In Defense of Academic Freedom-Noam Chomsky

In Defense of Academic Freedom
12 October 2007
Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago
"The Oct. 12 conference, titled 'In Defense of Academic Freedom,' brought together not only Jews and non-Jews, but professors whose ideological differences are so vast they likely agree on little else than the notion that Jewish groups have degraded the quality and breadth of discussion in the media and in Washington.

Mearsheimer is a proponent of the realist school of international relations, which resists the intrusion of moral considerations into cold calculations of national interest. Chomsky's belief that American policy in the Middle East is motivated solely by imperialist aggression is greatly informed by the moral consequences of American behavior

Nevertheless, they came together around the view that universities are the final redoubts of robust criticism of Israel. Naturally, they added, these institutions are now coming under assault."

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[rayb0b]

Thanks for posting this. I was at this conference; it was really an amazing group of speakers. It's too bad Chomsky couldn't be there in person.

[bubblebobbledfgsfdhs]

This talk is verrrrrrrrrry good and concise.

[swag909]

he begins this rant in defense of some other professors career then jumps right into US bashing through til the end. and i really enjoyed when he started some point with "the intellectual classes" everyone is in a class to noam and some are better then others. with that mindset no wonder he cant grasp what true freedom is. which is what i thought he would be talking about.