Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It Would Be Nice if the United States Lived up to International Law

democracynow.org - After world-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky gave a major address on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the hall of the United Nations General Assembly last week, Amy Goodman interviewed the world-renowned linguist and dissident before an audience of 800 people. Chomsky spoke at an event sponsored by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. “One important action that the United States could take is to live up to its own laws. Of course it would be nice if it lived up to international law, but maybe that's too much to ask,” Chomsky said.
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[@isabelle521]

God Bless Professor Chomsky for speaking the truth 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@matthewgraham1846]

Seeing Amy Goodman sitting on the best seat of the UN fills my heart with warmth.

[@Tobberz]

Just discovered this guy... he is AMAZING!

[@jamnana2235]

+Tobberz His views on governments are extremely cynical but once you read and watch more of him and get to know his reasoning, it does make a lot of sense. Why would institutions ever be anything except extremely cynical and selfish? They are not people with conscience or even consciousness. They are mechanical systems with the goal of survival at all costs; usually through oppression of individuals. Fight on and power to the people!

[@michaelhood7177]

spread the word dude

[@Flipson456]

He is indeed a treasure!

[@steveyboii6817]

You like him you should check out Parenti. Way more coherent cohesive and practical worldview imo, while making just as good if not better critiques as chomsky.

[@lorenzomcnally6629]

​@@steveyboii6817 PARENTI WOLF ZINN CHOMPSKY THE LEFT WING MARXIST THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE MARXIST Apocalypse LAST CENTURY THE 120 MILLION LIVES DESTROYED BY Socialism/MARXISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY. ALL FOUR MARXIST SOCIALIST MASS MURDER AMNESIACS "Useful Idiots" still preaching the sublime minal Marxist Utopia of Marxism "Done Right" sociopaths of the Left Wing Prophets of Doom.

[@javierharth3647]

Watching Prof. Chomsky speak at the UN and Amy as moderator was so cool. She is classy! I think they're the best activists ever.

[@abdulghani8269]

Danke N. Chomsky ,God bless you.

[@hubreydavid7864]

What great insight. God bless you Sir a man trying to save the world from catastrophic. ❤

[@patrickvanmeter2922]

Fast forward to today. The most relevant talk I have heard on the subject. The young have evolved for the very necessary truth about the Israelis. This was over 9 years ago. Chomsky is a treasure.

[@huma3968]

A great man like late giant Nelson Mandela. Bold, honest digital broadcasts like this one must flourish for the betterment of this world.

[@RankinMsP]

Honesty, professionalism, transparency and knowledge. This man is a beacon. Nothing will change until all he has said is properly heeded. Almost 70 years later and it's just worse for Palestinians.

[@lowmanite]

Thank you. I really enjoyed listening to Noam Chomsky's talk.

[@hightimechange]

I did too. However, many of those who didn't are brainwashed. I admire the guy.

[@bluegarson]

RIP sir. You were one of my favorite scholars!

[@ramazanoz2641]

He's still alive!

[@cindyrolle6476]

God blessed an angel on earth, Noam Chomsky. God bless this beautiful soul.

[@spikeshnoops9940]

HAMAS Covenant (Aug 18, ’88). ISRAE DESTRUCTION through Jihad 
"Israel will exist “UNTIL JIHAD OBLITERATES IT”
Article 13: “ No solution for Palestinian question except Jihad." [P. 7]
Article 11: “Palestine - an Islamic land for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day.

[@earthhumans1st234]

A beacon of hope for humanity

[@lorenzomcnally6629]

It would be nice if AMERICAN 20 TH CENTURY Left Wing Academics CONFESSED that "Socialism/Marxism" MURDERED at LEAST 120+++ MILLION HUMAN BEINGS LOST THEIR LIVES for Marxist Socialism By FORCED LABOR STARVATION AND.......DISEASE. Murder by DEMOCIDE. THE SYSTEMATIC MURDER IN PEACETIME BY GOVERNMENT AND FELLOW "SOCIALIST CITIZENS". THE GULAGS IN THE STALIN/LENIN/Trotsky/USSR, THE PRC, POL POT, IDI AMIN, MAO TSE TUNG, HI CHI MIHN, KIM JONG UN, YEMEN, CUBA, CHILE, ANGOLA, ZIMBABWUE, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, NORTH KOREA, NICARAGUA, Rwanda UGANDA, YUGOSLAVIA AND EASTERN EUROPE AND UKRAINE., People like Notam Chomsky Are living walking talking Breathing MASS MURDER AMNESIA FASCISTS.

