Chelsea manning and edward acts. N, courageous they fulfilled the responsibility of someone who takes citizenship seriously. That is who believes the people of the country ought to know something about what their government is up to. Amy noam chomsky for the hour in a public conversation i had with him in cambridge, massachusetts. All of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In this democracy now special, we spend the hour with the worldrenowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky. In a public conversation we had in april, we talked about climate change, Nuclear Weapons, north korea, iran, the war in syria, and the Trump Administrations threat to prosecute wikileaks founder Julian Assange. We also talked about Noam Chomskys new book, requiem for the American Dream the 10 principles of concentration of wealth power. Hundreds of people packed into the First Parish Church in cambridge, massachusetts, for ou
Prize winner. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. First up, here is mit professor and author, noam chomsky. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [applause] [cheering] good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thanks for joining us those here and online via the form network. I am name is ashley and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore i am honored to announce tonights event with noam chomsky presenting requiem for the American Dream joined in conversation by democracy now amy goodman. [applause] before we begin i want to take a moment to thank you all for being here. Your ticket and book purchase support Harvard Bookstore. We are an independent bookstore and you make this acclaimed author series possible. Visit used a harvard. Com to sign up for our newsletter. Tonights event is being filmed by booktv, democracy now and please know that during q a your questions may be recorded. Those asking questions at the end of the event should form a line at this center microphone. We will ge
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