Matt on Instagram :
“Optimism Over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change” by #NoamChomsky # My brother got this for me for Christmas and this is the first book I’ve read by Noam Chomsky, who is widely viewed as one of the most important and brilliant intellectuals of our time. The book is a compilation of interviews including a wide range of subjects and centering the complicity of the United States in many atrocities here and abroad. As one of the quotes outlined in the book says about a U.S. conducted international poll, “…world opinion regarded the United States as the as by far the leading threat to world peace, no one even close.” # From making the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the ensuing violence against Palestinian civilians possible with U.S. support, to the murder of civilians by U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries, to the U.S. policy of undermining democratic elections when it does not serve our needs, there is a great breadth of information on many topics that are important for us to know about. And truths which those of us who care for justice will need to critically examine no matter who president of the U.S. empire. #OptimismOverDespair # My Booklist: bit.ly/mcgreads #mcgreads”
