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The Americas both North and South have been in motion with elections andpolitical shifts that Noam Chomsky explores here with his characteristicindependence and insight.Popular activism has repeatedly brought aboutsubstantial gains in freedom and justice he writes. The authentic hope ofthe Obama campaign is that the grass roots army organized to takeinstructions from the leader might break free and return to old ways ofdoing politics by direct participation in action.In Latin AmericaBolivia and Haiti in particular Chomsky shows how direct participation inaction has put into practice a different model of democracy. We have much tolearn from these struggles which could portend more farreaching badly neededchanges.During the past decade Latin America has become the most excitingregion of the world he explains. For the first time in half a millenniumSouth America is beginning to take its fate into its own hands.At stake isthe question of the very nature of democracy.Washington has supporteddemocracy if and only if it contributes to strategic and economic interests apolicy that continues without change through all administrations to thepresent he explains.Professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology Noam Chomsky is widely regarded to be one of the foremost criticsof US foreign policy in the world. He has published numerous groundbreakingbooks articles and essays on global politics history and linguistics. Amonghis recent books are The New York Times bestsellers Hegemony or Survivaland Failed States. «
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