This is more than a film, "Manufacturing Consent" has long been a tool of peace workers who wanted to inform others of the shameful U.S. policies toward countries like East Timor. This film's segment regarding the U.S. support of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor was used to raise awareness and galvanize support for the independence struggle that took place on that island nation, culminating in its becoming a member of the United Nations and a pair of East Timorese winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Beyond that, "Manufacturing Consent" has exposed the institutional flaws of a media that is owned and sponsored by corporate powers. This theme is further explored by the director, Mark Achbar, in his equally enlightening documentary The Corporation. In the several years since it was released, countless people have turned their media criticism into media participation, and have developed the sorts of alternatives that have been so desperately needed. Countless magazines, blogs, small publishing houses, documentaries and other media tools have created options that were not available in the past. Conferences on media reform attract thousands of people, such as the gathering hosted by "Free Press" each year. And books by radical democrats like Chomsky have become best-sellers 9-11, and are promoted by populist reformers like Hugo Chavez Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (American Empire Project).
Another reviewer expressed his wish that every American would see this film; and slowly but surely, a tipping point size of the population is either coming to know of Chomsky's work, or is coming upon the work of people who have been influenced by Noam's penetrating analysis - people like Robert McChesney The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century, Phyllis Bennis Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power, Robert Jensen Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity, Michael Moore Sicko (Special Edition), Paul Hawken Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World and so many others.
For other Chomsky material, I'd recommend the books of his long-time collaborator, David Barsamian of "Alternative Radio" which has a large catalogue of Chomsky lectures, interviews, and debates with figures like Richard Pearl. What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World is the most recent collection of their dialogues. See also Z Magazine which has been publishing Chomsky articles and interviews for over two decades.
"At this stage of history, either one of two things is possible. Either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community interests, guided by values of solidarity and sympathy and concern for others, or, alternatively, there will be no destiny for anyone to control." - Noam Chomsky
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