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  1. After the Cataclysm
    Postwar Indochina & the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (The Political Economy of Human Right:s)
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
  2. American Power and the New Mandarins
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1969
  3. America’s War in Indochina
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1971
    There is no special reason for America’s intervention in Indochina, apart from her general policy of intervening anywhere in the world in order to prevent political and social changes that would be detrimental to the so-called ‘free world,” and particularly to the power which dominates it.
  4. Bordering On Aggression
    Evidence of U.S. Military Preparations Against Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
  5. Boycott America: Are You Ready to Take On a Lone-Gun Superpower?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Hit the superpower with a boycott the whole world can see, and that American power can really feel.
  6. Bush Fights For Another Clean Shot In The War
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The perversity of Bush’s agenda.
  7. A Century Later
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1998
    The year 1898 was a turning point for the American Republic in terms of boundary and economic establishment. Chomsky moves through the next 100 years during which America increasingly became involved in affairs outside of its borders.
  8. Chomsky.Info 
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
  9. Close the 49th Parallel Etc
    The Americanization of Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970
  10. The Corporations and the State
    Essays in the Theory of Capitalism and Imperialism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1974
  11. Council of Canadians
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Promoting economic justicem safeguarding social programs, renewing democratization, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving the environment.
  12. Counterpunch
    Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Progressive U.S. newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
  13. Covert Action Quarterly on the Web
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Hard-hitting investigative features and analyses from the radical U.S. magazine.
  14. Cuba 1959 to 1980s
    The Unforgivable Revolution
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1995
    An account of the CIA's continuing covert war against Cuba.
  15. Cuba's Invasion Fears
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    There is nothing irrational about Cuba's fears of being invaded by the United States.
  16. The Culture of Terrorism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
    Chomsky argues that the United States elites are dedicated to the rule of force, and that their commitment to violence and lawlessness has to be masked by an ideological system which attempts to control and limit the domestic damage done when the mask occasionally slips.
  17. Deterring Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
  18. Dilemmas of Domination
    The Unmaking of the American Empire
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2005
    A clear and prophetic examination which reveals a not-too-distant future in which the American empire's hidden weaknesses will yield fatal challenges to American supremacy.
  19. Does The US Military Want To Kill Journalists
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2003
    Are the killings of journalists by the U.S. merely accidents, or are they deliberate?
  20. Double Standards
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Focusing on double standards in the media and in international politics. "Double Standard 1. a rule or principle applied more strictly to some people more than others (or oneself)."
  21. Ecuador 1960-1963
    A Textbook of Dirty Tricks
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1995
    An account of the CIA-backed coups in Ecuador of 1960-1963.
  22. The Empire and Ourselves
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1986
    Chomsky begins by asking why America's interest in a nation occurs when it does: why discuss Central America now and not 10 years ago? And why the concern with Central America over Haiti? He continues by exploring several instances in which the reasons of US involvement seem to be rooted in self-interest as opposed to strictly regional needs.
  23. 50 Years of Bretton Woods Institutions
    Enough
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1994
    This is an analysis of the IMF and World Bank's policies since its inception 50 years ago, and resistance campaigns towards them.
  24. The Fight for Canada 
    Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
  25. Free Trade and the New Right Agenda
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
    A useful snapshot of the 'free trade' debate at the time of the 1988 Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.
  26. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1995
    An account of the United States' repeated intereventions in Guatemala.
  27. How America Determines Friends and Foes
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2004
    Bush II's approach to "ridding the world of evil" includes treating every nation harboring terrorists as terrorist states. Chomsky ponders what this standard would mean if applied to America.
  28. The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
  29. Imperial Crusades
    Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia: A Diary of Three Wars
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2004
    Iraq was just one of three major imperial crusades in the decade after 1992, orchestrated by a new generation of American politicians, both Democrat and Republican, who backed pre-emptive strikes to overthrow unruly regimes in Yugoslavia and Afghanistan under the pretext of humanitarian intervention. Imperial Crusades chronicles the lies that are now returning almost daily to haunt the liars in Washington and London, the secret agendas and the under-reported carnage of these wars.
