Noam Chomsky: On Power and Ideology | The New School

Presented by Haymarket Books and the Schools of Public Engagement (www.newschool.edu/public-engag...) at The New School (www.newschool.edu), Noam Chomsky discusses the persistent and largely invariant features of U.S. foreign policy - in the words of U.S. planners, "the overall framework of order” - and its intimate relationship with U.S. domestic policy.
MIT Institute Professor (emeritus) of linguistics and philosophy Noam Chomsky is widely regarded to be one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy in the world. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics. His recent books include The New York Times bestsellers Hegemony or Survival and Failed States, as well as Hopes and Prospects and Masters of Mankind. Haymarket Books is currently reissuing twelve of his classic books in new editions.
Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm

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  • @LittleDesertFlower78
    @LittleDesertFlower788 жыл бұрын

    I love Noam Chomsky, & want him never to die.. The world NEEDS him & his epically informed intellectual mind!

  • @rehanajana

    @rehanajana

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nuar Gladstein (LittleDesertFlower) He's considered the greatest living mind , yet you will never see him on the media.Why? Becuase only pseudo intellectuals are allowed on our special interest controlled media.

  • @sensationsuperthrust

    @sensationsuperthrust

    8 жыл бұрын

    +veryl blakely i assume he will be remebered in centurys

  • @o0xst

    @o0xst

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nuar Gladstein (LittleDesertFlower) He will, so we need to do all we can to prepare for that sad day!

  • @MrSeemby

    @MrSeemby

    8 жыл бұрын

    +veryl blakely I suppose his contributions to linguistics, cognitive science, and philosophy mean nothing, then? He will be remembered for a very long time, if not for his political views, then for his contributions in other areas.

  • @mhikl4484

    @mhikl4484

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nuar Gladstein (LittleDesertFlower) His work speaks to our time and the horror that is to follow. Because of his work in books and lectures via media, KZread, he will be with us as long as we need him. Namaste and care, mhikl

  • @Kafuinga
    @Kafuinga8 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky starts at 7:10.

  • @DaedalusHelius

    @DaedalusHelius

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sopa de Caracol Thanks

  • @gjw000

    @gjw000

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sopa de Caracol lol, thank you

  • @Kafuinga

    @Kafuinga

    8 жыл бұрын

    ;-*

  • @Kafuinga

    @Kafuinga

    8 жыл бұрын

    Paul Belodeau That hair never stops, Paul.

  • @o0xst

    @o0xst

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sopa de Caracol I've seen a few intros where it is like "you know this guy and everything he's done, lets not waste time here he is.." and thats it. This bla bla bla jive isnt what were here for but thanks.

  • @tarnopol
    @tarnopol8 жыл бұрын

    The Noamage starts at 7:32.

  • @o0xst

    @o0xst

    8 жыл бұрын

    yo

  • @Culturebreach

    @Culturebreach

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Steve Hunt yo yo

  • @entername7446

    @entername7446

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Culturebreach yo yo yo

  • @norvy729

    @norvy729

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Webcascade Vienna yo yo yo yo

  • @darrenryan92
    @darrenryan928 жыл бұрын

    Noam is an absolute legend

  • @jackstratif6937

    @jackstratif6937

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Darren Ryan Just the shear length of time that he's been a voice of reason and has been doing this kind of stuff is really amazing.

  • @RkristinaTay

    @RkristinaTay

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hope you have grown up since and stopped your hero worship.

  • @jeremyreagan9085
    @jeremyreagan90858 жыл бұрын

    Noam is to me what a scientist means like Carl Sagan. I marval that he does not give up he makes me proud to be a human being with our short comings he shows we can reason togather being religous or not. May he live long and prosper.

  • @algebraizt
    @algebraizt8 жыл бұрын

    7:30 Because this man needs no introduction.

  • @julir3754
    @julir3754 Жыл бұрын

    I love this man. I wish he was my grandpa.

  • @timdunk7278
    @timdunk72788 жыл бұрын

    I like the "energized" look. Always a privilege to hear.

  • @valemusichq
    @valemusichq7 жыл бұрын

    His hair is the most beautiful thing in the world. You guys are crazy.

