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    Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World

    By Noam Chomsky

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    Pirates and Emperors is a brilliant exploration of the role of the United States in the Middle East that exposes how the media manipulates public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism." Chomsky masterfully argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the killing of the Charlie Hebdo journalists happen.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHaymarket Books
    Release dateMar 23, 2015
    ISBN9781608464425
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    Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World
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    Noam Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928 and studied at the university of Pennsylvania. Known as one of the principal founders of transformational-generative grammar, he later emerged as a critic of American politics. He wrote and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues. He is now a Professor of Linguistics at MIT, and the author of over 150 books.

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    • 4/5
      Why governments do what they-to proctect their interest and control human and natural resources. The media is truly the opiate of the people, and there is no free market economy nor democractic governments as they are both manipulated at every level for desired result by a few.
    • 5/5
      A great book a real insight in the way the world is today much talk about the destruction of unions rights of the poor in the first world and third world and how cooperatism and the banks with a few super rich elite are the real rulers. talks in detail about cooperate backed death squads in south america which only purpose is to drain the natural resources of these countrys serving only the puppet goverments in charge and the capitalist rulers who pull the strings. explains alot of what is happening today worth a read