  30. In a Time of Torment
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1968
  31. Indonesia 1957-1958
    War and Pornography
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1995
    An account of the CIA's failed 1958 attempt to overthrow president Sukarno of Indonesia
  32. The Iraq Crisis in Context
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2003
    A rogue state, heavily armed with weapons of mass destruction, openly contempuous of international law and the United Nations, plunges the world into crisis.
  33. The Kidnapping Of Haiti
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2010
    Not for tourists is the US building its fifth-biggest embassy. Oil was found in Haiti's waters decades ago and the US has kept it in reserve until the Middle East begins to run dry. More urgently, an occupied Haiti has a strategic importance in Washington's "rollback" plans for Latin America. The goal is the overthrow of the popular democracies in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, control of Venezuela's abundant petroleum reserves, and sabotage of the growing regional co-operation.
  34. Leader and Vassal
    Bringing Death and Destruction to Muslims
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2008
    Americans do not think of themselves or of Israel as terrorist states, but the evidence is complete and overwhelming. Thanks to the power of the Israel Lobby, Americans only know the Israeli side of the story, which is that evil anti-semite Palestinians will not let blameless Israelis live in peace and persist in their unjustified terror attacks on an innocent Israeli state.
  35. Manifesto of the Third Camp against US Militarism and Islamic Terrorism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2006
    The human and genuine solution to the problem of nuclear weapons, to Islamic terrorism and its horrific crimes against the people of the world, and to the militaristic bullying of the US and Western governments lies in the hands of us people.
  36. Manufacturing Consent 
    The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
    Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
  37. Mass Communications and American Empire
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1971
    An in-depth look at international and domestic media, and the effect of capitalism on mass communications.
  38. Media Lies And The War Drive Against Iran
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2009
    Iran’s crime is its independence. Having thrown out the US’s favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim state beyond US control. As only Israel has a “right to exist” in the Middle East, the US goal is to cripple the Islamic Republic. This will allow Israel to divide and dominate the region on Washington’s behalf, undeterred by a confident neighbour.
  39. Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War that took place across the United States on October 15, 1969.
  40. Naked Imperialism
    The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    Examines the important transformation in U.S. global policy and ideology, showing the political and economic roots of the new militarism and its consequences both in the global and local context.
  41. The Narco News Bulletin
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  42. New World Order
    A postwar analysis
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    Everyone is allowed to play the game, so long as it's according to the U.S. rules.
  43. News and Letters
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Articles from a Marxist-Humanist perspective.
  44. On Guard for Thee
    An Independent Review of the Free Trade Agreement
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  45. On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2006
    The supposed justifications for the invasion are a cynical fraud.
  46. Panama invasion protest
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1990
  47. The Pentagon Papers and U.S. Imperialism in South East Asia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1972
    Chomsky considers the imperial interests of the USA in South East Asia, claiming that these are revealed in the Pentagon Papers. Then, after a detailed account of the content, he suggests that mere anti-communist goals were not the sole motivation for moving into the region but it was rather the "perceived significance of Southeast Asia for the integrated global system that was to be organised by American power."
  48. A People's History of the World
    From the Stone Age to the New Millennium
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative or ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals.
  49. Powers and Prospects
    Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
  50. Presidential Assassinations Of US Citizens
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2010
    Just think about this for a minute. Barack Obama, like George Bush before him, has claimed the authority to order American citizens murdered based solely on the unverified, uncharged, unchecked claim that they are associated with Terrorism and pose "a continuing and imminent threat to U.S. persons and interests." They're entitled to no charges, no trial, no ability to contest the accusations.
  51. Pretensions to Empire
    Resource Type: Book
    Delves into the perversion of America's democratic legacy under George W. Bush, and makes the case for impeachment.
