AK Press Audio is proud to present Chomsky versus the commander in
chief. This is not another cataloging of the offenses and blunders
committed by George W. Bush, but a lively chronicle of the systematic
power plays that have been either ignored or downplayed in the media for
the past four years. World public opinion--what The New York Times has
dubbed "the second superpower"--has helped curb much of the "imperial
sovereignty" being carved out by the Bush administration, but the full
scope of their plans has, until now, not been explored.
Among the revelations analyzed, Chomsky discusses the Justice
Department's recommendation that the United States rescind the Geneva
Conventions in order to reduce the threat of the United States being
convicted under the War Crimes Act of 1996. Under the act, Bush himself
could be put to death for grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions under
his watch. Furthermore, the National Security Strategy of 2002
introduced the active use of "anticipatory self-defense" and, by design,
undermined the UN Charter and international law.
Never one to dwell too long on the negative, Chomsky digs into the
elections of 2005, "concocted by the PR Industry," and shows that Bush's
power base is anything but solid. Choosing between candidates in 2004
was comparable to choosing a toothpaste. Across a wide spectrum of
public opinion, a considerable majority of Americans support primary
health care, increased environmental protection (including the signing
of the Kyoto protocols), increased education spending, and allowing the
United Nations to take the lead in international affairs. This is hardly
the public from which Bush claims to have received his "mandate."
Noam Chomsky is the world's foremost social critic, father of the
modern science of linguistics, and author of over 90 books and nine AK
Press Audio CDs.
