Noam Chomsky at Englert Theater in IC on 4/10

[Hardrada]

At 7 PM. I hope to go. Hope other DUers will be there also. I won't have a flag this time!

[pstans]

1. Chomsky in Ames on Tues

Chomsky will be in Ames on Tuesday night at 8 pm, speaking on campus at the Union. I am going, along with a few other democrats from Marshalltown.

[Hardrada]

6. Get there early!

Summarize what he said. We got to IC way too late to get a seat.

[rurallib]

2. What time should one arrive to get a seat do you think?

[Hardrada]

3. Doors open at 6 or so I've been told.

My wife and I plan to attend.

[rurallib]

4. We decided to go. Got to IC @ 6PM

and the line was about 4 blocks long. Hope it was good.

[Hardrada]

5. We didn't get in either. We got there about the same time.

It must have been a great lecture. I used the time to distribute SDS leaflets in the mob so my time spent there wasn't a total loss. And met some friendly activist people as well. The lecture will be broadcast local IC access TV in a week so maybe someone can tape it for you. What was encouraging was to see all the people waiting in line to hear and see the very perceptive critic of our society who is an anarchist to boot.

[pstans]

7. Recap of Chomsky in Ames on Tuesday

I wrote it on my blog at...
http://commoniowan.blogspot.com/2006/04/just-saw-chomsky-in-ames.html

Here are some excerpts:

Chomsky outlined a Middle East made up of an alliance of nations that own a majority of the world's oil. Iran already hates us, Iraq (if they truly get a democracy) will be just like Iran, and the people of Saudi Arabia truly don't like us as much of their Kings do. This makes withdrawing all of our troops out of Iraq more difficult. If we just send a bunch of ships over there to pick them up, Iraq will be Iran the sequel. What the US Government wants is someone just like Sadaam to take over, but of course that person can't be too much like Sadaam.

He then went to talk more about a Nuclear Warfare, but left us with hope...

Chomsky closed by saying that if peasants in Boliva can practice Democracy and change their country than we can here in the US. We sit here in the most privledged nation where we pride ourselves for our freedoms, yet we say we have no affect on what goes on. "Democracy takes more than shopping at Wal Mart and pushing a button every four years."

[Hardrada]

9. Thank you for the synopsis.

I wished I could have gone to Ames and heard him (and also distribute my SDS brochures to crowds standing in line. I hope to sometime strike some sparks with those). I have Chomsky's book on anarchism. He is an anarchist as you might have known. I wanted to get him to sign it in IC but the crowd was too big, alas.

[pstans]

8. Audio from Chomsky in Iowa City

http://iowaunderground.com/blog/