[@jovandjuric8340]

Wow, 2023 and nothing has been done. It’s even worse 😢

[@AnkurWat]

Very useful listening to this talk in Oct 2023, 9 years after this video. The current human right violations being committed by the Israeli govt and being backed by the United States is a continuation of what they’ve done in the past. In this moment it is very scary because 6500 Palestinians have died, and 2 million people are under siege without food, water, or electricity.

[@Flashyfinancier]

You seem to have no sympathy for Jewish victims.

[@alaabuzaid88]

@@Flashyfinancier no one have sympathy for coloniser.... Hell chosen people...

[@pfaffman100]

Mr Chomsky, is, the Stephen Hawking, of political science. Many thank's for this post.

[@tomsenft7434]

pfaffman100 : is thank's short for thank is?

[@denisloukeris2523]

That is why he is barred from Israel

[@mck1972]

LOL More like Chomsky is the Stephen Hawking of disco dancing! 😀

[@hamzatahir8074]

Chomsky should be immortal and made world leader

[@dmike3507]

Lol Chomsky's worst nightmare

[@austineggiman294]

@@dmike3507 lolol

[@oxherder9061]

No anarchist would want to do that lol

[@mck1972]

Chomsky has had his entire life to seek any type of actual Policy Making Position. Yet instead he chose to sit on the sidelines and criticize everyone else who actually are in such Positions! SMH

[@amyheath6324]

lol

[@lynnelenatorbay1450]

Thank you Noam Chomsky

[@kylewit924]

I liked his distinctions between tactics v principles, proposal v advocacy.

[@Apple_Teck]

Being asked why people give to beggars but not to philosophers, he said, "Because they think they may one day be lame or blind, but never expect that they will turn to philosophy."

[@vadergrrrl]

This is excellent

[@MrMr772772]

I am in total agreement with you

[@crissytea901]

Amy Goodman is an American treasure ❣

[@addisonline3947]

I am seriously cry listening this man. But ...

[@dianamoeliono8844]

9 years has passed and it’s still relevant..😢😢😢

[@kamelkani4051]

Great

[@shailajapai1638]

Fantastic.....what a brilliant mind !....completely unbiased and loved his tongue in cheek comments!

[@Nostradamia]

The US cannot pretend to exceptionalism before it abides by international law and upholds human rights. In the current state, it is strictly mediocre or not even that good.

[@ChooseCompassion]

Bring him back please 🙏🏼

[@axelgrz]

“One important action that the United States could take is to live up to its own laws. Of course it would be nice if it lived up to international law, but maybe that's too much to ask,” Chomsky said. In a country set up for and managed by an elite, law is disposable. As are the human beings bludgeoned by the lack of morality that mode of operation espouses.

[@akiamimasen8608]

Linda That's truth. Also in USA and even in European Union the thing like a one law is only dream, because the one law for everyone is nothing more than a myth. Every single European Union Country and every single US State is have different local law. And the One Law for entire Planet Earth is only a wishful thinking.

[@williamsmith4278]

Man the best thing to do is hold Israel and those Seated in power should be brought up on war crimes and id America does not abide Sanctions should be put on America.

[@selmaikiz1609]

8 years and no change in status but only in number of people death or suffering

[@powerslave6944]

I have lots of respect for this man for his bravery and fighting to stand for human rights and the hypocrisy of the White House when it comes to Israel. Professor Chomsky singlehandedly changed my mind and belief that not all Jews are bad or evil as I once believed. He and Prof. Norman G. Finkelstein are even more outspoken than the staunchest Muslims on the Israeli Palestinian conflict which takes a lot of courage in the face of criticism of being called an Antisemitic.

[@lesleyvu3640]

God blesses you ✝️🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@andrewhobbins1915]

Very engaging and thoughtful commentary on the Palestinian and Israeli war. I agree with everything Chomsky's opinion about the conflict. Most sane people recognize that the Palestinians have rights and have the right to occupy Palestine.The Israelis believe not only in destroying Palestinians but I think their hatred stems to the hatred of anyone who disagrees with them. Calling for the resignation of the UN secretary general by the Israelis is a clear indication of their arrogance and intolerance to anyone who opposes their tyranny!I am in opposition to the United States government who breaks agreements Just like the Israelis do. It's a non- humanitarian view of a terrorist!They claim being victims when they have been victimizing people. Most of the population in Gaza are children because the Israelis have killed off the majority of adults. Baby killers is the worst kind of murderer there is!

