On Western Terrorism From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare

by Chomsky, Noam; Vltchek, Andre

• ISBN13: 9780745333878
• ISBN10: 0745333877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-17
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

In On Western Terrorism Noam Chomsky, world renowned dissident intellectual, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. The discussion weaves together a historical narrative with the two men's personal experiences which led them to a life of activism.

The discussion includes personal memories, such as the New York newsstand where Chomsky began his political education, and broadens out to look at the shifting forms of imperial control and the Western propaganda apparatus. Along the way the discussion touches on many countries of which the authors have personal experience, from Nicaragua and Cuba, to China, Chile, Turkey and many more.

A blast of fresh air which blows away the cobwebs of propaganda and deception, On Western Terrorism is a powerful critique of the West's role in the world which will inspire all those who read it to think independently and critically.

Author Biography

Noam Chomsky is a world renowned linguist and one of America's foremost social critics. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at M.I.T. He is the author of numerous books for Pluto Press, including Fateful Triangle, The New Military Humanism, Power and Terror and A New Generation Draws the Line.

Andre Vltchek is a novelist, filmmaker, investigative journalist and playwright. He is the author of a number of books including Oceania (2009) and Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad (2006), and the co-author of Exile: Conversations with Pramoedya Ananta Toer (2006). He currently lives and works in East Africa, Indonesia and Japan.

Table of Contents

1. Western Imperialism and its Impact on the World
2. When is Genocide a Genocide?
3. Eastern Genocides? Comparing the Terror of Western Imperialism with Alleged Crimes Committed by Communist Soviet Union and China
4. Dissent: The Treatment of Dissidents
5. Western Propaganda and the Press
6. The Ways Forward