New Left
1960s–70s Western political movement
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| June 2024 | Chomsky was discharged from the hospital to continue recovery at home. In the same month, false reports of his death circulated on social media, leading to retracted obituaries. |
| June 2023 | Suffered a stroke and moved to Brazil full-time. |
| November 5 2022 | Betsey Stone announces the SWP's opposition to the California abortion constitutional amendment in The Militant, arguing for addressing underlying social conditions. |
| 2017 | Hired as a part-time professor in the University of Arizona's linguistics department, with duties including teaching and public seminars. |
| 2017 | Taught a short-term politics course at the University of Arizona. |
| April 19 2016 | Llewellyn Williams-Brooks completed an Honours Thesis at the University of Sydney titled 'Radical Theories of Capitalism in Australia: Towards a Historiography of the Australian New Left', providing academic analysis of the movement |
| 2015 | Purchased a residence in São Paulo, Brazil, and began splitting time between Brazil and the U.S. |
| 2015 | Released the documentary 'Requiem for the American Dream', which summarizes his views on capitalism and economic inequality. |
| 2015 | Chomsky and Valeria Wasserman acquired a home in Brazil. |
| 2014 | Chomsky married Valeria Wasserman. |
| February 2014 | Stuart Hall passed away, leaving a significant legacy in cultural studies and political theory. |
| 2011 | Supported the Occupy movement, speaking at encampments and publishing on the movement, which he described as a reaction to a 30-year class war. |
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