  • @rileylaforge7640
    @rileylaforge76408 жыл бұрын

    That walk at 7:11 is so good

  • @519blackpanther

    @519blackpanther

    7 жыл бұрын

    like a boss

  • @robertpirsig5011

    @robertpirsig5011

    7 жыл бұрын

    He's mastered the I could'nt give a toss about how I look look

  • @absconditusabsconditus3241

    @absconditusabsconditus3241

    7 жыл бұрын

    Riley LaForge Google

  • @caligulajones1237

    @caligulajones1237

    7 жыл бұрын

    He's got those wings for style XD

  • @rentaghostokish5628
    @rentaghostokish56288 жыл бұрын

    A wise man who has known for many decades that America is a brutal imperial power.

  • @harryf2705

    @harryf2705

    7 жыл бұрын

    You need to look at the other side of the coin. It's much uglier of which Chomsky fails to see it. We live in a brutal world and America is really an oasis. I try imagining living somewhere else but there really is no place better. Maybe that's why so many people keep trying and dying to get in. Streisand says she'll move to New Zealand if Trump wins. I surely hope so and she takes a lot of her phony Hollywood liberal privileged loons with her.

  • @je7055

    @je7055

    7 жыл бұрын

    @Harry F -- I think you're misinterpreting what Chomsky is saying. Sure, the standard of living is much higher in the U.S. than many countries around the world -- I don't think anyone, much less Noam Chomsky, would fail to see that. But in any case that's not at all what Chomsky and Rentaghost okish are referring to. They're talking about the U.S.'s meddlesome foreign policy and the highly questionable ways in which America throws its weight around in the international arena. Moreover, it's not at all a conservative-vs.-liberal issue (and, incidentally, Chomsky is far from a fan of either the American Left or Right). Both parties have consistently supported American global hegemony over the past several decades.

  • @truthbetold4350

    @truthbetold4350

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mitch Both That's terrible, but missing the point that we are better off than much of the world.

  • @songorocosongodemaguey
    @songorocosongodemaguey8 жыл бұрын

    "No masters, no god and no haircutters" Noam Chomsky. Still that the proffesor rocks!

  • @jeromevsvp
    @jeromevsvp8 жыл бұрын

    Man, Wolverine's really aged. However, his views on geo-politics are still incredibly nuanced and articulate.

  • @robertpirsig5011
    @robertpirsig50117 жыл бұрын

    This is a brillant talk. One of the most informative talks ive ever listen to.

  • @uttaradit2
    @uttaradit28 жыл бұрын

    Usual Chomskian brilliance.

  • @untitledundefined
    @untitledundefined8 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful human being.

  • @calvinrongers818

    @calvinrongers818

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Social Engineer Wait, you have sex in coffee shops? Weird. I go to coffee shops for coffee, myself.

  • @zabzec1500
    @zabzec15008 жыл бұрын

    A champion of the human race, for peace and truth.

  • @ArchaeoMyth

    @ArchaeoMyth

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bob Walsh contributing to the destruction of American power is a worthwhile pursuit.

  • @ArchaeoMyth

    @ArchaeoMyth

    8 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky advocates the cooperative economy, like it or not, it's the future. It will be a much fairer economy than what we have now.

  • @berniesandersenespanol154

    @berniesandersenespanol154

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Archaeo Myth That's called socialism btw。

  • @ArchaeoMyth

    @ArchaeoMyth

    8 жыл бұрын

    BernieSandersenEspañol The brand name isn't important, but yes, Sanders advocates cooperative enterprises and whatever the name, it's alright with me :)

  • @lizannenewman3029

    @lizannenewman3029

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Archaeo Myth The present corporate economy (Global) will not be over-thrown. It may implode again, a certainty... and is expected as a phenomena as natural as breathing. It is all dependent and according to the "Bubillian" ethos (my definition :) that takes delight in it's contempt for even the "inevitable workings of Nature itself"...one of the few absolutes it cannot control. Waiting for the collapse of the corporate state in order to form a "cooperative economy" is naive and dangerous. Have a plan. Drop out. You will seek out those like minded and they will seek for you. Go to Burning Man. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding that something." Upton Sinclair

  • @heliosasclepius1153
    @heliosasclepius11538 жыл бұрын

    It's always s pleasure listening to this exceptional man..

  • @galaxytraveler5779
    @galaxytraveler57798 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to Noam speak all day.

  • @billy-joes6851
    @billy-joes68518 жыл бұрын

    Like an angel with those wings . He's fucking boss there's just no doubt about it , I've heard this talk already I'm gonna listen to it again.

