Noam Chomsky & Barry Pateman (Contributor)
In Imperial Grand Strategy, a lecture given at the
University of Manchester, Chomsky takes on the war in Iraq. He
cuts through the ideological fog that surrounds the invasion and
occupation, laying waste to the U.S. government's
justifications for them. In the process, he uncovers the real
motivations behind U.S. military aggression: a global imperial
plan put in place long before Iraq—and that will extend far
into the future, unless we do something about it.
"The Assault on Freedom and Democracy," delivered at
Merrimack College, moves from broad, geo-political concerns to
the sort of authoritarian societies needed "on the
ground" for such imperial strategies to work. Discussing the
Patriot Acts (1 & 2) at home and a long and disgraceful U.S.
history of "democracy-building" abroad, Chomsky
highlights the vast difference between noble rhetoric and the
U.S.' consistent military and economic support for dictators
and death squads.
The DVD ends with "Questions About Anarchism," an
interview with Barry Pateman of the Emma Goldman Papers.
DVD, 2h45min