[@zockerbit1030]

I love this clip, it's makes me feel good to hear the truth, not too often you do that

[@julianorman6964]

Thank God for Noam Chomsky, AlJazeera, & Democracy Now

[@jaimesald]

Thanks.

[@ronniesal7436]

I highly admire this gentleman. One of the few that could really be calles an intelectual. Deep, fair, objective, impartial but also brave! Like a true philosopher! Not what PhDa are today! A bunch of cowards with technical domain on subjects but not a single deep insight, nor bravery! Honestly 90% of PhDs don't deserve their tittle. They lack the depth Philosophers must havd!

[@RattleheadIV]

Now if only Chomsky could talk to congress

[@colombino47]

+Dylan B Chomsky is a Communist and approves of Castro's regime. It's good to know that such a hypocrite makes a living in the U.S.A.

[@impalabeeper]

Al Pls. USA is run by hypocrites.

[@Bodhi1satva]

Al Pls. Anyone who’s paid attention to Noam Chomsky for any length of time knows he is not a communist. He is a libertarian socialist, a sympathizer of anarcho-syndicalism.

[@GaryG63]

Talk to congress … yes that helps, reason and fact. That will change them. Wake up, Congress is the problem

[@azad1718]

Chomsky will be allowed to speak in Congress full of blind supporters of Zionist Israel that continue to cause massive murder and other brutal crimes with American suppled weapons.

[@jordisalvadobuque1803]

Chomsky me encanta con su vision tan esclarecedora de la realidad 🌐👍🐱🎇🎇🎇

[@robertburatt5981]

But is Backlash itself sufficient grounds for not pursuing a strategy?

[@gavinmc5285]

I think Prof. Chomsky understands the projected sound of violence.

[@spunkitydoda]

It would be nice if the United Nations understood it's own restraints.

[@wardropper]

What an annoying person sitting to the right of Amy Goodman... He just had to be paged so that he could fuss around several times and yak something to somebody about something trivial while Chomsky was talking a lot of sense. When he wasn't being distracting, this fool couldn't even hide his boredom at what Chomsky was saying. You could be forgiven for thinking he was a paid distraction, but of course anybody who can follow Chomsky's train of thought is going to have enough intellectual stamina to be able to shrug off such distraction for what it is. What on earth was his function there, one has to ask?

[@user-or9oo2bu1c]

15:48 and so it continues 😢

[@andririki1298]

Mr. Chomsky,The man with great mind,& great heart. I'm glad that many americans have finally awaken & critical about why their tax money is used to support oppresion, used in human right violation.

[@Broke30YearOldShmuck]

I wish people like this were the ones in power but unfortunately we're pretty much screwed

[@spex357]

All those people in the United Nations General Assembly and nothing gets done.

[@Sagefrakrobatik]

That guy looks familiar, cant figure out where I saw him

[@keenanleetodd]

+DAVID Edwards At the gym?

[@RakidulAlam]

Oppa Chomsky style...

[@RONNYMORRISMUSIC]

Such a great speech with a human who seem more into his stuff than the politicians he talks to.

[@pohkhui]

US is the laws. US defines their ways.

[@pohkhui]

niefali US is more of nanny state and US wants the world to be nanny world.

[@user-en7cc2xi4n]

Agreed 💯👍🌈⭐🌞🦅👈

[@muddassirfareed8996]

4:12-7:59

[@N0rthT]

I just call it UN. If you guys see the letters UN, it probably is referring to "United Nations."

[@georgelawrence2570]

What he said is plain common sense.

[@MsMermaid11]

8 yrs ago

[@lorenzomcnally6629]

100 years of Trotsky Long March to the NWO. "YOU WILL OWN BOTH NG AND BE HAPPY" THE W.E.F. THE EU "KOMMISARIAT" THE UNITED SOCIALIST NATIONS THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT SLAVERY DIGITAL CURRENCY ESG CRT DEI MARXIST DREAM

[@waindayoungthain2147]

🙏🏼If you see how much every day’s life is so meaningful that why you must stop killing since we are not the enemy's. We should make Friends. Let's think about how much we must earn our lives for our family. How much better that we don't have to beware of the bullets or missiles.

[@fantasy0coach]

It's not an issue of "why should the US.." do this or that, but "why does it". Without addressing the core issue, nothing can change, as it is systemic. Asking for scruples from an unscrupulous structure is superfluous.

[@enigfilma]

Live up to the ceasefire agreed for the FIRST TIME!!!

[@barnfather8733]

Guy on the right was so disrespectful.

