greetings comrades, chomsky was an idealist philosopher, he had some radical ideas but in the way that the ruling class likes radical ideas produced. not very surprising he's in the files, and i don't think we need to downplay that just because he was "on our side."
i have always wondered if academic intellectuals like chomsky are actually on our side, or if they're being played by the c.i.a. and the ideological state apparatuses, using the smart-sounding chomskys of the world to neutralize the radical potential of our ideas. for real for real, i don't know much about chomsky's history, but i don't recall him doing revolutionary practices beyond writing those (very helpful) 100-page books that people can read. but i am not going to spend spiritual energy morning "the loss of chomsky," instead we should spend our energies coming to terms with reality, moving on, and making new struggles. we should not look to individuals for inspiration, but instead social movements. what revolutionary movement was chomsky a part of? in solidarity, will On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM Steven L. Robinson via groups.io <srobin21= [email protected]> wrote: > Rather than glossing over Noam Chomsky's friendship with Epstein, I think > it better to view that relationship in context with other behavior of > Chomsky over the decades. We all remember that general election after > general election the Dems had no one more effective at getting out the vote > (at least among the liberal left) than Noam. In certain instances it was > rather absurd. For instance, we were told by him in 1996 to vote for Bill > Clinton otherwise Bob Dole's fascists would take over. I don't see how he > could have said such a thing with a straight face. > > I fully respect the shock and deference that folks like Jeffry St Clair > have shown for Chomsky (in yesterdays CounterPunch) but it is times like > this that I really miss his late colleague Alex Cockburn. Whatever shock > Cockburn might have felt privately, I am sure he wouldn't have minced any > words publicly ..... SR > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40506): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40506 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117630862/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
