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Surviving the 21st Century by Noam Chomsky & José Mujica, 2025

Explore freedom, power, and the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century with two extraordinary thinkers
Two world-renowned figures of contemporary politics come together to debate alternatives for the future: José “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and an ex-guerrilla who acquired an international following for his message of sustainability and common sense...





and Noam Chomsky, who revolutionized linguistics and has become a beacon for radical thinking around the world. From the meeting of these peerless figures emerge reflections on the major global issues of our time: climate change, corruption, populism, the crisis of capitalism, and the logic of the market economy, among many others. Speaking especially to younger generations who inherited an unstable world, Chomsky and Mujica emphasize the values required to survive the challenges of the twenty-first century and to build a new world: democracy, freedom, humility, and friendship....

quoted Surviving the Twenty-First Century by Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, Saúl Alvidrez: Surviving the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, english language, 2025, Verso)

Two world-renowned figures of contemporary politics come together to debate alternatives for the future: José …

Saúl Alvidrez: Pepe, what is love?

José Mujica: Love? At my age it is my habits and solace. Love has ages. It is volcanic when we are young, and at my age it's sweet habits. Getting used to everyday things that seem unimportant but that in the end are the only important ones.

Saúl Alvídrez: Professor Chomsky, how do you define love?

Noam Chomsky: Love is timeless. If we go back to Homer, the Greeks went to war because Helen was abducted. Penelope then wove for ten years as a way of delaying her suitors as she waited for Odysseus to return. Sometimes you can be waiting without knowing you are waiting. I waited for many years before I met my wife, Valeria, and I have discovered a new kind of love.

Saúl Alvídrez: You and Valeria have been together since 2014?

Valeria Wasserman Chomsky: Since 2013.

Noam Chomsky: It proves you can find love at eighty-seven.

Valeria Wasserman Chomsky: You were eighty-four!

— Surviving the Twenty-First Century by , , (58%)

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quoted Surviving the Twenty-First Century by Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, Saúl Alvidrez: Surviving the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, english language, 2025, Verso)

Two world-renowned figures of contemporary politics come together to debate alternatives for the future: José …

José Mujica: My generation made a naïve error. We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture. Capitalism is a culture, and we must respond to and resist capitalism with a different culture. Another way to put this: we are in a struggle between a culture of solidarity and a culture of selfishness.

Noam Chomsky: Well, it's quite interesting to see how culture develops. If you look at some of the greatest cultural contributions of the modern period, you'll see that they originated in some of the most horrible conditions that have ever existed. Think of the brutal repression of African Americans in the South, which gave us blues and jazz. The left should focus on creating the conditions in which natural human instincts can develop and flourish.

Marx wrote of liberating workers from their "animal functions" so they could focus on their human problems without the impediments, barriers and restrictions imposed by the various repressive societies, including capitalist society. Remove those chains and let people be free to explore their own natural instincts and capacities.

— Surviving the Twenty-First Century by , , (27%)

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I've so far read a fifth of this new book and I'm nearly in tears because of how great it is to read the words of Mujica—who died earlier this year—and Chomsky, who is deeply affected by a major stroke that he experienced in 2024.

These two persons should be read, listened to, and seen by everyone.

To read their words is extremely sobering.

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Chomsky and Mujica sitting in the later's legendary and super-old car.

Mort de José Mujica, l’ancien guérillero devenu président et figure de la gauche latino-américaine

La vie de , plus connu comme «Pepe», ancien guérillero et président de l’, petit pays d’Amérique du Sud, entre 2010 et 2015, a été un roman. Son action politique mais aussi son style de vie sobre ont contribué à forger son mythe.

Par @bougon › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/140525/mort-de-jose-mujica-l-ancien-guerillero-devenu-president-et-figure-de-la-gauche-latino-americaine?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

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Tributes poured in from across Latin America following the death of Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter revered by the left for his humility and progressive politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/14/world/politics/latin-america-uruguay-mujica-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon