Chomsky for activists / Noam Chomsky, Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar, Paul Shannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chomsky, Noam, author.

Derber, Charles, author.

Contributor:

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Series:

Universalizing resistance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social action--United States.

Social action.

United States.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Political activists--United States.

Political activists.

Politics and government.

Chomsky, Noam.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Those who regard him as a "doom and gloom" critic will find an unexpected Chomsky in these pages. Here the world-renowned author speaks for the first time in depth about his career in activism, and his views and tactics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Reflections on a Life of Activism

1. How It All Got Started / Paul Shannon

2. Stories Of Global Activism / Paul Shannon

pt. 2 Movements Matter

3. Coming Together: Organizing For Survival With Justice / Paul Shannon

4. Enhanced Exploitation: The Neoliberal Project / Paul Shannon

5. Identity Politics And Class Politics: Common Interests, Labor, And Collective Action / Paul Shannon

6. Activists And Evangelicals: Organizing Across The Cultural Divide / Paul Shannon

7. Identity, Intersectionality, And Universalizing Resistance / Paul Shannon

8. Activism And Fascism: Then And Now / Paul Shannon

9. Activists, Movements, And Electoral Politics: The Critique Of Anti-Trumpism / Paul Shannon

10. Activism In The Age Of Extinction / Paul Shannon

11. The Movement And Third Parties / Paul Shannon

12. Overcoming Isolation And Powerlessness: Movements And Community / Paul Shannon

pt. 3 100 Seconds to Midnight

13. Confronting Climate Change, War, And Pandemics In The Trump Era / Noam Chomsky

pt. 4 Reflections from Activists

14. Making Me Feel That I Could Join With Others / Charles Derber

15. I'M A Citizen Of The United States And I Have A Share Of Responsibility For What It Does / Medea Benjamin

16. What Chomsky Taught Me About Militancy / Ross Caputi

17. Celebrating Chomsky: Challenging The Opposition To History / Bill Fletcher Jr.

18. Never Meet Your Heroes? / Charngchi Way

19. So We Turned To Noam / Sandra Ruiz Harris

20. Never Lose Faith In Humanity / Robert W. Mcchesney

21. Strengthening The Spirit Of Middle East Activists / Nancy Murray

22. Human Freedoms Are Not Gift From Above / Norman Solomon

23. Puncturing The Wall Of Lies And Deception / Mark Solomon

24. Mind And Hearts Cracked Open / Chuck Collins

25. He Has Never Stopped / Joseph Gerson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367615864

036761586X

9780367543396

0367543397

OCLC:

1195819057

Publisher Number:

99988322858