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Noam Chomsky has joined Tim Anderson, a leading apologist for Assad and Kim Jong Un, to write this contemptible piece of apologia for the Maduro regime. The people who have signed this shameful letter must be held forever in contempt. #Venezuela
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The letter conveniently blames everything on the US. No mention of the regime's repression, corruption & authoritarianism. No mention of the mass uprising. Instead we get "both sides" and the usual platitudes about "negotiation". No mention of Maduro's obstructionism.
But when it comes to making excuses for authoritarian regimes, Chomsky has form. Not only has he not apologised for his genocide denial on Cambodia, he reiterated his denialism in a recent exchange with @charliearchy
On Bosnia, Chomsky endorsed a truly vile piece of Milosevic apologia by Diane Johnstone (a red-brown Le Pen supporter). He was called out for his genocide denial by George Monbiot, and his intellectual contortions are a thing to behold. monbiot.com/2012/05/21/218…
On Syria he engaged in victim blaming and chemical trutherism. When I called him out on it, he doubled down and once again refused to apologise. alaraby.co.uk/english/commen…
What turned the whole thing from tragedy to farce is that Chomsky drew on this person's "research" for his conclusions on Syria. 
