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=== Retirement === Chomsky retired from MIT in 2002,{{sfn|Weidenfeld|2017}} but continued to conduct research and seminars on campus as an [[:wikt:emeritus|emeritus]].{{sfn|Sperlich|2006|p=10}} That same year he visited Turkey to attend the trial of a publisher who had been accused of treason for printing one of Chomsky's books; Chomsky insisted on being a [[co-defendant]] and amid international media attention, the [[State Security Courts (Turkey)|Security Courts]] dropped the charge on the first day.{{sfn|Sperlich|2006|p=25}} During that trip Chomsky visited Kurdish areas of Turkey and spoke out in favor of the Kurds' human rights.{{sfn|Sperlich|2006|p=25}} A supporter of the [[World Social Forum]], he attended its conferences in Brazil in both 2002 and 2003, also attending the Forum event in India.{{sfn|Sperlich|2006|pp=112β113, 120}} [[File:Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism - In Conversation with Noam Chomsky - March 28, 2014.webm|thumb|Chomsky discussing ecology, ethics and [[anarchism]] in 2014]] Chomsky supported the 2011 [[Occupy movement]], speaking at encampments and publishing on the movement, which he called a reaction to a 30-year [[Class conflict|class war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Feffer |first1=John |title=Review: Noam Chomsky's 'Occupy' |work=Foreign Policy In Focus |date=April 6, 2012 |url=https://fpif.org/review_noam_chomskys_occupy/ |language=en-US |access-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417033628/https://fpif.org/review_noam_chomskys_occupy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2015 documentary ''[[Requiem for the American Dream]]'' summarizes his views on capitalism and [[economic inequality]] through a "75-minute [[teach-in]]".{{sfn|Gold|2016}} In 2015 Chomsky and his wife purchased a residence in [[SΓ£o Paulo]], Brazil, and began splitting their time between Brazil and the U.S.<ref name="2024 stroke">{{cite web |title=Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke |url=https://apnews.com/article/noam-chomsky-hospitalized-stroke-recovery-brazil-4fb6782abf6a7b6d0bbb30cefa05cede |website=[[Associated Press]]|date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref> Chomsky taught a short-term politics course at the [[University of Arizona]] in 2017.{{sfn|Harwood|2016}} He was later hired as the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, a part-time professorship in the linguistics department with duties including teaching and public seminars.{{sfn|Ortiz|2017}} His salary was covered by philanthropic donations.{{sfn|Mace|2017}} After a stroke in June 2023, Chomsky moved to Brazil full-time.{{r|2024 stroke}}
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