Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

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Overview

A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.

In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal; the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade; and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.

Throughout, Chomsky “remains…a beacon of hope in the darkest of times" (Sarah Jaffe).


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642599343
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: 05/09/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 350
Sales rank: 186,939
File size: 943 KB

About the Author

About The Author

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism Over Despair, Notes on Resistance, and Chronicles of Dissent.

C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in universities and research centers in Europe and the United States. His main research interests are in European economic integration, globalization, the political economy of the United States and the deconstruction of neoliberalism's politico-economic project. He is a regular contributor to Truthout as well as a member of Truthout's Public Intellectual Project. He has published several books and his articles have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and popular news websites. Many of his publications have been translated into several foreign languages, including Croatian, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish. He lives in Conshohocken, PA.

Table of Contents

Biden's Early Agenda Gives Hope, But Activist Pressure Must Not Cease
Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Largely Indistinguishable From Trump’s
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Green New Deal Is Essential for Human Survival
Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power
To Retain Power, Democrats Must Stop Abandoning the Working Class
Bolsonaro Is Spreading Trump-Like Fear of "Election Fraud" in Brazil
We Need Genuine International Cooperation to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Biden’s “Radical” Proposals Are Minimum Measures to Avoid Catastrophe
Chomsky and Pollin: We Can't Rely on Private Sector for Necessary Climate Action
The US-Led “War on Terror” Has Devastated Much of the World
It’s Life and Death — Intellectuals Can’t Keep Serving the Status Quo
Chomsky, Pollin, and Lapavitsas: Are We Witnessing the Demise of Neoliberalism?
Chomsky and Pollin: COP26 Pledges Will Fail Unless Pushed by Mass Organizing
Build Back Better Fiasco Exposes How Both Parties Serve Corporate Power
Chomsky and Pollin: Protests Outside of COP26 Offered More Hope Than the Summit
US-China Cooperation Is Essential to Avert a New Cold War
Outdated US Cold War Policy Worsens Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict
GOP’s Soft Coup Is Still Underway One Year After Capitol Assault
US Approach to Ukraine and Russia Has “Left the Domain of Rational Discourse”
US Push to "Reign Supreme" Stokes the Ukraine Conflict
US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors
A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Unleash Untold Violence
Peace Talks in Ukraine “Will Get Nowhere” If US Keeps Refusing to Join
Let’s Focus on Preventing Nuclear War, Rather Than Debating “Just War”
Russia's War Against Ukraine Has Accelerated the Doomsday Clock
US Policy Toward Russia Is Blocking Paths to De-escalation in Ukraine
Our Priority on Ukraine Should Be Saving Lives, Not Punishing Russia
Propaganda Wars Are Raging as Russia’s War on Ukraine Expands
US Is Prioritizing Its Jockeying With Russia, Not Ukrainians’ Lives
To Tackle Climate, Our Morality Must Catch Up with Our Intelligence
The Supreme Court Is Wielding Illegitimate Authority in the US
We Must Insist That Nuclear Warfare Is an Unthinkable Policy
Overturn of “Roe” Shows How Extreme an Outlier the US Has Become

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