Comment by cooperinveen on 02/02/2025 at 16:12 UTC

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View submission: Who comes close to Chomsky today?

Arundhati Roy. Her non-fiction writing has opened my eyes as an adult in the ways Chomsky did when I was a teenager. Has written forwards for Chomsky books too. “Azadi” is a great starting point.

That’s of course to say nothing about her Booker Prize-winning fiction work.

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Comment by RogueVert at 02/02/2025 at 19:41 UTC

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Arundhati Roy. Her non-fiction writing has opened my eyes as an adult in the ways Chomsky did when I was a teenager

I watched her speech 'Come September'[1] *right* after 9/11 and it was amazing. 24 years later it hurts so much more and feels like not a goddamn thing has change, and in fact so much worse.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHz8cpULupo