CHOMSKY ON U.S. INTERVENTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER THE SHADOW, BONUS EPISODE 2

[Judi Lynn]

‘Under the Shadow’ looks back on Chomsky’s University of Colorado lecture given in 1983, as some of the worst aspects of the Reagan administration’s role in Central America were being realized.

BY MICHAEL FOX
JUNE 25, 2024

Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He’s a celebrated linguist, who has long denounced U.S. empire at home and abroad. And he has a long relationship with Latin America.

Chomsky’s 1985 book, Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace, was formative for many academics and activists analyzing the U.S. role in the region.

In 2012, NACLA awarded him the Latin America Peace and Justice Award for his ongoing commitment to social justice in the Americas.

Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman, is from Brazil. That’s where he is now. Chomsky suffered a stroke last year and was recently in a hospital in São Paulo, though he has since been released.

You can think of this as our small tribute to the great Noam Chomsky.

In this second bonus episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox takes us to a October 26, 1983 lecture by Noam Chomsky, at the University of Colorado, on the impact of U.S. military intervention in Central America. It’s fascinating to look into what we knew then, even as the events were still unfolding, and hear the historical context from someone like Chomsky.

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