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"Colombia has been the leading recipient of US arms and training in the Western Hemisphere through the 1990s. It has also had the worst human rights record by far in the Western Hemisphere during these years. That correlation is one of the best correlations in contemporary history... It's a very important correlation that should be known and understood by the people who are paying for it. That's us. And it will get worse." [Noam Chomsky, from the CD] In the ongoing debate over whether Colombia will become the 'next Vietnam', Chomsky's analysis provides the real sordid story of the Colombian elite, American imperialism and how 'development' works.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Provocative
17 Jun 2002
Format:Audio CD
Noam Chomsky is a graybeard with enormous credibility. His view of U.S. intervention in Colombia is alarming. You may or may not agree with everything said but you will agree that Chomsky forces you to think.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
What is the war on drugs?
28 Oct 2003
Format:Audio CD
Chomsky examines many crucial aspects to give you the entire painting. The point of this CD is to show what the real goals or motives of the war on drugs is.
1.) lead the poor Columbians to death
2.) extract profits where possible
3.) jail our poor
4.) control the remainder of the population through fear
Noam goes into specific details and cause effect relationship analysis of our actions. Did you know our food for peace program undermined the wheat commodities market in Columbia?
Speaking of small farmers, he uses the line "Sorry there will be no food this year, but there will be some next year."
What makes these type of CDs so powerful is that he not only points out the problem, be he also offers simple solutions.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Comsky covers the essential issues well
3 Feb 2005
Format:Audio CD
Chomsky offers an excellent introduction to the USA's increasing and significant hegemonic involvement in Colombia's internal affairs, which now runs into the multiple billions of dollars involving military aid and the widespread use of military "trainers." Chomsky discusses following:
1. The history of Colombia's 40-year civil war (which, in fact, should be dated starting with the 1940s).
2. The various government, rebel and paramilitary forces involved in the civil war.
3. The intersection of the illegal drug trade with the widespread acts of crime and terrorism in the country.
4. The policies that have allowed Colombian elites to appropriate the most productive agricultural lands and have driven peasant farmers into remote regions of Colombia suitable mostly for cultivating drug crops.
5. The Colombian government's policy (at the USA's insistence and underwriting) of fumigating drug crop areas, forcing literally millions of peasant Colombians into homelessness and exile.
6. The Colombian government's widespread repression (often murder by the paramilitaries) of dissidents.
7. Colombia's natural resources and strategic importance in Latin America, which accounts for the USA's interest in the nation.
Chomsky points out that USA tobacco production accounts for more death worldwide than Colombia's (or all other nations') coca and marijuana production. He then asks: would we think another nation has a "right" to fumigate our tobacco lands, causing widespread homelessness and exile, because our tobacco products cause people to die in that nation? Rather, wouldn't we think that nation should deal with its tobacco demand issues and not cause our people harm? Of course we would, but it is not a logic the USA applies in the case of Colombia.
This CD is quite good. However, those well acquainted with the issues involving the USA's involvement with Colombia will find most of Chomsky's presentation familiar territory. The CD is clearly intended for those not acquainted with the central issues.
1. The history of Colombia's 40-year civil war (which, in fact, should be dated starting with the 1940s).
2. The various government, rebel and paramilitary forces involved in the civil war.
3. The intersection of the illegal drug trade with the widespread acts of crime and terrorism in the country.
4. The policies that have allowed Colombian elites to appropriate the most productive agricultural lands and have driven peasant farmers into remote regions of Colombia suitable mostly for cultivating drug crops.
5. The Colombian government's policy (at the USA's insistence and underwriting) of fumigating drug crop areas, forcing literally millions of peasant Colombians into homelessness and exile.
6. The Colombian government's widespread repression (often murder by the paramilitaries) of dissidents.
7. Colombia's natural resources and strategic importance in Latin America, which accounts for the USA's interest in the nation.
Chomsky points out that USA tobacco production accounts for more death worldwide than Colombia's (or all other nations') coca and marijuana production. He then asks: would we think another nation has a "right" to fumigate our tobacco lands, causing widespread homelessness and exile, because our tobacco products cause people to die in that nation? Rather, wouldn't we think that nation should deal with its tobacco demand issues and not cause our people harm? Of course we would, but it is not a logic the USA applies in the case of Colombia.
This CD is quite good. However, those well acquainted with the issues involving the USA's involvement with Colombia will find most of Chomsky's presentation familiar territory. The CD is clearly intended for those not acquainted with the central issues.
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