21-05-2010, 10:19 PM
Dawn Meredith Wrote:Funny story, well maybe not so funny, in about 1975 My a-political sister, Carolyn, came with me to a lecture Carl was giving at MIT, and Chomsky was on the same bill. I don't remember what HE talked about as I did not know his anti -conspiracy views at the time, and was a great admirer of his work as a peace activist and books about US imperialism. As we -Carolyn and I- were on the elevator to the rest room, some spook attacked Carolyn calling HER a spook. Needless to say Carolyn never attended lecture.
Dawn
The Gnome's controllers took good care to run him close to JFK dissidents in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably in the pages of Ramparts. A triumphantly successful piece of "legend" building it was, too: Like you, I liked and admired much of what Chomsky wrote, and bought the act hook, line and sinker. What a fool I was.
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