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Noam Chomsky: America is

a terrified countryThe philosopher on the violence we wage abroad, the income inequality we face at home

and where we go from here

CATHERINE KOMP, TRUTHOUT.ORG

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Noam Chomsky (Credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

This is an excerpt from the just released 2nd edition of Noam Chomskys Occupy: Class

War, Rebellion and Solidarity, published byZuccotti Park Press.Reprinted from

Truthout.org. with permission.

Free Speech Radio News producer Catherine Komp interviews Noam Chomsky.

Noam Chomsky is amongst the worlds most cited living scholars. Voted the worlds toppublic intellectual in 2005, he is perhaps best known as a critic of all forms of social

control and a relentless advocate for community-centered approaches to democracy and

freedom. Over the last several decades, Chomsky has championed a wide range of

dissident actions, organizations and social movements. In this excerpt from the just-

released expanded edition of theZuccotti Park Pressbook, Occupy: Class War,

Rebellion and Solidarity, Chomsky speaks with Free Speech Radio News about media

control, fear, indoctrination and the importance of solidarity.

Catherine Komp: Its been twenty-five years since the publication of your and

Edward Hermans acclaimed book Manufacturing Consent. How much do you

think has changed with the propaganda model, and where do you see it playing out

most prominently today?

Noam Chomsky: Well, ten years ago we had a re-edition and we talked about some of

the changes. One change is that we were too narrow. There are a number of filters that

determine the framework of reporting, and one of the filters was too narrow. Instead of

anti-communism, which was too narrow, it should have been fear of the concocted

enemy. So yes, it could be anti-communismmost of that is concocted. So take Cuba

again. Its hard to believe, but for the Pentagon, Cuba was listed as one of the military

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threats to the United States until a couple of years ago. This is so ludicrous; you dont

even know whether to laugh or cry. Its as if the Soviet Union had listed Luxembourg as a

threat to its security. But here it kind of passes.

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