  • @billyworkman4204
    @billyworkman4204 Жыл бұрын

    Guy's like him are the last of the great conversations.

  • @nitayaklangchanee883
    @nitayaklangchanee8838 жыл бұрын

    A thrill to listen to him. May he live long and prosper, and may his talk trigger commonsenses in some leaders.

  • @JoelSRoberts
    @JoelSRoberts8 жыл бұрын

    As usual, another home run...

  • @tomj210
    @tomj2105 жыл бұрын

    "any questions?" *hands raise* "keeping in mind that i already explained about my hair"

  • @seantovey5447
    @seantovey54477 жыл бұрын

    i LOVE his hair in this!! :D

  • @patrikmiskovics1546
    @patrikmiskovics15468 жыл бұрын

    Noam is a treasure and the world doesn't deserve him.

  • @kylemichaelreaves
    @kylemichaelreaves8 жыл бұрын

    #HairGoals #IntellectualGoals

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.16057 жыл бұрын

    I feel happy that there are people who are far cleverer than myself!

  • @jasoncihlar
    @jasoncihlar8 жыл бұрын

    He's got a Princess Leia thing going with his hair.

  • @timdunk7278
    @timdunk72788 жыл бұрын

    Illuminating

  • @rhodanate9642
    @rhodanate96428 жыл бұрын

    Indeed a "Rebel without a Pause".

  • @tarun20592059
    @tarun205920598 жыл бұрын

    like the new (old) hairstyle.

  • @tarnopol

    @tarnopol

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tarun Gidwani It's a little Princess Leia: I presume his wife hasn't dragged him out for a haircut! Typically brilliant talk, of course.

  • @AlchemistTongueDrums

    @AlchemistTongueDrums

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tarun Gidwani Must have asked his barber to give him the Schopenhauer.

  • @nicholasmitchell8749

    @nicholasmitchell8749

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tarun Gidwani We you should call it the "Einstein" :)

  • @fartguy69

    @fartguy69

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tarun Gidwani total Gnome Hairstyle

  • @abombfletcher

    @abombfletcher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +fartguy69 Im just flipin thru my Interdimensional TV Box, Morty is just around the corner....freaking out!

  • @Whyoakdbi
    @Whyoakdbi8 жыл бұрын

    truth teller!

  • @benksy96
    @benksy968 жыл бұрын

    his hair looks epic here

  • @qazmko22
    @qazmko228 жыл бұрын

    That hair style though!

  • @CardinalThumb
    @CardinalThumb8 жыл бұрын

    "For nearly a hundred years The New School has had a long long history of intellectually questioning the dominant discourses..."

  • @ExJewAntiKhazarWesternAsian
    @ExJewAntiKhazarWesternAsian4 жыл бұрын

    Why there is no subtitle option for people whose their first language is not English?

  • @flemhawker9134
    @flemhawker91347 жыл бұрын

    Time for a trim Noam.

  • @kacperlemiesz
    @kacperlemiesz8 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know where I can find Orwell's essay that is mentioned by Chomsky in the beginning?

  • @NeXuzMotionzz
    @NeXuzMotionzz8 жыл бұрын

    I see that hairstyle may gain popularity in scholarly circles.

  • @RadioSnivins
    @RadioSnivins8 жыл бұрын

    Noam is testing us with his hair. I failed.

  • @Jorgeoswaldomartinez
    @Jorgeoswaldomartinez8 жыл бұрын

    flesh and blood super hero...

  • @darrenryan92
    @darrenryan928 жыл бұрын

    Just love listening to him

  • @skylark1772
    @skylark17728 жыл бұрын

    Happy Birthday Mr. Chomsky!

  • @Jorgeoswaldomartinez
    @Jorgeoswaldomartinez8 жыл бұрын

    Solidarity is one of those funny words. Solidarity of what: of complicity, of compassion? Money sent an channeled from rich countries to poor countries, for what purpose? Solidarity for solidarity? Compassion can be a funny word too if it is not well channelled through a positive action or availability.

  • @benswitzer4679
    @benswitzer46797 жыл бұрын

    7:23 for start

  • @mattgreeley7564
    @mattgreeley75646 жыл бұрын

    he has wolverine hair, love this guy!

  • @Nomammosway
    @Nomammosway8 жыл бұрын

    He is getting older, but the message still resides...

