Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 Reflections on a Life of Activism 11
1 How It All Got Started Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 13
2 Stories of Global Activism Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 42
Part 2 Movements Matter 63
3 Coming Together: Organizing for Survival with Justice Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 65
4 Enhanced Exploitation: The Neoliberal Project Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 68
5 Identity Politics and Class Politics: Common Interests, Labor, and Collective Action Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 71
6 Activists and Evangelicals: Organizing across the Cultural Divide Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 79
7 Identity, Intersectionality, and Universalizing Resistance Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 88
8 Activism and Fascism: Then and Now Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 102
9 Activists, Movements, and Electoral Politics: The Critique of Anti-Trumpism Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 114
10 Activism in the Age of Extinction Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 126
11 The Movement and Third Parties Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 129
12 Overcoming Isolation and Powerlessness: Movements and Community Noam Chomsky Charles Derber Suren Moodliar Paul Shannon 133
Part 3 100 Seconds to Midnight 135
13 Confronting Climate Change, War, and Pandemics in the Trump Era Noam Chomsky 136
Part 4 Reflections from Activists 167
14 Making Me Feel that I Could Join with Others Wallace Shawn Charles Derber 168
15 I'm a Citizen of the United States and I Have a Share of Responsibility for What It Does Medea Benjamin 178
16 What Chomsky Taught Me about Militancy Ross Caputi 180
17 Celebrating Chomsky: Challenging the Opposition to History Bill Fletcher, Jr. 183
18 Never Meet Your Heroes? Charngchi Way 185
19 So We Turned to Noam Sandra Ruiz Harris 188
20 Never Lose Faith in Humanity Robert W. McChesney 190
21 Strengthening the Spirit of Middle East Activists Nancy Murray 192
22 Human Freedoms are not Gift from Above Norman Solomon 195
23 Puncturing the Wall of Lies and Deception Mark Solomon 196
24 Mind and Hearts Cracked Open Chuck Collins 198
25 He Has Never Stopped Joseph Gerson 200
Contributors 205
Index 207