Chomsky

Chomsky slams Erdogan as Turkey detains anti-war academics

Published by B92 on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 12:51

Prominent U.S. philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky has strongly criticized Turkish President Recep Erdogan for the military operation against Kurds.

Erdogan said Chomsky, who along with 1,128 Turkish and foreign academics from 89 universities signed an open letter protesting against Turkey's attacks on Kurdish areas, as being "in the dark" and displaying "colonialist mentality."

Chomsky: EU reaction to Greek bid to reverse austerity was 'extremely savage'

Published by Kathimerini on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 14:53

The American left-wing philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky has said that the European Union's reaction to the new Greek government's bid to roll back austerity policies in the debt-hit country was ?extremely savage,? while warning of a far-right backlash.

?The reaction to SYRIZA was extremely savage,? Chomsky said in an interview with Democracy Now! on Tuesday.