  • @GeniusisCommon
    @GeniusisCommon8 жыл бұрын

    Nothing less than #Genius #Geniusiscommon

  • @lavoisierhobbes1607
    @lavoisierhobbes16078 жыл бұрын

    Is he still doing talks? Where can I find info?

  • @shyguy778
    @shyguy7787 жыл бұрын

    Why isn't this man President?

  • @alb0zfinest

    @alb0zfinest

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because he's an Anarchist, and that would be a contradiction.

  • @christopheroehrli902

    @christopheroehrli902

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because of that hair

  • @markmacdonald7955

    @markmacdonald7955

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because to become President, you have to propagate and defend the views and interests of either the left or right wing of the Business Party of the United States.

  • @ManoharRaju88
    @ManoharRaju888 жыл бұрын

    yippee ki yay ye!!

  • @adamuppsala1931
    @adamuppsala19317 жыл бұрын

    what would the world look like today if he had been a US president a couple of terms before?

  • @Michael-ih2hl
    @Michael-ih2hl7 жыл бұрын

    My two biggest influences are Noam Chomsky and Adam Sandler.

  • @jjh2920
    @jjh29208 жыл бұрын

    i hold some views on the right and some on the left, but I find Chomsky flawless on international affairs and have yet to see anyone counter his points ans not just personally attacking him

  • @RetepOdaged
    @RetepOdaged8 жыл бұрын

    A true Rock star!

  • @FreekinEkin2
    @FreekinEkin25 жыл бұрын

    Noam Chomsky: the Doctor Neo Cortex Arc

  • @II-xd5ds
    @II-xd5ds7 жыл бұрын

    "Fuck it-- just give me the Flying Nimbus."

  • @namehear-say4279
    @namehear-say42795 жыл бұрын

    When I went there it was called The New School for Social Research. In full, the name change is unfortunate.

  • @RKDTOO
    @RKDTOO8 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know if Noam Chomsky provided a list of references for this speech?

  • @Muthaphuckka

    @Muthaphuckka

    8 жыл бұрын

    +RKD Grn does he ever?

  • @RKDTOO

    @RKDTOO

    8 жыл бұрын

    I don't know. I'm think he does we it come to his writings. I hoped that could be the case with a speech.

  • @JournJournSan

    @JournJournSan

    8 жыл бұрын

    +RKD Grn I bet you could email him asking for the sources. He typically responds to emails.

  • @Lowlitstudio
    @Lowlitstudio8 жыл бұрын

    HE GOES TO GEORGE WASHINTON'S BARBER

  • @Edsmustache
    @Edsmustache8 жыл бұрын

    I only wish I could have hair that cool.

  • @SCROTUMLORD
    @SCROTUMLORD8 жыл бұрын

    HOLY SHIT!!!! ..... HE IS FUCKING ROCKING A THUNDERCAT HAIR CUT!.... THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDERCATS ... HOOOOOO!............................................ noam chomsky-O.... LORD OF THE THUNDERCATS....

  • @majobr100
    @majobr1008 жыл бұрын

    Flying nun hairdo

  • @bnkundwa
    @bnkundwa Жыл бұрын

    I would like to study the language of dolphins. Thank you for facilitating.

  • @christopherrichardwadedett4100
    @christopherrichardwadedett41008 жыл бұрын

    I get fantastic medical care, because I'm rich and medical care is rationed by wealth. If you're rich, the system is working just right. The insurance companies, the health maintenance organizations, the pharmaceutical corporations are doing just great. Wealthy people are doing fine. If most of the population can't get decent medical care, that's not our problem. If health care costs are astronomical, too bad. NOAM CHOMSKY

  • @waspenterprise1

    @waspenterprise1

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Christopher Richard Wade Dettling D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G

  • @christopherrichardwadedett4100

    @christopherrichardwadedett4100

    8 жыл бұрын

    Why does Noam Chomsky say such things?

  • @S2Cents

    @S2Cents

    8 жыл бұрын

    Like Ron Paul says, just go to a charity hospital, haha, fucking American libertarians, they're funny.

  • @christopherrichardwadedett4100

    @christopherrichardwadedett4100

    8 жыл бұрын

    2cents share the message and dump the chump...

  • @sweetpeabrown261

    @sweetpeabrown261

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Christopher Richard Wade Dettling You know that he said that with sarcasm, right?

