Name: No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA
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Author: Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9781556528187

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No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo

Preface by

Noam Chomsky

Epilogue by

Rev Walter E. Fauntroy

Publisher

Lawrence Hill Books

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.0 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.86 kg.

ISBN13

9781556528187

Synopsis "No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"

As a young, black, MIT-educated social scientist, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo landed her dream job at the EPA, working with Al Gore's special commission to assist postapartheid South Africa. But when she tried to get the government to investigate allegations that a multinational corporation was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of South Africans mining vanadium--a vital strategic mineral--the agency stonewalled. Coleman-Adebayo blew the whistle.How could she know that the liberal agency would use every racist and sexist trick in their playbook in retaliation? The EPA endangered her family and sacrificed more lives in the vanadium mines of South Africa--but her fight against this injustice also brought about an upwelling of support from others in the federal bureaucracy who were fed up with its crushing repression.Upon prevailing in court, Coleman-Adebayo organized a grassroots struggle to bring protection to all federal employees facing discrimination and retribution from the government. The No FEAR Coalition that she organized waged a two-year-long battle with Congress over the need to protect whistleblowers--culminating in the passage of the first civil rights and whistleblower law of the 21st century. This book is her harrowing and inspiring story.

Noam Chomsky

(Preface by)

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Noam Chomsky (born in 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, considered one of the most influential intellectual figures of the 20th century. He revolutionized linguistics with his theory of generative grammar, introduced in Syntactic Structures (1957), and further developed in Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965). His approach transformed the study of language, linking it to cognition and the human mind. In 2019, he was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities for his exceptional contributions to the study of human language.

In addition to his work in linguistics, Chomsky is known for his critique of the media and US foreign policy. Along with Edward S. Herman, he co-wrote Manufacturing Consent (1988), where they present the model of media propaganda. Other notable works include Hegemony or Survival (2003), which analyzes US foreign policy, and Reflections on Language (1975), where he defends a rationalist perspective on human nature. His output spans political essays, linguistics, and philosophy, consolidating his legacy as a critical and multidisciplinary thinker.

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