6000+ People showed up for a lightly publicised Noam Chomsky Talk tonight

[DUreader]

All ages , blew my mind, the size of the crowd.

11,000 seat O-dome well over half full.

One thing we noticed, as internet news trawlers, was that nothing Noam

said was new to us, kudos to DU,Narco News, Guardian, Indymedia, Pacifica

and Democracy Now and many more.


You should have seen the crowd in two long lines waiting to go thru

security. Warmed my heart.

[leesa]

1. Great news. Thanks for posting that.

[tlcandie]

2. This is great! this was in Gainesville, Florida right?

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[DUreader]

4. G-town it was

[sally343434]

3. Chomsky has always been very popular.

Chomsky's appearances are always sold out. He is booked years in advance!

[Pastiche423]

5. Great news!

Some day I hope to see him.

[moof]

6. Noam, You da Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[creativelcro]

7. NOT

[Greyskye]

13. Care to elaborate?

[peekaloo]

8. Outstanding!

I was driving through Gainesville recently and while fiddling with the FM radio was dismayed to hear a couple o' right wing cretins spewing the usual BS.......thanks for posting this info!

[Native]

9. Heard about it on WMNF

Glad to hear there were 6000+ attending. Florida is not exactly a hotbed of liberal ideals.

[Padraig18]

10. I saw him at ISU

2 weeks ago, he spoke to a packed house at ISU. He's impressive, although I didn't agree with everything he had to say.

[Terwilliger]

11. the only person who tells it like it is

despite some views to the contrary, it would seem

[IrateCitizen]

12. That's only natural when dealing with truths...

that so directly challenge the multitude of lies that many have been conditioned to believe as the truth.

While I may not agree with all of Chomsky's conclusions, I find his study of basic power relationships to be indispensible. No wonder he is so censored by the mainstream here in the US. Lots of people know who he is in Canada and Europe, because their media is not corporate-controlled.

[CWebster]

14. Waited in line to see him at the U of Penn last year

The man has more capacity to bear the complicated burden of reality than anyone else is capable of. That is one strong individual.