  • @not2tees
    @not2tees8 жыл бұрын

    A new wife, new hair - Go, Noam! Humans are living longer and longer, and they seem to soon be living long enough to start figuring their ways out of many ages-old prisons of the human mind. So be it. and more power to it.

  • @Cheefrocco
    @Cheefrocco8 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was wearing headphones!

  • @CC3GROUNDZERO
    @CC3GROUNDZERO8 жыл бұрын

    I'll bookmark and screencap this comment section and show it to anyone who says stuff like "if it's a female then it's all about her looks, men never get comments about their looks"

  • @billymackay9818
    @billymackay98184 жыл бұрын

    I'm worried Mr. NC is starting to resemble Grandpa from The Munsters.

  • @keeeir
    @keeeir6 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky is turning into Gary Oldman from Dracula

  • @noahpetersen1248
    @noahpetersen12487 жыл бұрын

    For some reason I expected Noam to sound like Werner Herzog.

  • @grod4L
    @grod4L8 жыл бұрын

    Noam Chomsky serving Krusty the clown realness

  • @jaybone23
    @jaybone238 жыл бұрын

    Don't get me wrong, I admire Chomsky greatly, but his hair in this video makes him look like Grandpa Munster.

  • @alexandrakesser9313

    @alexandrakesser9313

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is that of any importance?

  • @dararohan1209
    @dararohan12098 жыл бұрын

    His head looks like piece of popcorn with that hair.

  • @simpletrixnonsense946
    @simpletrixnonsense9466 жыл бұрын

    I hope Chomsky doesn’t read the comments for his recent lectures, because people talk a lot about him dying soon...

  • @waindayoungthain2147
    @waindayoungthain2147 Жыл бұрын

    My Respect for you, Father if I was No Ambition or the school of philosophy and science would not allow me in free will nor to confront please, it’s not about the problems it’s their jobs 🙏🏻. Please advise me .

  • @epicwhat001
    @epicwhat0018 жыл бұрын

    Is Noam Chomsky the Chomsky that described Chomsky Normal Form ?

  • @grandvizier388
    @grandvizier3888 жыл бұрын

    Great talk, I agree with everything except for his answer to the question about the Syrian civil war. The US has a major interest in the war and pursued a specific strategy right from the beginning. He is such a fan of declassified documents, but he hasn't read the DOD-document from 2012 speaking of "the caliphate" as a "big chance" in the fight against Assad.

  • @antonnguyen9870
    @antonnguyen98708 жыл бұрын

    CHOMSKY FOR PRESIDENT 2016 !!!!

  • @PoviIas
    @PoviIas7 жыл бұрын

    Krusty, is that you?

  • @coreythurman4805
    @coreythurman48057 жыл бұрын

    Is that jerry curl

  • @joebloggs3366
    @joebloggs33668 жыл бұрын

    Why is he not the leader of the world

  • @manuelodabashian
    @manuelodabashian7 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what Noam chomsky's opinion is about Tesla and what the us government took from him. Would he agree that an incoming president should release the documents found?

  • @bjc215

    @bjc215

    7 жыл бұрын

    ..do you know the story of Tesla? ..immigrated from former Austro-Hungarian empire..worked briefly for Edison.. Made a small fortune working with George Westinghouse.. AGREED TO TEAR UP HIS CONTRACT WITH WESTINGHOUSE.. otherwise Edison would have rolled over Westinghouse.. He SQUANDERED EVERY DOLLAR HE HAD and, George Westinghouse paid his rent..remaining his only friend at the end when everyone else quit giving a fuck about his ideas.. and Chomsky does talk about GE and Westinghouse.. I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'the government took from him.' Maybe there is something I'm unaware of.. However, I believe GE and Westinghouse got the big payoff..as demonstrated the actual story..

  • @harryf2705

    @harryf2705

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tesla was a bit loony. Maybe a lot loony but still a genius. Chomsky is just plain loony.

  • @Roodar

    @Roodar

    7 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @edwardschneider7035
    @edwardschneider70358 жыл бұрын

    nice hair

  • @greatsea
    @greatsea8 жыл бұрын

    Never has brilliance and naivety been combined so completely in one man.

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy29628 жыл бұрын

    I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN I ASK......WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO NOAMS HAIR

  • @Demention94
    @Demention948 жыл бұрын

    Yeah..we know that Noam. But what about the hair? The hair Noam!

