Chomsky for Activists

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and among the best known public intellectuals in the world today. He is the author of more than 100 books; the most recent include Requiem for the American Dream, and The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, Before coming to the University of Arizona as Laureate Professor of Linguistics in 2017, Chomsky taught linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 50 years. Charles Derber, Professor of Sociology at Boston College is a noted public intellectual and author of twenty-five books, including several best-sellers reviewed in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and other prominent media. His recent books include Welcome to the Revolution, Moving Beyond Fear, and Glorious Causes. Co-editor of the Routledge book series, Universalizing Resistance, Derber is a life-long activist for peace and justice. Suren Moodliar is editor of the journal Socialism and Democracy and coordinator of encuentro5, a movement-building space in downtown Boston. He is a co-author of A People's Guide to Greater Boston (UC Press, 2020). Paul Shannon worked for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) for 40 years where he ran the national film library and was active in various peace, union, prison reform, economic justice and international solidarity movements. Now retired, he serves as a volunteer with the AFSC, teaches courses on the Vietnam war, writes, and continues his intersectional organizing around the Yemen war, the military industrial complex, climate change, criminal justice issues, and regime-change wars. He is a board member of Mass. Peace Action and The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security.

CHOMSKY FOR ACTIVISTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1:

REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE OF ACTIVISM

1 How It All Got Started

2 Stories of Global Activism

PART II

MOVEMENTS MATTER








Coming Together: Organizing for Survival with Justice



Enhanced Exploitation: The Neoliberal Project



Identity Politics and Class Politics: Common Interests, Labor and Collective Action



Activists and Evangelicals: Organizing Across the Cultural Divide



Identity, Intersectionality and Universalizing Resistance



Activism and Fascism: Then and Now



Activists, Movements and Electoral Politics: The Critique of Anti-Trumpism



Activism in the Age of Extinction



The Movement and Third Parties



Overcoming Isolation and Powerlessness: Movements and Community



PART III 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT:

CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE, WAR AND PANDEMICS IN THE TRUMP ERA

PART IV

REFLECTIONS FROM ACTIVISTS