On this day, 7 December 1928, Avram Noam Chomsky, legendary American activist, linguist and author was born in Philadelphia.
Chomsky came to prominence as an activist as an outspoken critic of the Vietnam war, for which he was arrested several times and placed on President Richard Nixon’s official list of enemies. He has since become one of the world’s leading critics of US foreign-policy, and one of the most cited scholars alive. Politically Chomsky usually identifies with currents including libertarian socialism and anarcho-syndicalism.
We were very happy to be able to speak with Noam for our podcast about the geopolitics and human cost of the Vietnam war: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/10/31/e14-the-vietnam-war-with-noam-chomsky/
Happy 91st birthday, Noam! https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1285886454929835/?type=3