From: [h--re--b] at [math.cornell.edu] (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism
Subject: JERRY BROWN interviews NOAM CHOMSKY (Spin Magazine)
Date: 21 Jul 93 00:54:08 GMT

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	"I promised to speak truth to power -- and found Chomsky had
	already been doing it for 30 years"
		-Jerry Brown.

From his introduction (below) to his interview with Noam Chomksy in
SPIN magazine, August 1993.
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	    Noam Chomsky is a capitalist's worst nightmare
    Jerry Brown kept Bill Clinton sleepless on the campaign trail.
  An intellectual colossus talks to a maverick presidential candiate
about the evils of the establishement and the enduring power of the people.

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During my campaign for president in 1992, I experienced for the first
time the full weight of the money-media system of control. Having been
so much a part of that system, I had not fully grasped the radical
dominance of politics by the top 1 percent and the complicit role of
the media. All this became  clear once I swore off donations above
$100 and refused to attend the sacred rite of endless political
fundraising with the wealthy. This made the media turn aside, for they
knew I was not a "serious" candidate committed to the proposition:
Money buys media, media buys credibility.

But Professor Noam Chomsky has gone much further  in peeling back the
myths. A renowned professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, he is best known for his stark analysis of
the American system of power. His books and lecture take you where few
dare to tread. He is not afraid of his peers and doesn't let public
disapproval intimidate him -- he ruthlessly exposes the deceits that
cover up the dark side of power and the media conformity that makes it
possible.

I promised to speak truth to power -- and found Chomsky had already
been doing it for 30 years. This interview captures the spirit and key
elements of his devastating critique. Savor it. Let it  engage you as
it assaults your complacency. Then act. 

Everything politics is, Chomsky isn't. That why this interview is
important: it will allow you to perceive contemporary society -- its
government, its commodity fetishes, its cruelty -- in a starker light.
Chomsky gives you a lens through which you can see.