I reject the belief that the political left have somehow been loyal and attentive to the needs of the citizenry. I stopped watching when Tariq Ali equated the Russian protests to Egypt and countries with dictatorships. Most of the Russian opposition is supported by the West. How many grass roots protest movements have $3 million US in their flat?

The interview with Ali and Chomsky was the best so far. I could listen any time to Noam Chomsky. He is so assured and comfortable with what he says and never pompous. Julian Assange has achieved a good result with this series of interviews. My only complaint was that the interview was too short. 

The point is that I can watch Chomsky and Ali and all the other mouthpieces of the neocon/liberal/marxi st-industrial complex on all the Western media outlets.

The purpose of RT should be to provide an alternative point of view. What on earth can Chomsky and Ali say that isn't being shoved down our throats all day long by the BBC or MSNBC?

Dr No (unregistered) wrote in #12
Can't see what Chomsky and Ali can bring to the table except the same policies that have bankrupted som many countries.

Why don't RT speak to people with real profound knowledge such as Pat Buchanan, Nigel Farange, David Duke, etc.?
Good point Dr No....though I am not clear about what points they DID bring to the table?The whole new  liberal humanitarian "do gooder" post-religious Assangist global middle class undoubtedly mean well ....like so many movements before them ...but do they have the stomach for reality?Study the BBC`s "product" for evidence of what I mean.... in all it`s Nortonian  Soddem and Begorrahness!Left to their own devices nothing "nasty" and real  (like overpopulation) would get tackled for fear of upsetting our master race "the Jews" or Rothschild or the Pope or Israel or Uncle Tom O`Barma and his CIA et cetera.......except their hobby of demoralising and brutalising the British public with soap operas ......and helping Soros and his EU Fourth Reich impose so many immigrants onto Britain that society collapses into anarchy or totalitarianism.

sesi (unregistered) wrote in #13
They are the two giants in the world  and not two giants of the left as there are no giants among the right wingers. Even the most accomplished right wing newspaper " The Economist" is ashamed to call itself a right wing paper. 
How on earth can you call the Rothschield-controll ed magazine The Economist right wing? Surely you are joking now. The Economist is a liberal magazine with a few neoconservative views thrown in as you would expect.

And no, I don't count neoconservatism as truely right wing. There is nothing conservative about it at all apart from parts of its name.

Assange The weirdo (unregistered) wrote in #11
Assange looks like he touches little boys and tells them it will be their little secret. Creeeeeeepy!
I suspect that says a lot more about you and the creeps you represent than it does about Julian Assange Mr Kiddifeidler

As sage should have sought asylum in Russia.

They are the two giants in the world  and not two giants of the left as there are no giants among the right wingers. Even the most accomplished right wing newspaper " The Economist" is ashamed to call itself a right wing paper. 

Can't see what Chomsky and Ali can bring to the table except the same policies that have bankrupted som many countries.

Why don't RT speak to people with real profound knowledge such as Pat Buchanan, Nigel Farange, David Duke, etc.?

I agree with Tariq regarding the Egyptian-uprisi ng and how it probably wrong-footed the ‘west.govs’.. ie: genuine-uprisin g(Egypt) and covert-uprising(Liby a). ..how ironic that nato/ect may have inadvertently kick-started the spread of ‘true’ Arab-springs! Re: ‘practising social-DARWINISM’.    ..rather the term should be: ‘practising socia l-Carnage’. ..it irritates me that in recent decades, Darwinism has been hi-jacked by power-gorging, brain-diseased tricksters  ..plea se excuse my intrusion, but i get a bit sensitive when Darwin is mentioned in the same air as conniving, sell-their-mother,  'suits’. ..Darwin never professed survival as belonging to the ‘fittest’. ..his survival theory is based on ‘adaptation’ ..ie: the ability of a species to adapt within it’s environment.

Very good episode, I enjoyed it thoroughly, incredibly enlightening. Thank you.

A democracy is akin to lynch mob, the guy lost the vote. There's no morality, only the one with the most power wins. It isn't numbers but power that rules.Democracy runs hand in hand with freedom. Freedom is simply another word for status, like serfdom. "Give me LIBERTY or give me death"..Patrick Henry. To hell with democracies and freedom not governed by morality.

Noam chomskey,a jewel on the crown of humanity.A linguist,historian,a nd a philosopher recognized by worlds academics as a professor,yet as man of principle,happy to be just a  peace activist.Tariq Ali in west,likes to be known as a  "peace activist",and  guardian of western democracy in western societies.I learnt that from talking to him,which after 5 minutes conversation,I had to get up and leave,as I realized he might be working for MI5.I don`t mean to be rude to him,but any man who think,Russians were like slaves during soviet times and his idle,Dr Kissinger,still is a real Dr,then he had it coming to him anyway.Tariq is as much peace activist in the west as Edward Lemonov in Russia.

africaboy (unregistered) wrote in #2 If you are tired of  Bankers, Lobbyists, Politicians, etc..Don't call them with good names. Call them criminal bankers, Corrupted individuals( Lobbyists), Social Criminal ( Politicians).   -- or just save some time, and bunch them up as socially corrupted criminals.

Here's what some notables have to say about democracy. James Madison  " Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have been incompatable with personal security or rights of property; and have been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths"Benjamin Franklin.."A democray is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch"Karl Marx, the father of communism.."We must win the battle foe Democracy"Enoug h said. 

Fella, re-check your dictionary and please re-examine the defintion of Democracy... is right there in Venezuela where the masses represent the majority and elected Hugo. Is a socialist Democracy. Which CAN NEVER EVER exists under capitalism - meaning the power of the 1% Vs the 99%. Yes it also existed in Libya under another form, and IS WHY they had to destroy it. Will Hugo and the ppl allow them?

I have read several articles by Chomsky and I am very surprised that somebody calls him "thinker". I am absolutely sure Chomsky has no credible high school education, even worse, some his articles contain fraudulent information.

If you are tired of  Bankers, Lobbyists, Politicians, etc..Don't call them with good names. Call them criminal bankers, Corrupted individuals( Lobbyists), Social Criminal ( Politicians). 

I thought it all sounded interesting until the moment Assange asked the crucial question about a narrative or philosophy for the revolution....and our heroes went quiet.

I think they are professional celebrity radicals ......well-meaning pipe dreamers  forever spectating but never acting...who wouldn`t have a clue what to do if they were elected..... like Havel in Czechoslovakia under the European Emperor George Soros.

Politi cs and so called democracy have NEVER represented the ordinary man .......politics is about finding ways to do the bidding of those with REAL power while pretending to serve the electorate........an d until we face that reality (or make democracy work for the first time ever) this is all hot air.