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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky: Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump’s Priority Is Protecting Profits
Trump is trying to “dominate by violence and terrify any potential opposition” in order to protect corporate interests.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Has Adopted a “Viva Death!” Approach to the Presidency
Trump’s guiding maxim is the one articulated by Franco’s general in 1936: “Down with intelligence! Viva death!”
Noam Chomsky: Mutual Aid Is Rising — and It’s Key to Our Survival
Reports from around the world suggest self-organizing communities keep people safe in the age of COVID.
Chomsky: COVID-19 Has Exposed the US Under Trump as a “Failed State”
Chomsky analyzes Trump’s backing of “anti-lockdown” protests, attacks on the postal service and U.S. structural flaws.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Blaming WHO for COVID-19 Deaths Is Dictator-Like Behavior
Chomsky notes that when something goes horribly wrong, autocrats find a scapegoat. Trump is following that strategy.
Chomsky on Trump’s Disastrous COVID-19 Response, Sanders and What Gives Him Hope
Noam Chomsky says frontline medical workers and the persistence of progressive activists are giving him hope.
Chomsky and Pollin: To Heal From COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World
Will the coronavirus crisis lead to a new way of organizing society?
Noam Chomsky: The Sanders Campaign Energized Millions, and Shifted US Politics
Chomsky reflects on how the Bernie Sanders campaign completely shifted the debate in the U.S.
Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
Obama ordered more ventilators, but corporate profit motives derailed the effort, leaving us unprepared for COVID-19.
Noam Chomsky: Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
While the establishment views Sanders as dangerous, Trump is waging war against life on Earth.