce about any conversations or any future plans. at whatever time i leave the white house i can promise you the first thing i will do is sleep and spend time with my three and six-year-olds who are my most important audience of all. i would say that, aga

. >> it was in 2003 that philosopher and author, linguist noam

. >> it was in 2003 that philosopher and author, linguist noam chomsky first appeared on this program in depth. we have invited him back to take your calls and talk to you one more time. since 2003, he has written dozens of books. one of those books was, " consequences of capitalism." here is professor chomsky talking about one of his more recent books.

exciting and demanding and some of it i do because i just feel it has to be done in 2003 professor noam chomsky was the first author on book tvs in depth and since then he's written dozens of books live sunday that noon eastern on in depth join our two hour conversation with mr. chomsky as he rejoins us to talk about capitalism us foreign policy and social exchange some of his most recent books include folks and prospects consequences of capitalism and his forthcoming notes on resistance. join in the conversation with your phone calls facebook comments texts and tweets for home chomsky live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. i'd like to introduce our guest speaker. who is christopher knight nichols of oregon state university. he is a frequent collaborator of ours a board member an organist historical society his youtube videos talking about comparing the pandemic to what happened in 1918 are some of our most popular online. he's very active in civics and citizenship and we are just thrilled to have him with us a full bio is on our website about further ado professor. thank y

we speak with author and professor noam chomsky about capitalism us foreign policy and social change and on our author interview program afterwards wall street journal columnist, jason riley argues that the trump administration improved the economic lives of black people. find a full schedule of everything airing today on your

. >> arthur and professor noam chomsky joined us to talk about capitalism, us foreign policy and socialchange. here's a portion of the program. >> us forged ahead in september of 2021 policy statement, amplifies it, states it explicitly, we will go ahead and we will continue to arm ukraine. if you want to imagine what that is like from the russian point of view, understand, us statesmen, this is as if mexico were to join a chinese run military alliance, carry out joint exercises with the chinese army, place weapons in mexico aimed at washington, we wouldn't tolerate that for one second. not mexico, not everywhere in latin america. remember the cuban missile crisis. inconceivable. notice that this is no infringement on the sovereignty of mexico. mexico is essentially neutral. it is not part of any military alliance. it has restrictions. it cannot do what i just described. it cannot join the chinese run military alliance to carry out military operations, the people's liberation army, training and advanced weaponry from chinese military experts, place weapons on the border and with washing