  52. Profit over People
    Neoliberalism and Global Order
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
  53. The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
  54. Radical Digressions 3
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    First Published: 2001   Published: 2006
  55. The Real Terror Network
    Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    Herman sets out to show that the U.S. ignores or sponsors terror by authoritarian states that are allied with U.S. interests.
  56. The Red Menace 
    A libertarian socialist newsletter
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975   Published: 1980
    Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, and terrorism.
  57. The reliable tyrant
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2004
    The solution to the Iraq debacle is within the Americans' grasp.
  58. Rethinking Camelot
    JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
  59. Revolutionary Nonviolence
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970   Published: 1971
  60. The Roots of American Foreign Policy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1969
  61. The Socialist Register 1974
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1974
  62. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, Vol. 1
    Resource Type: Book
    Argues that the Cuban nation was a central protagonist in the conflict — rather than a passive victim of a conflict between great powers.
  63. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, Vol. 2
    Resource Type: Book
    Covers the imposition of the U.S. domination over Cuba through the Platt Amendment, which marks the beginning of U.S. neocolonialism.
  64. Targeting Iran
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2007
    A critical analysis of the Bush administration's policies towards Iran.
  65. The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1952   Published: 1962
  66. The U.S. Embargo against Venezuela
    The State Department’s Mock Indignation Gives a Bad Name to U.S. Diplomacy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2006
    A discussion of the 2006 U.S. arms embargo against Venezuela.
  67. The Umbrella of U.S. Power
    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    Chomsky observes the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "Path to a Better World," while chronicling how far off the trail the United States is with respect to actual political practice and conduct. Analysing the contradictions of U.S. power while illustrating the real progress won by sustained popular struggle, Chomsky cuts through official political rhetoric to examine how the United States not only violates the UD, but at times uses it as a weapon to weild against designated enemies.
  68. Understanding the Bush Doctrine
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2004
    After exploring elements of Bush's strategy, Chomsky summarizes that anyone is seemingly subject too attack, because every country has the ability and intent is in the eye of the beholder. The key, it appears, is the ability to lie about intentions.
  69. The Unmaking of Canada
    The Hidden Theme in Canadian History since 1945
    Resource Type: Book
  70. Uruguay 1964-1970
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1995
    An account of American involvement in torture and counter-insurgency in Uruguay.
  71. Viet Peace will come with victory
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1972
    The burning determination of the Vietnamese to control their own future deserves our full support.
  72. War Crimes in Vietnam
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1967
  73. War in the Gulf
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    The U.S. and its allies are launching themselves into an unnecessary but potentially calamitous war.
  74. War in the Gulf
    An Environmental Perspective
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
  75. The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
    The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
  76. We Own the World
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2007   Published: 2008
    The whole debate about the Iranian “interference” in Iraq makes sense only on one assumption, namely, that we own the world. If we own the world, then the only question that can arise is that someone else is interfering in a country we have invaded and occupied.
  77. Weapons of Mass Persuasion
    Marketing the War Against Iraq
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2004
    Rutherford, an academic and media critic at the University of Toronto, tries to show how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out with the aid of a compliant media.
  78. Welcome to Orwell's World 2010
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    Barack Obama is the leader of a contemporary Oceania. In two speeches at the close of the decade, the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that "extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan" to "disorderly regions and diffuse enemies". He called this "global security" and invited our gratitude.
  79. What Uncle Sam Really Wants
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and paints a vivid picture of the realities faced by social movements.
  80. Why Not Sanctions for Israel?
    Gross Violations of Human Rights
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    The US led the imposition of sanctions against South Africa because of South Africa’s apartheid practices. The sanctions forced the white government to hand over political power to the black population. Israel practices a worse form of apartheid than did the white South African government. Yet, Israel maintains that it is “anti-semitic” to criticize Israel for a practice that the world regards as abhorrent.
  81. The World Trade Organization
    A Citizen's Guide
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    Shrybman argues that the WTO not only aggravates envrionmental and social problems, but takes away the tools that governments need to address them.
  82. Year 501 
    The Conquest Continues
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus.


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