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Rothbard,Chomsky,and Murray Bookchin

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Rothbard,Chomsky,and Murray Bookchin

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fegeldolfy Posted: Fri, Jan 11 2013 5:59 PM

Brian Doherty,in Radicals for Capitalism, writes:

Anarcho-left theorist Murray Bookchin became an occasional visitor to the famous Rothbard living room-until Rothbard one day angrily kicked him out of the house. Noam Chomsky was a penpal for a while.

Does anyone have more information on what caused Rothbard to kick out Bookchin? What about his relationship with Chomsky?

 

 

 

I've also heard that while Rothbard disliked contemporary music,he didn't mind a few Beatles songs. Does anyone know what songs those were?

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Malachi replied on Fri, Jan 11 2013 6:15 PM
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John Ess replied on Fri, Jan 11 2013 6:24 PM

I thought someone said that he left the group because all of his disciples were defecting to Rothbard.

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fegeldolfy replied on Fri, Jan 11 2013 6:30 PM

I've heard that too,but Doherty mentions Rothbard kicking Bookchin out,not Bookchin leaving.

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Aristophanes replied on Sun, Jan 13 2013 6:16 PM

There were no footnotes, endnotes, or otherwise citations for this interaction?

I want to read the Chomsky/Rothbard letters (that I will now refer to as "The Mythical Chomsky/Rothbard Personal Correspondance")

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fegeldolfy replied on Sun, Jan 13 2013 7:23 PM

The footnote says "Walter Block, interview by author, January 27, 1999."

 

i haven't been able to find a transcript of the interview.

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Aristophanes replied on Sun, Jan 13 2013 9:12 PM

Here is a Chomsky-Rothbard tissy fight.

You've got to love the tasteful ad hominems that intellectuals throw around in print.

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fegeldolfy replied on Sun, Jan 13 2013 10:44 PM

Ha! That was awesome. I like how Rothbard pointed out the uselessness of saying "they've only killed thousands".

 

On another note,does anyone know Walter Block's email?

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