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Noam Chomsky's 1988 Massey Lectures

Necessary Illusions

Lecture 1


Lecture 2


Lecture 3



Lecture 4 | Chomsky answers questions from a panel of Canadian journalists

// it is worth noting that the first question asked is by David Frum, who went on to become a speechwriter for George W. Bush and who is credited with coining the unfornuate phrase 'the axis of evil' in the 2002 State of the Union address. Also heard is Stuart McLean, of CBC Radio 1's Vinyl Café(and the others I don't know).


Lecture 5


Lecture 6