[lbo-talk] Noam Chomsky is losing it

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 28 10:37:30 PDT 2011


On 9/28/2011 1:25 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:


> He actively opposes the aspirations of the Palestinian people

http://www.kabobfest.com/2010/04/noam-chomsky-endorses-berkeley-divestment.html


> Noam Chomsky endorses Berkeley divestment
>
> BY YAMAN ⋅ APRIL 13, 2010 ⋅ POST A COMMENT
> Letter to the ASUC Senate in support of SB 118A, the divestment bill
>
> I would like to express my support and appreciation for the principled
> statement of the ASUC Senate calling for divestment from US
> corporations providing military technology for Israel to use in the
> occupied territories and in its past and possibly future invasions of
> Lebanon. Amnesty International has gone further, calling for a full
> arms embargo during Israel’s murderous attack on Gaza in January 2009,
> with pretexts that do not withstand a moment’s scrutiny, one of the
> most egregious of recent US-backed Israeli crimes.
>
> There can be no question about the right, in fact responsibility, of
> students to express their concerns about official actions of their
> university, and to call on university authorities to refrain from
> improper actions — in this case, indirect participation in ongoing
> crimes. The statement appropriately focuses on our own
> responsibilities: on our own actions — or inaction — and their
> consequences. That much is hardly more than moral truism. In the
> present case, the decision goes beyond moral truism: the US plays a
> decisive role in implementing illegal Israeli takeover of occupied
> territories, harsh repression, violence and aggression. It is our
> responsibility to do what we can to act ourselves, and to mobilize
> others, to change the US government policies that foster serious
> crimes and bar the path to peaceful diplomatic settlement. Terminating
> support for US corporations that participate in US-backed Israeli
> crimes is a significant step towards this end, both in its policy and
> educational implications.
>
> Noam Chomsky
> Lexington, MA



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