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NOAM CHOMSKY

POWERS AND

PROSPECTS

Reflections on Human

Nature and the

Social Order

ESSENTIAL CLASSICS IN POLITICS : NOAM CHOMSKY

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Powers and

Prospects

Reflections on Human Nature

and the Social Order

NOAM CHOMSKY

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First published in the United Kingdom 1996 by Pluto Press

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Classics in Politics: Powers and Prospects Noam Chomsky

Foreword

by Agio Pereira

rofessor Noam Chomsky is not a single issue activist. His range of

influence transcends the boundaries of campaigns for social

justice and self-determination, the field in which the East

Timorese have been forced by war to learn and to become specialists.

It was with great honour that a small team embraced the gigantic role

of coordinating the visit of Professor Chomsky to Australia in January

1995. Gigantic, not only because it was the first visit to Australia from a

man with the stature of Professor Chomsky, but also because of the

timing of the visit itself—it took place in the usual period of ‘summer

holidays’ of the mainstream Australian media. It also coincided with the

visits of Pope John Paul II and the visit of the Microsoft tycoon, Bill

Gates—you could say Chomsky completed the trinity

The consolation for us was that, at an early stage, it was clear that

the focus of Professor Chomsky’s visit to Australia was to be the issue of

East Timor. It was therefore a litmus test for the support the Australian

people have been lending to the 20-year-old struggle of the Timorese

people to conquer their piece of freedom.

Having a controversial person like Noam Chomsky in Australia

associated with yet another controversial issue such as East Timor, no

one could foresee exactly how everything was going to play out. There

were many people speculating about possible outcomes, but a clear

picture was far off from even the most experienced organisers of public

Classics in Politics: Powers and Prospects Noam Chomsky

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