Overview

This is the third in a series of books that present a complete collection of Chomsky's writings for the New York Times Syndicate. The previous two are Interventions and Making the Future, both published by City Lights. Essays from 2011 right up to pub date, August 2015. Chomsky has a bestseller-size market ever hungry to buy his latest assessment of U.S. politics and world affairs. Because We Say So delivers the goods in short, easy to digest pieces. Huge established readership: Chomsky's Facebook page has almost 1 million fans, and his web page is visited by 1000s. Chomsky is constantly giving talks in the US that attract capacity, standing-room-only crowds, and media coverage. Cover art by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Chomsky will be 88 at date of publication.

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The essays are scathing and Chomsky brilliant, as a public intellectual engaged in a concerted and committed campaign to break the 'big lie' of an increasingly consolidated authoritarian state that has embarked on global military destruction in the name of humanitarian undertakings. --Shelley Walia, The Hindu

""The essays are scathing and Chomsky brilliant, as a public intellectual engaged in a concerted and committed campaign to break the ‘big lie’ of an increasingly consolidated authoritarian state that has embarked on global military destruction in the name of humanitarian undertakings.""--Shelley Walia, The Hindu

Author Information

Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his groundbreaking work in linguistics and for his relentless advocacy for democracy, freedom and self-determination. He is author of dozens of books, many of which have become international best sellers. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs, and writes a monthly column for The New York Times Syndicate which is the basis for a series of books published in the Open Media Series by City Lights books: Interventions, Making the Future, and Because We Say So.

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