Noam Chomsky is alive
Noam Chomsky is alive
edit: sources are unconfirmed - the Brazilian link I had up originally was taken down
edit2: sources now say he is alive
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That link working for anyone?
Varoufakis penned an obituary in The New Statesman but that page isn't accessible:
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew
Jacobin dropped one but I'm having trouble getting that to load as well.
Edit: Looks like Jacobin dropped an obituary, possibly too soon and they may have retracted it along with the other publications. It's kinda funny how everyone has their obituaries drafted and ready to publish at a moment's notice when a major figure is getting closer to kicking the bucket, in a dark sort of way.
Yeah, looks like Jacobin might have jumped the gun on this one:
Their website is currently down but this tweet has been deleted since they posted it and the associated obituary.
I couldn't find anything on Google news confirming it yet. Just stuff about him recovering in Brazil.
Damn, looks like the internet archive didn't get a capture of either of the obituaries. I wanted to read the spoilers!!
here's the varoufakis one: https://archive.is/P35WA
Nice catch!
Looks like the Jacobin obituary was re-posted?
https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites
Italian and Spanish-language newspapers are reporting on this yet reports are a bit conflicting, with some news outlets retracting their posts and also this very recent tweet:
