Noam Chomsky | Owl of Minerva's View: ISIS and Our Times

From:messenger@truthout.org To: podesta@law.georgetown.edu Date: 2014-09-05 18:41 Subject: Noam Chomsky | Owl of Minerva's View: ISIS and Our Times

t r u t h o u t | 09.05 Noam Chomsky | Owl of Minerva's View: ISIS and Our Times http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26000-owl-of-minervas-view-isis-and-our-times Noam Chomsky, Truthout: Human civilization began by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is perhaps fitting that we have plunged the cradle of civilization into disaster, just as we may have ensured the end of the human civilization by warming our climate to the point of no return. William Rivers Pitt | Within Reach of Your Arm http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26002-within-reach-of-your-arm William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "All I have, all you have, all we have, is the power to do good and right within reach of our arm. I can't defeat ISIS, or suck the oil out of the Gulf. But I can do the best I can within reach of my arm, one reach at a time." 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