Democracy and Education in the 21st Century and Beyond: An Interview With Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky (Photo: Andrew Rusk)

By Dan Falcone and Saul Isaacson, Truthout | Interview-Thursday, 09 October 2014 10:46

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History teacher Dan Falcone and English teacher Saul Isaacson spoke with Noam Chomsky in his Cambridge office on September 16, 2014, about education and indoctrination, the 1960s, the Powell memorandum, democracy, the creation of ISIS, the media and the way "capitalism" actually works in the United States.

Dan Falcone: We're in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with Professor Noam Chomsky. I am Dan Falcone with Saul Isaacson, and this is actually the third time I've visited you. So I wanted to thank you for that. And since I am a teacher, I wanted to start off by continuing on the themes of 

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