From: Talk to Al Jazeera
Noam Chomsky: The responsibility of privilege
The famed linguist and political activist says intellectuals have a moral duty to hold centres of power to account.
12 Jan 2013
The famed linguist and political activist says intellectuals have a moral duty to hold centres of power to account.
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