Newswise — Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, political philosopher and writer, will deliver a talk, titled "Imminent Crises: Paths Toward Solutions," at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in the Osterhout Concert Theater of the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts at Binghamton University.The talk is free and open to the public.
Chomsky, a famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor considered the father of modern linguistics, is also a longtime activist for peace and social justice. His talk is among the anti-war activities that will mark the third anniversary of the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq.
"Western powers could never abide by their own official definitions of the term [terrorism]," Chomsky observed right after the attacks of September 2001. "To do so would at once reveal that the U.S. is a leading terrorist state, as are its clients."
Chomsky's most recent book, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, is a series of interviews with radio journalist David Barsamian in which Chomsky discusses the war in Iraq and related topics.
The talk is sponsored by the Harpur College Dean's Office and a variety of student organizations.
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