[@zafrullahyazid6542]

Roger Waters once said, in order to find the truth you need to read, and read, and read to find all the information available to you and it will lead there.

[@mdnnabi009]

Dear Noam Chomsky, those paranoid, patriotic politicians and are just power gambler.

[@letitbe3319]

What a gangster

[@nielspemberton59]

We do and how about Israel ? I so disgusted at both sides.

[@omarbutt5749]

Aqsa is not personal property of Jew Early so accept way to peace as due

[@trulywylde5726]

It's sad that you are referred to as a dissident for standing up for human rights..! It says a lot about the American people

[@AtamMardes]

$$$$$$$

[@eddycruz5398]

Well is the truth that set us free and love that execute its opponents. So have in mind judgement day is today for this perpetrator. And i was vanished for 5 years in the grounds of trying to b an illegal immigrant . Not overlooked my canadian citizenship. Treated loke a criminal and back and forwarded guarded like a terrorist when the offender was the ground i was banned for 5 years. . Thank u canada God bless you and i will always pray for ye to b better than our neighbors. And this truth had set me free. May the holy spirit bring justice for my people in need . Repent USA is judgement day. Indeed😮

[@brijpalbhandari7887]

The quality of the American people is mediocre for having elected Trump and Biden as Presidents of America.

[@soulfireonfire6423]

That’s because you actually think that voting has hah or currently has, anything to do with who becomes president or leader of any country. But the U.N. who runs the world, sure does!! Wake up!’

[@BrotherWoody1]

Noam's "tactics": the means must be justified by the ends = moral bankruptcy.

[@williamsmith4278]

I hope the hell all of you narrow minded baby Boomers go the way of the dodo so gen x can fix all the shit you created your all a dieing breed Spawned by the so called Greatest generation wiicth only won world war2 because Hitler went and messed with Russia 🇷🇺 so he had to fight a two Front war. if not for that the war would have ben Totally Different and all of these aging dinosaurs would be talking German not that i would wount that but everybody's Entitled to their Opinion

[@tabassumkhan7498]

The world would be a lot better place without the US!

[@FixItAMIGO]

Tabassum Khan I would not be too sure about that. I think it is the human mind that is the source of all this. People in politics are motivated by their own gain and this blinds them and makes them act in a cruel way. No country is immune to that. So every country that would become a super power Will act as usa does

[@mck1972]

Tabassum Khan, But without the U.S, then what else would Chomsky have to complain about, and where else could he make money doing so???

[@soulfireonfire6423]

Funny thinking! You actually think your leaders don’t if your country aren’t corrupt? Answer this.. do they ever suffer consequences of war. recession. Or depression ? Bet not. Bet they profit! !!

[@rogerdiogo6893]

Mr Noam Chomsky is know for being a "Cognitive" Scientist...Very funny!!!

[@aunaprendo9957]

Mr Roger Diogo is known for being nothing because he's a random nobody with a keyboard... Very funny!! See how unproductive this conversation is? Does this help you understand how conversations ought to go? Maybe something with substance or critical thinking? An actual point to make? Reality? A desire to understand the truth? To know what is actually going on in the world? Or is your motivation simply reducing your worldview to oversimplified, inaccurate, and reactionary nonsense? I suppose I understand that motivation, it's much easier to simply bury your head in the sand and lash out at those who you disagree with

[@hewaleinui]

That's the problem. People like you getting offended and responding with a long ass ' trying be smart' answer. Lighten up. You think Chomsky himself would be offended by that remark? Highly doubtful. Let me release the burden on you to respond with long, smart-ass remarks. Let it go..let it go and enjoy the sunset

[@rogerdiogo6893]

@@hewaleinui Noam is a linguist, not a cognitive scientist, if that guy is a cognitive scientist, I might be Einstein 😁

[@hewaleinui]

@@rogerdiogo6893 lol...now thats a good point!

[@HABACHI617]

it would be nice if Noam Chomsky didnt make excuses for the soviet union and hugo chavez and deny the Cambodian genocide

[@mck1972]

It would be nice if this Linguistics Professor had really gone to Law School, so that he actually knew WTF he was talking about when it comes to the Law! But that's asking too much from Chomsky...SMH

[@drbalababaahmed1183]

You are sick!

[@mck1972]

@@drbalababaahmed1183 , Chomsky is the sickness! I Am the Cure! :-)

[@soulfireonfire6423]

@@mck1972 In order to be humane you need to be educated by going to law school? You are definitely part of the problem . Which consist of lack of intelligence and morals