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...International) Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish punk-rock band with a definite mission. The band is philosophically autonomist Marxist—each of their songs is revolutionary in nature and political in content and quote authors such as Noam Chomsky, Samuel Beckett, George Orwell and, of course, Karl Marx. The album insert includes an essay entitled “The Global Fear Factory,” an earnest and slightly naïve piece about how capitalism breeds “subtle and diffuse low-level fear” and how resistance movements are springing...
...memorably dubbed “Christopher Snitchens” by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and widely condemned for his affidavit incriminating his friend, Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, in defaming Monica Lewinsky. Most recently, Hitchens has been sparring on the pages of The Nation with radical icon Noam Chomsky over the role of U.S. foreign policy in provoking the Sept. 11 attacks...
Other critics are less merciful. “It looks like what is happening is some sort of silent genocide,” Noam Chomsky wrote in a recent op-ed. Before the war, eight million Afganis were on the brink of starvation. The only thing keeping these people alive was the food rations provided by international NGOs and the United Nations World Food Program. But when the bombing began, these organizations were forced to abandon the eight million Afghanis who depended on them for their daily bread. Suppose the food drop operation was flawless and all 37,000 daily...
...Both Noam and HCI director Dr. Judith Palfrey say they hope Harvard's commitment to afterschool programs will allow for practical applications of the University's resources and research...
...just be in the lab, in the library, in the ivory tower," Noam said. "Some of the best opportunities [for learning] are at the margin--in interaction with the community...