imperialism, 1–33
saltwater fallacy, 3–4
terminology, 3
India, 7, 9, 10–11, 17–23, 38, 50, 51, 107, 164
Bhopal explosion, 174
British rule, 20
-China relations, 20–22
economic growth, 7, 10–11, 20–23
-Israel relations, 20, 21
natural resources, 17–20
neoliberalism and, 19–22
TAPI pipeline and, 17–18
-U.S. relations, 20–22
war, 20
indignados, 47
Indonesia, 17
intellectual culture, 79, 81, 104–6, 141
intellectual property rights, 107–8
International Energy Association (IEA), 121–22
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 47
International Organization for a Participatory Society, 171
international relations (IR) theory, 8, 63
Internet, 105–13
security, 107–13
iPhone, 145–46
Iran, 18, 60, 62, 63, 90–91, 93, 95–98, 111, 112, 114
nuclear threat, 112
TAPI pipeline and, 18
Iran-Iraq War, 97
Iraq, 16–17, 21, 60, 61
Kurds, 95–96
nationalism, 55–56
U.S. war in, 16–17, 55–56, 62–63, 114–16
Islam, 60
political, 49, 61
radical, 61, 100
Israel, 20, 21, 96, 112
-India relations, 20, 21
-Lebanon relations, 63
Palestinian conflict, 46
-Turkey relations, 92–94
-U.S. relations, 21
Jacob, François, 129
James, William, 130
Japan, 5, 8, 58, 131, 139
Jefferson, Thomas, 3, 172
job creation, 76, 87
Kagan, Elena, 70
Karachi, 22
Keller, Bill, 144
Keller, Helen, 134, 135
Kennan, George, 57
Kennedy, John F., 2–3
Vietnam policy, 2–3, 97
Khadr, Omar, 72–73
King, Martin Luther, 30–31, 66, 105
Klein, Naomi, 123, 124
Kurds, 21, 89–92, 95–96
labor, 38, 81, 87, 169
anti-labor movements, 40
Arab Spring, 44–55, 60–64, 67
Chinese, 9–10, 11–12
collective bargaining, 40–41
demonstrations and strikes, 29, 33, 35, 40–43, 68, 120, 146
Depression-era, 23, 40, 67–68
global, 9–12, 76–77, 169–70
organized, 23–25, 39–41, 67–68, 147, 171
rustbelt, 11–12
solidarity, 39–41
unemployment, 22–23, 38, 66, 76
unions, 24–26, 33, 39–41, 68, 79, 147, 171
language, 126–42
biological acquisition of, 129–36
culture and, 138–40
sensory deprivation and, 134–35
similarity of, 140–41
study of, 137–38, 142
universal grammar, 126–59
Latin America, 4–7, 22, 61, 160–62, 164
drugs, 160–62
integration of, 6–7, 47, 161
U.S. military bases in, 6–7
Laxness, Halldór, 106
Lebanon, 63
Lee, Ching Kwan, 11
Left, 23, 25, 32–33, 59, 117, 147, 149, 150, 151
student, 73–74
Left Forum, 25, 27, 33
libertarianism, 157, 158, 163
Libya, 50–54, 91
no-fly zone, 50–52
Lippmann, Walter, 81
Madison, James, 84, 85
Magna Carta, 59, 72, 116
Mandela, Nelson, 71
Manning, Bradley, 113, 114
Marcos, Ferdinand, 17
market system, 80–81
Marx, Karl, 173, 175
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13, 37, 105, 122, 134, 136, 149
mathematics, 137, 138
McCain, John, 103
McCarthyism, 24
McKiernan, Kevin, 95
media, 32, 66, 150, 151
mental slavery, 34–35, 101–25
Mexico, 11, 152–53, 162, 175
Middle East, 17, 44–64, 89–100, 111
Arab Spring, 44–55, 60–64, 67, 112–13, 168
oil, 21, 49–55
Turkish-Israeli relations, 92–94
uprisings, 44–64
military, 5, 98
Arab Spring, 44–55, 60–64
detention, 70–73
police, 119–20
U.S. bases in Latin America, 6–7
Mobutu Sese Seko, 17
Mondragon, 171
Montgomery, David, The Fall of the House of Labor, 23
Morgenthau, Hans, 63–64
The Purpose of American Politics, 64
Morocco, 46
Mubarak, Hosni, 45, 47, 62
Nader, Ralph, 150
NAFTA, 163, 175
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 61
National Defense Authorization Act, 70
Native Americans, 22
natural gas, 17–18, 164–65
natural resources, 17–22, 164–65
Navy, U.S., 6–7, 14, 52, 116
Nazism, 28–29, 115–16
New Deal, 23, 82
New York, 67, 100, 166
New York Times, 60, 81, 89–91, 124, 144–45, 160
Ngo Dinh Diem, 2, 3
Ngo Dinh Nhu, 2, 3
Nicaragua, 7
9/11 attacks, 14, 15–16, 139
Nixon, Richard, 125, 150
No Child Left Behind, 153
