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Illegitimate Authority

Facing the Challenges of Our Time

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Illegitimate Authority

By: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou - editor
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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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).

©2023 Truthout, C. J. Polychroniou, and Valeria Chomsky (P)2023 Tantor
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brilliant diagnosis of our time

read this book. research it's point. know the truth. organize. educate. agitate. save humanity from the consumption that is greed.

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Same narrator, two people. Confusing.

Having one voice, or two similar voices just doesn’t work in audio. Sometimes Chomsky is prefaced sometimes not.
Furthermore, the questioner, author sometimes begins a question with s bit of a diatribe which seems somewhat dogmatic before getting to the question.

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Lack of focus

Normally I love Chomsky’s insight. But listening I had no idea if he was talking for a sentence or paragraphs. The dialogue lacked direction, focus, and chronological topics. It was a lot of jumping around, and I hate to say rambling.

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