Was this censorship?’: Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad ask Tata Lit Live after it cancels their discussion
Celebrated linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, and journalist Vijay Prashad have expressed regret at the “abrupt cancellation” of their discussion at the online Tata Literature Live festival, asking if the move was a result of censorship. The dialogue about the 91-year-old Chomsky’s new book ‘Internationalism or Extinction’ was scheduled to be held at 9 p.m. on Friday. But at 1 p.m., Chomsky and Prashad received an email informing them that the virtual event will not be taking place….“Since we do not know why Tata and Mr. Dharker decided to cancel our session, we can only speculate and ask simply: was this a question of censorship?” they asked….
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