Manufacturing dissent From: Inroads | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Morley, Gareth | Copyright Inroads, Inc. Winter 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Noam Chomsky and the crisis of the Western Left

A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, I was in a slightly funky bookstore in Vancouver. It was just at the moment when it was becoming obvious that, despite the fears of our leaders and the hopes of our enemies, no suicide hijackings were going to interfere with North American shopping habits. The bookstore itself confirmed the resilience of consumption: except for the somewhat greater prominence of books on anthrax and...

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