Noam Chomsky Books

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Can anybody recommend some good Chomsky books on anarcho-syndicalism? I wanna learn more about this guy as I've seen a couple of his speeches but considering he has authored over 100 books I have no idea where to start.

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-Noam Chomsky
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Choose one.

Him on animal rights is particularly terrible, as well as some shit he says regarding language (which he is supposed to be awesome at, but the thing I'm referring to was straight up dumb).

Overall I find him to be a pretty boring and not a very good anarchist.

[Bala Perdida]

I just got Noam Chomsky On Anarchism, it's a newer release. I've read Hegemony or Survival (the book Hugo Chavez recommended at the U.N.) it's on U.S. foreign policy. I found that one good at bringing to light the crimes committed and hypocrisy of the U.S. if your interested in that.

[Sabot Cat]

I recommend Manufacturing Consent, a book he co-authored that outlines the propaganda model of mass media.

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

I recommend Manufacturing Consent, a book he co-authored that outlines the propaganda model of mass media.

Second this. The recent activities of the corporate-owned media in the last few years have shown just how right Chomsky and Herman really were.

[JPSartre12]

If you're interested in his foreign policy, then I'd say that Failed States is good, as is Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empires, and Resistance. Any of the books from his American Empire Project book collection are great.

Notes on Anarchism is a decent essay, as is the Relevance of Anarcho-Syndicalism and Anarchism, Marxism, and Hope for the Future.

You can find a collection of articles that he's written archived at his website at http://www.chomsky.info/articles.htm.

If you're able to speak both French and English, I'd recommend watching his debate with Michel Foucault ("Power" vs "Justice"). You can watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfNl2L0Gf8 or buy a translated copy of it from whatever book store sells Chomsky books in your town (Barnes and Noble's is the only place in mine that does).

I didn't think Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship was one of his better works, but it's worth reading.

And if you're looking for stuff on his works in psychology and linguistics, try his A Review of B.F. Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" and Introduction to "the Minimalist Program" and Language in the Brain.

There is also dozens of videos on YouTube wherein he's being interviewed, giving a lecture, etc. It doesn't hurt to just watch him speak to try and get a feel for him.