The neoliberalism, the pandemic, and the urgent need for radical change Chomsky, Noam creator author Polychroniou, Chronis interviewer text ilu 2021 monographic eng

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ix, 352 pages ; 22 cm A collection of interviews with the world's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise of Donald Trump to power to the end of his presidency. In it, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies for average Americans, the environment and the planet on the whole, respectively, and captures the dynamics and contradictions operating in today's USA-from the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence. Trump in the White House -- Trump's First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival -- The Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections -- The US Health System Is an International Scandal -- Trump's America and the New World Order -- Trump and the Flawed Nature of US Democracy -- The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism -- The Anatomy of Trumpocracy -- Fascism, Showmanship, and Democrats' Hypocrisy in the Trump Era -- Donald Trump and the "Me First" Doctrine -- "A Complete Disaster": Trump and the Future of US Politics -- Imagining Our Way beyond Neoliberalism with Robert Pollin -- Breaking through the Political Barriers to Free Education with Robert Pollin -- Blueprint for a Progressive United States with Robert Pollin -- Myths of Globalization with Ha-Joon Chang -- If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key with Robert Pollin -- Trump Is Consolidating Far-Right Power Globally -- Trump's Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man -- To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change -- Worship of Markets Is Threatening Human Civilization -- Trump's "Economic Boom" Is a Sham -- Ocasio-Cortez and Other Newcomers Are Rousing the Multitudes -- Moral Depravity Defines US Politics -- Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold on to Power -- Trump Is Quite Capable of an "October Surprise" -- We Must Not Let Masters of Capital Define the Post-COVID World -- Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump's Priority Is Protecting Profits -- COVID-19 Has Exposed the US under Trump as a "Failed State" -- To Heal from COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World with Robert Pollin -- Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism -- Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements -- US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani's Assassination Confirms It -- Democratic Party Centrism Risks Handing Election to Trump -- Coup Attempt Hit Closer to Centers of Power Than Hitler's 1923 Putsch -- Trump Has Revealed the Extreme Fragility of American Democracy -- Voting Is Not the End of Our Work. It's Only the Beginning. general Noam Chomsky and [interviews by] C. J. Polychroniou Includes index. Chomsky, Noam Interviews Trump, Donald 1946- Social change Neoliberalism United States United States Politics and government 2017-2021 HM831.C46 164259458X 9781642594584 (paperback) 9781642595000 1642595004 YDX 200925 20250422092209.0 1197724017 eng