Non-Proliferation Treaty, 18
North Africa, 46–48, 57, 60
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 50, 51, 91, 92
Norway, 115
nuclear weapons, 97, 98, 100, 110, 112, 176
Nuremberg Trials, 115–16
Nystrom, Paul, 36
Obama, Barack, 7, 33, 63, 90–91, 93, 110, 111, 114, 153, 162, 164
Afghanistan War and, 14–15
civil liberties and, 70–73
Libya and, 51–52
organized labor and, 41–42
2008 election, 102–3
Obamacare, 124
Occupy movements, 47, 65–69, 74–77, 118–21, 146, 168, 177
oil, 21, 22, 49–55, 124
Orwell, George, 19, 97
Pakistan, 16, 17, 22, 61, 98–100, 110
drone attacks on, 18–19, 98–99
nuclear industry, 98–100, 110
TAPI pipeline and, 18
Palestine, 46, 72
-Israel conflict, 46
Palmer raids, 68
Pamuk, Orhan, 91
Panama, 7
Panetta, Leon, 114
Pashtuns, 99
Patterson, Anne W., 99, 110
Paul, Rand, 157, 162, 163
Paul, Ron, 75, 124–25, 157, 163
pensions, 12, 22, 24, 26
Peres, Shimon, 93
Peshawar, 16
pharmaceutical companies, 107–8
Philippines, 4, 17
Pinochet, Augusto, 61
piracy, 107–8
political Islam, 49, 61
Political Science Quarterly, 82
police repression, 119–20
politics, 32, 41, 57, 59, 121, 142–45, 171
electoral, 102–3, 117–19
labor demonstrations and, 41–43
poverty, 6, 66, 82, 84
Powell, Lewis, 150–51
Powell memorandum, 150–51
power systems, 34–35, 69
aristocrats and democrats, 160–78
chains of submission and subservience, 34–43
global shift, 5–13, 58, 76–77
language and education, 126–59
mental slavery, 101–25
new American imperialism, 1–33
uprisings, 44–64
privatization, 11, 38, 39, 40, 156–57, 167
Progressive Labor (PL), 73
propaganda system, 35–40, 66, 80, 82, 102, 119, 122–24
property rights, 84, 85
public, power of the, 78–81
public education, 37–39, 147–48, 153–56, 166–68
public relations, 35, 79–81, 102–3
Qasim, Abd al-Karim, 61
Race to the Top, 153
racism, 3, 31, 92
Ravitch, Diane, 154
Reagan, Ronald, 62, 71, 82, 95, 99
recession, 23, 48, 86–89
Red Scare, 23, 68, 120
Reich, Robert, 170, 172
Reilly, John, 122
Republican Party, 41, 57, 75, 76, 124, 125
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 72
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 115
Right, 23, 32, 150–51
Riyadh, 52
Romney, Mitt, 57–58, 75
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 14, 23, 54
Roy, Arundhati, 22, 29, 31
Russia, 17–18, 20, 50, 61, 98, 102, 145
rustbelt, 11–12
Saharawi movement, 46
saltwater fallacy, 3–4
Saudi Arabia, 21, 49, 52, 61, 99, 111, 144
science, 142–43, 144
education, 154–55
modern, 143
sectarianism, 73–74
Seib, Gerald, 54
self-destruction, 42–43
Senate, U.S., 63, 85
sensory deprivation, 134–35
Shiites, 52–53
Singh, Manmohan, 19
Sino-Indian War, 20
slavery, 3, 34, 36, 51
end of, 34, 35, 36
mental, 34–35, 101–25
Slim, Carlos, 11
Smith, Adam, 8–9
social Darwinism, 157
social media, 105, 107, 145–47
Social Security, 39, 156–57
solidarity, 38–41, 146–47, 159
South Africa, 21, 50–51
apartheid, 71
South America, 6, 7, 57, 60, 161
Southeast Asia, 4, 60
South Korea, 9, 17
Spain, 4, 6, 33, 87
sports, college, 154–55
Stack, Joseph, 25–26, 29
Stalin, Joseph, 61
Stohl, Bev, 105
Stop Online Piracy Act, 107
strategic hamlets, 2
student activism, 73–74
submission and subservience, chains of, 34–43
Summit of the Americas (2012), 160–61
sunbelt, 11, 12
Sunnis, 52–53
Supreme Court, U.S., 70, 150
Buckley v. Valeo, 175
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 173–74
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 70–71
Syria, 63, 95, 106
Taft-Hartley bill, 40
Taiwan, 9, 21, 169
Taliban, 15–16, 98, 100
taxes, 38, 75–76, 82, 159
cuts, 41–42
Tobin, 76
Tea Party movement, 28
technology, 9, 145–46
television, 67, 102
terrorism, 14, 21, 96, 109, 114, 139
against Kurds, 89–92
