World in Peril, Chomsky tells overflow crowd

[katty]

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http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/NEWS01/603050342/1006

World in peril, Chomsky tells overflow crowd

REBECCA TOWNS / Press & Sun-Bulletin

Linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky addresses hundreds Saturday in Osterhout Concert Theater at Binghamton University in Vestal during his presentation, "Imminent crises: Paths toward solutions."

By Brian Liberatore
Press & Sun-Bulletin
VESTAL - There are dire consequences to the current direction of the U.S. foreign policy, said Noam Chomsky in a speech Saturday at Binghamton University. Among those consequences, he said, is a nuclear Armageddon.

"Under the current U.S. policies, a nuclear exchange is inevitable," the 77-year-old MIT professor said in his presentation, "Imminent Crises: Paths Toward Solutions." He spoke to an over-capacity crowd in BU's Osterhout Concert Theater.

Chomsky cited nuclear proliferation and environmental collapse as the two greatest crises that "literally threaten survival."

Since the 1960s Chomsky, a widely acclaimed professor of linguistics, has crusaded against political contradiction, nuclear proliferation and Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

[bpilgrim]

1. I guess it's not just all in our heads

"Under the current U.S. policies, a nuclear exchange is inevitable," the 77-year-old MIT professor

peace

[katty]

2. certainly not with bush/cheney/rummy/bolton

[Terran1212]

3. How does Chomsky get such huge crowds -- when he's shut out of US media?

I don't know how he does it!

[mwb970]

4. Being right a lot helps. (n/t)

[Terran1212]

7. : )

[katty]

5. a necessary talk-i posted this yesterday aswell

[Uncle Joe]

6. Remember kids to duck and cover,

if nothing else use a newspaper to cover your self in case of nuclear explosion. This will not protect you from the fire ball or radioactive fall out, but at least you can have comfort in knowing you took a little piece of the corpwhorate owned MSM with you.

[Raydawg1234]

8. Is a copy of the speech available on the net?

[Clara T]

9. kick media embargo in the head