On Language
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On Language
Chomsky’s Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language
Noam Chomsky
“The clarity of presentation at times approaches that of Bertrand Russell in his political and more popular philosophical essays.” — CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGYDescribed by the New York Times as “arguably the most important intellectual alive,” Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his highly influential writings on language and politics. Featuring two of Chomsky’s most popular and enduring books in one omnibus volume, On Language contains some of the noted linguist and political critic’s most informal and accessible work to date, making it an ideal introduction to his thought.
In Part I, Language and Responsibility (1979), Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking through a series of interviews with Mitsou Ronat, the noted French linguist. In Part II, Reflections on Language (1975), Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists,...
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Poison in the Lifeline
The 1995 Omai Gold Mine Disaster in Guyana, South America
(27min, DVD)POISON IN THE LIFELINE highlights the events and consequences of the Omai Mine disaster in Guyana (1995 ), tracing the history of the disaster and examining the situation of extractive industries in relation to the 40,000 Amerindian people who live permanently in the interior.
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The current thrust towards large scale extractive industries carries very serious and demonstrated perils. The Canadian owned Omai Gold mine in Guyana with an annual production which exceeds a quarter of a million troy ounces of gold yearly, is one of South America’s largest mines.
In August 1995 the dam for the reservoir containing waste material broke sending millions of liters of sludge laced with cyanide (used for gold extraction) into Guyana’s largest river. It was declared the worse mine disaster for the environment in history.
The coordinators of the Guiana Shield Media Project were on the scene and able to document the consequences....Crisis/Media
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Crisis/Media’, the fourth publication in the Sarai Reader series, examines issues of global crises – (war, civil conflict, terrorism and state terror, the deep instabilities of everyday life, technologies of surveillance and political life, threats to the freedom of expression) – and critically analyses the representation of these crises in the media. Are the crises in the media also instances of crises of the media? Have current forms of media practice lost the ability to articulate questions of conflict and contention, other than in terms of crises? Can media practitioners evolve forms of practice that are not beholden to the idea of Crisis? The Sarai brings together several distinguished critical voices, as well as new, emerging writers from all over the world (and especially from South Asia) to attend to ideas, situations, contexts and dillemmas related to crises and the media. Authors include : Arundhati Roy, Ranjit Hoskote, Taslima Nasrin, Geert Lovink, Soenke Zehle, Nandita Haksar, Toby Miller, Martin Shaw,...
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Life of an Anarchist
The Alexander Berkman Reader
Alexander Berkman
Foreword by Howard Zinn
Edited by Gene FellnerAlexander Berkman was a twentieth-century American revolutionary. Like the abolitionist John Brown before him, Berkman was hugely idealistic, ready to go to the furthest extreme of self-sacrifice and violence on behalf of justice and civil rights. He decided to assassinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick after reading in the newspaper that Pinkertons hired by Frick had opened fire on the Homestead strikers, killing men, women,and children. Berkman’s bungled attempt cost him fifteen years in a federal penitentiary. Upon his release, he became an effective agitator against conscription and was again imprisoned and eventually deported to Russia, where he saw firsthand the early days of Bolshevism. Berkman’s writings remain a lasting and impassioned record of intense political transformation.
Featuring a new introduction by Howard Zinn, Life of an Anarchist contains Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist, Berkman’s account of his years in prison;...
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Fenny Skaller
John Henry Mackay
Fenny Skaller, a novel, traces the growth of a love and self-knowledge through a series of flashbacks, as Skaller, a man in his forties, reflects on his passing affairs and lasting relationships with youths. Each chapter is a photograph…
Praise for the Author…
“John Henry Mackay belonged to those who first meant for me the intellectual life, the modern. In him are united for me the concept of social-philosophical daring, and a love from which many a melodious song sprang, and which may also be the source of his daring.” — Thomas Mann
“One of the most distinguished and genuine figures in German literaure since the 1880’s.”— Hermann Hesse
“Mackay broke truly new ground as a writer through his commitment to the homosexual liberation movement. His most important works are Fenny Skaller and The Hustler.” — Edward MorninAbout the Author
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“The Scottish-German John Henry Mackay,...The Struggle for Ecological Agriculture in Cuba
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The Struggle for Ecological Agriculture in Cuba
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Richard Levins
