80 U.S. scholars urge Obama to shut down U.S. bases in Okinawa
About 80 prominent scholars and activists are calling on the U.S. government to close its military bases in Okinawa Prefecture over a base worker's alleged involvement in the death of a local woman. The scholars and activists include Peter Kuznick, an American University professor who ...
Chomsky's take on the state of Thai democracy
Noted academic and commentator Noam Chomsky takes a keen interest in the political wars embroiling Thailand.
Often dubbed one of the world's most important intellectuals and its leading public dissident, Noam Chomsky was for years among the top 10 most quoted academics on the planet, edged out only by William Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Aristotle. An unrelenting critic of U.S. foreign policy ...