  • @annebastian6506
    @annebastian65068 жыл бұрын

    Woooow - what a hair-do!? Is the guy INSANE now?

  • @buckocrooks
    @buckocrooks8 жыл бұрын

    excellent talk. bully. also, sex and the city ringtones?

  • @hipsabad
    @hipsabad8 жыл бұрын

    Wolverine's dad?

  • @erikl3508
    @erikl35086 жыл бұрын

    Noam looking like Wolverine

  • @sharifhhh
    @sharifhhh8 жыл бұрын

    x men wolverine!

  • @madryborys4052
    @madryborys40525 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky a real think er of 21 st century

  • @nishanth-saka
    @nishanth-saka8 жыл бұрын

    Actual speech starts at 7:21 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZOMl8WzfbmxhJs.htmlm21s

  • @neobourgeoischristum5540
    @neobourgeoischristum55408 жыл бұрын

    Kindness kills too. Noam has the same narrow perspective as those he critiques.

  • @Abdced
    @Abdced8 жыл бұрын

    One, in no way unimportant factor in the middle east, currently Syria, that Noam never mentions can be explained in one word; pipelines.. Why? Maybe it is just a 'conspiracy theory' that the whole geo-political game, at the end of the day, is all about maintaining the petro-dollar dominance? I do respect Noam, he partly got me into reading literature of significance, but why does he systematically leave out certain subjects and perspectives? Anyone with a more sane view on this than saying he is some kind of asset for the economic powers that be, being the banks.

  • @alexandershaduri1984

    @alexandershaduri1984

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think protecting national interests, whatever they may be, is not Chomsky's objection. It has been going on for ages and will not go away no matter what you do, that's human nature. What he's saying in my opinion is that means to that end that are currently employed are hideous and should be changed.

  • @fonkvenco2278

    @fonkvenco2278

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Klas K He does talk pipelines sometimes, e.g. here at the UN (/watch?v=MZdZSOZIb6c). Even in this video around 23:00 he mentions "'using military power to ensure access to key markets, energy supplies and strategic resources" which is a broader way of putting it, that includes pipelines, oil & gas, and broader things. Pipelines are one thing in the Syrian conflict, yes, but this is just one aspect. There are also bigger stakes at play. The Syrian civil war is a manifestation of a broader conflict between two systems in the M-E that's been going on since the 1980''s: the US-Saudi-GCC-Turkey etc system of alliance and a coalition of "disobedient nations" and movements led by Iran, along with Syria, Qaddafi, Lebanese Hezbollah + Christians, the Palestinians, the Houthis in Yemen... The Saudi invasion of Bahrain a few years back and now of Yemen are also manifestations of that same rift, as is the horrific jihadist campaign against Syria (err, "moderate rebellion"!). This is by the way not a Sunni-Shia conflict as everybody has been saying but a struggle between two geopolitical blocs with opposite interests. Most of the local Sunni population generally loathes the Saudi regime, which is seen extremist and hypocritical, and has more sympathy with the pro-Iran side. However, in order to garter support, Saudi Arabia has been peddling an insane narrative that it's not a question of imperialism but purely a sectarian problem and it's been fairly successful in flaring up sectarian hatred. Have you read Nafeez Ahmed'' book "The War on Freedom"? If you're into the pipeline stuff you'll love this, lots of detailed information in there (regarding Afghanistan not Syria). But I say do take with a grain of salt cos IMO which way the pipelines are going to go are one aspect but thinking it's the end-all is a very simplistic explanation. With the pipeline projects for Syria, the result of the civil war is that neither rival project has seen the day and won't for a long time to come. So clearly rushing up the US-Qatari pipe plan certainly couldn't have been the one objective of the whole thing. Unless they like shooting themselves in the feet. Same thing for the pipeline they were negociating with the Taliban for and then supposedly invaded Afghanistan for: never seen the day either... Hope it helps...

  • @joebloggs3366
    @joebloggs33668 жыл бұрын

    The American Empire

  • @aiteipify
    @aiteipify8 жыл бұрын

    mistake at 34:18 "elements" should be "enemies". It is unlikely Iran would leak nukes to Jihadists because they are its mortal ENEMIES. And oh, yes of course: hair!

  • @jfl8561
    @jfl85616 жыл бұрын

    Noam Chomsky & Terence McKenna for prez