Noam Chomsky - Rebel Without a Pause

George Orwell once remarked that political thought, especially on the left, is a sort of masturbation fantasy in which the world of fact hardly matters. That’s true, unfortunately, and it’s part of the reason that our society lacks a genuine, responsible, serious left-wing movement.
Noam Chomsky, ‘The Politization of the University’, in Radical Priorities, Montréal, 1984, p. 200

It is alarming how uncomfortable the truth is when told simply by the most informed and capable.

Five of Noam Chomsky Books worth checking out:
Essential Chomsky
On Language
The Chomsky Reader
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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