Reddit reviews Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (American Empire Project)

What's worse is that this is a trend not just for NJ on gay marriage but for the whole country on just about everything. There's a huge disconnect between what Americans actually want vs. what our government tells us we want, and that has to do with our politicians working for the wealthy donors who fund their campaigns rather than the not-so-wealthy people they were elected to represent. Christie is a perfect example of that.

Here's a basic video you can show anyone.

Here are books:

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America

The Open Veins of Latin America. Here it is for free.

Failed States

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

War is a Racket This one is from the most decorated Marines in US history.

Occupy Finance. This one is (indirectly) about dependency theory on a national scale. The people of the US have become victims of capital. They go into debt for their health, transportation, education, housing, and daily activities with credit cards. They then put their pensions at the whim of the stock market, as it is plundered by Wall Street. When capitalism can no longer expand geographically, it needs to plunder the lives of people to maintain itself. In this case, the first source of capital to exploit was the lives of the people of the US. Unlike Europe, the US populace was left defenseless in the wake of the attack because of a history of active repression of the left (like COINTELPRO).

The financialization of the US populace is discussed in this essay from the Monthly Review, Monopoly Finance Capital. Here is a book on the topic.

If I remember any more resources, I'll make sure to throw them your way.

The first one I read was Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, which was a great introduction. It's short and very easy to get into. You can read it in an afternoon. It's actually from a speech he gave, so you can probably find the audio online for free and listen to it instead if you prefer.

But his best book, in my opinion, is Understanding Power. It's more of a collection of essays, speeches and interviews, but it really shaped my understanding of the world better than any other book I have read. I can't recommend this book enough.

If you're more interested in libertarian socialism, in addition to Understanding Power, read Chomsky on Anarchism. He presents the theories in very clear language, instead of being overly theoretical.

If you're more interested in his writings on US foreign policy, also read either Failed States or Hegemony or Survival.

Enjoy!

Political works by Chomsky:

The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967),
At War With Asia: Essays on Indochina (1969),
Government in the Future (1970),
The Fateful Triangle (1983, 2015),
The Chomsky Reader (1987, 2010),
Manufacturing Consent (1988, 2002),
Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1992, 2015),
Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky (2002),
Hegemony or Survival (2003),
Failed States (2006).

Works on Chomsky:

Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951-1986 (1986),
Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (1998),
Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals ( 1999, 2002, 2016),
The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky (2005, 2017),
The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky (2000, 2002, 2004),
The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower (2007), Noam Chomsky (2015)


Also this, this, this and this.

Links? Also disprove that he is one of Israel's largest critics, because by all accounts he is. Almost every book and report he has written in the past 20 years mentions Israels horrid crimes. He goes out of his way to slap Israel every chance he gets!


Here is just a tiny sampling:


http://www.chomsky.info/articles.htm


http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/Lists/Banned-by-Israel-Noam-Chomsky-and-who-else



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky




http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/noam-chomsky-israels-actions-in-gaza-are-much-worse-than-apartheid/




http://www.alternet.org/noam-chomsky-real-reason-israel-mows-lawn-gaza




http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/22/in_un_speech_noam_chomsky_blasts




http://www.amazon.com/Failed-States-Assault-Democracy-American/dp/0805082840




http://chomsky.globl.org/#




Boy your BS falls apart really fast when confronted with reality doesn't it?



Also Zionists may be ahead of the game, but not by as much as they like to think (or you are led to believe).

That is more or less the conclusion of his book 'Failed States'

https://www.amazon.com/Failed-States-Assault-Democracy-American/dp/0805082840