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Insight into the long-term journey and motivations of Noam Chomsky, whose antiwar affinity group included Howard Zinn, Dan Ellsberg, and this author, Fred Branfman. salon.com/2012/06/17/when_chomsky_wept/Permalink On twitter.com
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I don't post this to take away from the factual failures of Chomsky's later years, but to trace his lasting motivation.Permalink On twitter.com
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For much of his career as a dissident, Chomsky matched his skepticism with an obsessive quest for the facts as laid out in official sources. His work on Vietnam and Laos, on Timor, on Central America, on Israel all bear that out.Permalink On twitter.com
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Several generations of activists, myself included, leaned much from this combination of doubt of official narratives, obsessive curiosity, and moral commitment.Permalink On twitter.com
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That the moral axis of this quest eventually centered more on the hypocrisies of the West than on the broader human problem of genocide tells something about relentless commitment can narrow one's perspective.On twitter.com
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Ultimately, we need to be building networks of awareness and trust that can hold all structures of oppression, can empathize with the victims abused under every flag. But we must also choose certain wrongs to right, and Noam chose early, fought hard, and worked relentlessly.Permalink On twitter.com
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