9/11 attacks, 14–16, 139
theory of mind, 132
Tobin, James, 76
Tobin tax, 76
torture, 37, 89, 92, 109, 145
totalitarianism, 64, 79, 158
trade, 9, 87–88
deficit, 9
Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI), 17–18
Trilateral Commission report, 150, 151
Truman, Harry S., 24
Tunisia, 44–45, 48–49, 53, 67, 112–13
Turkey, 51, 89–94
human rights violations, 89–92
-Israel relations, 92–94
Kurds, 89–92
Turkmenistan, 17
Twitter, 105, 145
UNASUR, 161
unemployment, 22–23, 38, 66, 76
United Arab Emirates, 8, 15, 49
United Auto Workers, 25
United Nations, 46, 50–52, 115, 162, 163
universal genome, 129
universal grammar, 126–29
universities, 150–53, 165–68
corporatization of, 152, 167–68
sports, 165–66
uprisings, 44–64
Arab Spring, 44–55, 60–64, 67, 112–13, 168
Egypt, 44–49, 60–64
Libya, 50–54
Vietnam War, 1–3, 15, 31, 64, 97
visual system, 141
voting, 81, 84, 117–18
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 77
Wall Street Journal, 54, 169
Walmart, 9
war, 13–18, 20
crimes, 114–17
Warfalla, 50
Washington, George, 3
Weathermen, 74
Weimar Republic, 25, 27–29
Weisskopf, Victor, 149, 154
welfare, 82–83, 84, 87
Western Sahara, 46
“When Elites Fail” (Chomsky), 22
Wiesel, Elie, 94
WikiLeaks, 99, 107–13
Wilson, Woodrow, 13, 23
Wisconsin, labor demonstrations in, 40–43
Wolf, Martin, 78
Wolff, Richard, 88
women’s rights, 79, 150, 177
World Bank, 47
World Trade Organization, 107
World War II, 5, 7, 56, 57, 115–16
Yemen, 49, 114
Yglesias, Matthew, 59, 63
YouTube, 104
Zaire, 17
Zinn, Howard, 1, 22, 78
About the Authors
NOAM CHOMSKY is the author of numerous best-selling political works, including Hegemony or Survival and Failed States. A professor of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.
DAVID BARSAMIAN, director of the award-winning and widely syndicated Alternative Radio (www.alternativeradio.org), is the winner of the Lannan Foundation’s Cultural Freedom Fellowship and the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism. Barsamian lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Chomsky and Barsamian have collaborated on two previous books for the American Empire Project: Imperial Ambitions and What We Say Goes.
The American Empire Project
In an era of unprecedented military strength, leaders of the United States, the global hyperpower, have increasingly embraced imperial ambitions. How did this significant shift in purpose and policy come about? And what lies down the road?
The American Empire Project is a response to the changes that have occurred in American’s strategic thinking as well as in its military and economic posture. Empire, long considered an offense against America’s democratic heritage, now threatens to define the relationship between our country and the rest of the world. The American Empire Project publishes books that question this development, examine the origins of U.S. imperial aspirations, analyze their ramifications at home and abroad, and discuss alternatives to this dangerous trend.
The project was conceived by Tom Engelhardt and Steve Fraser, editors who are themselves historians and writers. Published by Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, its titles include Hegemony or Survival and Failed States by Noam Chomsky, The Limits of Power and Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich, Blood and Oil by Michael T. Klare, A Question of Torture by Alfred McCoy, A People’s History of American Empire by Howard Zinn, and Empire’s Workshop by Greg Grandin.
For more information about the American Empire Project and for a list of forthcoming titles, please visit americanempireproject.com.
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